The long-running TV home renovation series DIY SOS is to be "rested" next year, the BBC has confirmed, as the broadcaster navigates its wider "savings challenges".
Presented by Nick Knowles, the popular programme first aired in 1999 and works to transform the living spaces of families dealing with severe illness, disability, bereavement, or building disasters.
The show originally launched as a modest project featuring broadcaster Knowles alongside a small team who helped homeowners fix botched DIY work, before relaunching as DIY SOS: The Big Build in 2010.
This shift redirected the reality renovation series towards larger-scale undertakings, following Knowles and his crew as they repaired and transformed properties across Britain with help from local communities.
Although the BBC confirmed the main series will be "rested" after its current run, it stated the show has not been axed, with a new spin-off revisiting past families and historic renovation projects set to take its place.
A BBC spokesperson said: “In light of the BBC’s savings challenges we have taken the decision to rest DIY SOS in 2027 and commission a new spin-off show instead from producers South Shore.
“DIY SOS Rebuilt My Life will revisit successes from the show’s past and expand the brand on the BBC in a more cost-effective way next year.”
It comes amid a series of recent cuts by the corporation as part of the first phase of its bid to save £500 million over the next three years, which have included the cancellation of TV shows Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo.
DIY SOS has taken on many ambitious projects through the years, and in 2015 Knowles worked with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex and hundreds of volunteers to transform a derelict street in Manchester into housing for veterans.
William returned to the programme in 2018 for its two-part special focused on supporting the survivors and community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people.
The emotional episodes saw the DIY SOS team build a brand-new community centre and also work to restore the Dale Youth Boxing Club, which was destroyed in the June 2017 fire.
The programme launched its 35th series earlier this month with a moving episode which saw Knowles break down in tears during a “physically and emotionally draining” house renovation.
The TV host was emotional as his team helped 16-year-old Dan, who has spent the last three years in hospital after life-saving surgery to remove a brain tumour left him with complex disabilities.
DIY SOS is available on BBC iPlayer, with new episodes airing weekly on BBC One.
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