To the RESCUE

NICK KNOWLES on changing lives with his latest repair missions

DIY SOS: THE BIG BUILD

NEW TUE, 8 PM, BBC1 FACTUAL

Nick Knowles, and the DIY SOS squad are used to tackling large projects for people and communities in need. But as BBCi's award winning DIY SOS: The Big Build returns for a new series, the team face some of their most emotive and toughest challenges yet - including a renovation disrupted by three storms.

In an exclusive interview, host Nick, 59, tells TV Times more...

The opening episode finds you in Northamptonshire, helping a recently widowed midwife. What can you share about this special build?

In the summer of 2021, exmilitary man Shaun and his wife Lindsey began renovating their home in Kettering. But just months after starting the build - which Shaun had planned to finish himself he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and tragically died last November.