DIY SOS — Specials

Jan 2009

Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team take a trip down memory lane, recalling some of their best renovations, stories, and the funniest moments over the last 10 years. Did DIY SOS truly change people's lives for the better? Join Nick and the team in between jobs on this unique journey through the DIY SOS archives.

Jan 2009

What do Nick and the DIY SOS team do in their week off? Join them in between jobs and find out as they show more of their favourite stories from the past ten years. Including the highs, the lows and the funnies.

Dec 2007

Nick Knowles and the team face their biggest challenge yet in this DIY SOS Flood special. Since the June floods, there are still many families still trying to renovate their houses back to liveable condition. The team head to Toll Bar, near Doncaster, and take on a foster family's house which found itself deep in water. Plus, they renovate the local club to provide a much-needed space for the people of Toll Bar.

Dec 2009

Nick Knowles and the team attempt to re-house a family who have spent years in a caravan.

Apr 2010

The team transforms the life of a family who have spent years living in a building site.

Jul 2010

Nick Knowles recruits extra help to renovate a whole house, making it a home.

Aug 2010

The team transforms an ex-council house in the Welsh Valleys into a family home.

Dec 2010

Nick Knowles and the team help Mike, whose house was ruined by rogue builders.

Jan 2011

The team work to transform an extension into a cosy, family-friendly space.

Jan 2011

Nick Knowles and the team build an extension to help bring a brain-injured son home.

Apr 2011

Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Aberystwyth to renovate a home for a builder with a brain tumour. Michael Saunders built an extension onto his house when his son- in-law's MS meant he had to start using a wheelchair. When Michael discovered he had cancer, he was unable to finish his own home and he and his partner were left living in a cold and draughty shell of a house. Battling against terrible weather conditions, Nick and the team head to West Wales to rally friends, family and local trades to help turn Michael's house from a building site into a comfortable home.

Apr 2011

Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Durham to reconfigure a home and reunite a family torn apart by illness. Sixteen-year-old Kieron Purvis collapsed with an undiagnosed heart condition in December 2009. Following a heart transplant and a double amputation, the Purvis family found themselves living apart because their home was not equipped for Kieron's special needs. Nick and the SOS team issue a call to arms and rally friends, family and local trades to get the Purvis' home fit for them to live under the same roof after a year apart. (Stereo, Widescreen)

Apr 2011

Nick Knowles and the team are joined by guest designer Charlie Luxton. They join forces to enlist the help of the local community in Stoke and renovate a home for a family battling terminal illness. Dad Haydn Spice was diagnosed with abdominal cancer shortly after buying a derelict house at auction in 2004. Haydn's ill health meant that he couldn't work on the house, and his family have been left living in a building site. He and his wife and three daughters are all sleeping in one bedroom and trying to make the best of the time Haydn has left. Nick and the team head to the Midlands to rally friends, family and local trades to help turn the Spice family's derelict house into a comfortable home.

Aug 2011

Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team enlist local tradespeople, members of the community and guest designer Charlie Luxton in Cirencester to transform an incomplete extension and run-down house into a clean, warm and healthy home for a family on the brink of despair.

Aug 2011

The team transforms a post-war house in Dartford into a warm and safe home for the future.

Aug 2011

The team convert a bungalow into a four-bedroom home for a family at their wits' end.

Nov 2011

The team travels to Liverpool to completely refurbish Norris Green Youth Centre. The money Children in Need already give to this centre helps it provide activities for young people with few other options. But the building is falling down around them, and without the youth centre the youngsters will have nowhere else to go outside school.

Jan 2012

Derbyshire is the destination for Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team as they travel to Chesterfield to help Lisa and Richard Watson and their young family.

Jan 2012

Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team travel to a beautiful village in the Welsh countryside to help a widower and his eight-year-old daughter.

Nov 20211h

DIY SOS and BBC Children in Need embark on a truly challenging build for the Blackburn homeless charity Nightsafe. Young homeless people are often overlooked, vulnerable and very much in need of help.

Nov 2022

The DIY SOS team joins forces with Radio 2 for a Children in Need mega build in Leeds.

Aug 202357m

DIY SOS and Strictly partner up to bring some sparkle to an inclusive performing arts charity in Wallsend, transforming a derelict sports club into a creative home for their young people.

Nov 202357m

In their tenth build for BBC Children in Need, DIY SOS partner up with Radio 2 to create a bespoke counselling centre for bereaved children in Derbyshire.

Dec 202357m

In a heart-warming episode for Christmas, DIY SOS partner with the stars of EastEnders to bring volunteers together to support a mental health community project in Harlow, Essex.

Nov 202559m

DIY SOS and Children in Need join forces to transform The Joshua Tree, a children’s cancer support charity, in an emotional and ambitious special build.