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Stoke
Season 32, Episode 5
Nick Knowles and the team travel to Fegg Hayes in Stoke-on-Trent, where Sue's family have lived for six generations. To tackle poverty, isolation and mental health problems, they have taken over a patch of wasteland in the heart of the community, with the aim of creating a community garden and centre with room to grow vegetables and space where young and old can share knowledge and experiences. The DIY SOS team are determined to help get the job done, accompanied by hundreds of local tradespeople - only to run into the worst storms to hit Britain in recent years
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Nick Knowles
(Presenter)
Paolo Proto
(Executive producer)
Matthew Skilton
(Series producer)
Ben Southwell
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Nick Knowles
(Presenter)
Born:
September 21, 1962
in
London
Best Known For:
Presenting DIY SOS
Early-life:
Born Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles on September 21, 1962 in Southall, London, to mum Pat and dad Eddie. He has a brother and three sisters. At 11 he and his family moved to Mildenhall in Suffolk and studied at St Louis Middle school. They later moved again, this time to Tunbridge Wells, Kent. At school Nick was labelled a motormouth. He became a labourer before starting his own business. Passionate about music, he played in assorted bands before teaming up with his brother to perform in bars and clubs in London and the Midlands.
Career:
Knowles's TV career started at the BBC in London in the Documentary Features department. He spent two years in Australia working for WIN TV Channel 4 newsroom. He also worked in news in Phoenix, Arizona, before returning to the UK and ITV's TVS newsroom in Maidstone. He honed his skills as a reporter, producer and director before going in front of the camera as a presenter on sex advice show Confidential. Other shows have included TV Weekly, Entertainment Today and Put It To The Test. Since 1999 he has fronted BBC One's DIY SOS, and also worked on Last Choir Standing, To the Ends of the Earth, Perfection, Break the Safe and Guesstimation. His latest project is The National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion.
Quote:
'I have never wanted to be associated with one kind of programme - it's important to challenge yourself and make sure you are not pigeon holed.'
Trivia:
In 2007 it was revealed Knowles was suffering from tuberculosis, which he believes he contracted while filming for Comic Relief in Zambia. Oddly, he has a collection of top hats.
Paolo Proto
(Executive producer)
Matthew Skilton
(Series producer)
Ben Southwell
(Director)
