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Nick Knowles' Original Features: Series 1

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Nick Knowles takes on the role of presenter and guide in Original Features as he delves into the history of homes across the UK. Watch the series as he helps restores houses to their former glory.

Nick Knowles’ Original Features

Nick explores a different home in each episode, from a Tudor cottage in Warwickshire and a Georgian townhouse in Bath to a 1970s duplex in Surrey, revealing that each has a story to tell.

To help the home owners work out their Tudor from their Georgian and their Doric from their Deco, Nick rolls up his sleeves and delves into the untouched corners of each property, educating the owners along the way. This is restoration with knobs on, as each home’s transformation offers stacks of design inspiration and shopping tips.

As the renovations progress, Nick researches the lives and times of all the previous residents, unearthing a rich seam of social and design history that looks at our homes in a whole new light.

Special thanks to:
Laura Berry and Nick Barratt, Sticks research agency - research and history reports.
Kay Ross - historical report on Georgian plumbing for white regency villa.
Cassie Newland - anthropological advice.
Kate Jerrold, managing director of Robert Mills Architectural Antiques Ltd - research and film access.
All at Glencot House - filming.

And extra thanks to:
Viv Kelly, Dr. Nat Alcock, John Tebbutt, Alfie's Antique Market, Braunston Mill, Alex Ball & Helen Quin, Peter D. Thomas, Roger Brien, Richard Parker, The Macdonald Spa Hotel, Furniture Medic, Bath Thermal Spa, Joan & Don Rumgay, Mark Lidster, Walcot Reclamation, Hy-Tech Enamellers, Bristol Blue glass, Anstey Wallpaper Company, Astley Green Colliery, The Antiques Fireplace Co., Nigel Ford Restoration, Wells reclamation Yard, The National Trust.

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Handandy Says:

Posted on 09 of July 2010

Does Nick and his renovation team in DIY SOS, feel that they're in competition with ABC [USA] Extreme Makeover with host Ty Pennington. Even though there's a format difference between them, Ty and his team demolish a house to build a new one in it's place, Nick's team renovates the house. Have the two ever met? as Ty has done quite a few British projects Mind you, minus the megaphone, Nick Knowles could be the British version of Ty Pennington Andrew Murr, Sheffield

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