DIY SOS

1999

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Released: 07 October 1999 Returning Series
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Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pnjk
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DIY SOS is a British DIY television series made for the BBC, presented by Nick Knowles. The first episode was broadcast on 7 October 1999 and the show is still airing today. As well as being a DIY programme it also features comic relief from the cast.

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Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
KBeee DIY SOS started as a low budget TV show where a presenter (Nick Knowles) and a small team of builders and a designer would come to the rescue of a home owner that'd started a Do It Yourself renovation, but was unable to finish it for various reasons. It degenerated into almost a parody of itself, featuring more about the builders antics than the actual building or repair work.Then it evolved.It became DIY SOS The Big Build. This is a totally different beast.The same presenter, and the same core of builders suddenly became the heart of a much bigger and important venture. Each episode, a deserving family, due to illness or disability, would have their home renovated to make their lives a little easier. Whether it's making the house wheelchair accessible, or a complete internal rebuild, local trades and builders giving their free time would descend and transform the house in 9 days, to give hope to the owners of a better, or at least a less terrible future. The amount of good will displayed by ordinary people is heart warming in these often self-centred times, and makes for an uplifting TV programme.
animalfanatic I really used to like watching this show when they had two teams redecorating people's rooms, and they would concentrate on getting the rooms done, or they wouldn't spend too much time mucking around. Since they have changed it to redecorate one room, it has been awful because they just spend most of their time messing about. Also, Nick Knowles doesn't do very much work, and sometimes the 'designers' work is rubbish e.g. some of the wall "art", which probably gets chucked away as soon as the cameras leave, and some of their ideas for good ceiling lights in the rooms are awful, or the colour schemes are often dreadful. I hate the people that want their rooms done just to have parties, or if they have unnecessarily taken their kitchen/bathroom apart when they do not have the skills to fix it themselves. In other words, they probably just want to get their faces on the screen.
bs3dc DIY SOS started off as an alternative to the usual tedious property development programmes that suddenly proliferated in the late 90's, with a lighthearted half-hour of home improvement mixed with some banter and some useful DIY tips. It was definitely better than the average show where some poor prospective buyers with a mere budget of 3/4 of a million were struggling to find a decent house! In more recent series however, the home improvement side of the programme has been almost completely removed and instead it seems to have become a very weak sitcom featuring Nick Knowles and 'the gang' who are nowhere near as funny as they seems to think they are. There used to be two houses developed each episode, now it is down to one and yet there is less work to be seen on screen, barely a couple of minutes in each programme. Every episode now consists more of the 'hilarious' antics of the team going ice-skating, surfing, swimming, etc. Why? I can see that they may have wanted to re-jig the format to keep pace with the times, but it is now just plain silly.Another aspect that has now changed is the fact that viewers can no longer vote for the house to be developed the next week, probably down to shooting schedules. It was never that great a system anyhow with idiots tearing their kitchen apart with no idea whatsoever how to rebuild it getting voted for ahead of more deserving applicants. Most of the 'winners' were not worthy of any sympathy for their position, which in the majority of cases was their fault. Having said that it is still better than the current system where they show two prospective developments then ask you to guess which one won. The BBC seems to have decided to axe the show anyway since the day it is on changes every week and is frequently not shown for several weeks at a time. I can't say that I am particularly sorry.

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