Nick Knowles

Best known for presenting DIY SOS, Nick Knowles is one of the UK’s highest rated TV presenters and an RTS award-winning writer. His list of successful formats on all main stream channels over more than 30 years from news and factual to factual entertainment is extensive.

For more than a decade he has hosted BBC1 prime time Saturday night quiz shows Break the Safe, Secret Fortune and Who Dares Wins, and he's the presenter of BBC1’s most watched and longest running prime time factual series DIY SOS – The Big Build, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024.

Showing off his abundance of talent, charisma and sheer personality – all laced with an appealing and infectious sense of humour – it's no surprise that Nick has hosted such a catalogue of successful shows from the BBC's DIY SOS, RTS Award Winning City Hospital, All The Right Moves, Put It To The Test and his contributions to BBC's Millennium Night to ITV's Bafta-nominated Straight Up and Wish You Were Here.

Nick has made films in Borneo for Attenborough’s Live Earth 2007 and two series ranging across many species and countries in Africa for the BBC.

Nick Knowles is master of live TV - he's done more of it than most people! He has a journalist's ability to think on his feet, grasp the salient points and with utter professionalism introduce appropriate wit and wisdom from a totally unique (and often unexpected!) standpoint.


Away from starring on screen, Nick's first screenplay, Golden Years was released, to high acclaim, in cinemas in 2016 and he has since written his second. He wrote a cookbook in 2016 and released an album with Universal in 2017. He also penned the Royal Television Society awarded ‘Best Original Drama’ series Historionics in 2004.

Nick Knowles brings the eye of a talented director to much of his feature work - His direction of the prestigious film 30 Years of ITV is a landmark. His films for Meridian TV's News and Coast To Coast, ITV's Road Show and Straight Up and BBC's Put it To The Test have been works of art - art applied also to the likes of GMTV, BSKYB and Anglia TV.

With a CV and style honed here, the US (CIO Arizona) and Down Under (C4), with 5 series of his own Ridgeriders for Meridian TV (riding historic trails with celebs on motorbikes) under his helmet, projects like RTS Award winning: Absolutely Loaded (Carlton) and his deep knowledge of sport, Nick is one unique talent.

He is also known for his work with HRH Duke & Duchess of Cambridge & HRH Duke of Sussex in the Veterans, mental health and various community projects

Nick Knowles is available for advertising work and brand partnerships in all arenas; he is also a sought-after public speaker and events host for many national and international brands and corporate award dinners.

Whether he’s mucking in with the real builders on DIY SOS, getting suited and booted as the suave host of his Saturday night quiz shows, or writing movies or cookbooks, Nick’s versatility is evident.