DIY SOS
DIY SOS is a TV show on BBC1. Transforming the lives of extraordinary families and communities. Nick Knowles, the Purple Shirts team and an army of volunteers muck in to create brilliant big builds. The most recent episode is from 27 October 2026.
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Nick and the team help a Kidderminster family caring for son Nathan, 11, who has up to 200 seizures a day, creating a safe home and space for the family again.
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In Southampton, the team helps profoundly deaf couple Ahmed and Rifat, transforming their home from a building site into a safe family home with help from the whole community.
In north Wales, the team helps Helen and Llyr transform their unfinished home into a safe, accessible space for their two young sons, including Macsen, who has a rare genetic condition.
In Preston, the team transforms a family home for 16-year-old Dan, who has complex disabilities after brain tumour surgery, so that he can finally come home from hospital.
In Devon, the team helps Georgie and her three children complete their unfinished home after the sudden death of her husband, Chris.
In Glasgow, the team help Raymond and his children after the loss of mum, Gill, transforming their home into an accessible space where wheelchair user Nell can gain independence.
Series 34
Nick Knowles and the team, joined by the Gladiators, build a new youth club in Beverley – giving local young people a warm, safe place to call their own.
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.