Nick Knowles

Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles (born 21 September 1962) is an English television presenter, writer and musician. He has hosted several television programmes including Real Rescues (2007–2013), Who Dares Wins (2007–2019), Break the Safe (2013–2014), 5-Star Family Reunion (2015–2016), and DIY SOS (1999–present).

Early life Knowles was born in Southall, Middlesex. where he passed eight O-levels, and excelled at rugby.

He is principally known as the main host of DIY SOS,

From 2011 to 2015, Knowles was the presenter of the BBC game show Perfection,

In May 2016, Knowles presented Invictus: The Road to the Games, a one-off programme for the BBC. Knowles earned between £300,000 and £349,999 as a BBC presenter for the financial year 2016–2017.

In 2018, he participated in the eighteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, finishing in sixth place, after being voted out on 6 December.

From April 2019, he presented the BBC show Home Is Where the Art Is, in which he challenges three artists to create beautiful artwork for people they've never met. The show ran for a second series in 2021.

In May 2021, it was reported that Knowles was holding talks with the BBC regarding his role as the main host of DIY SOS due to his appearance in a Shreddies TV advert which violated BBC's commercial agreements and guidelines. A week later, the BBC announced that they had resolved the issue and Knowles would return to his DIY SOS role with filming to resume in the coming months and is expected to be back on screens in 2022.

Between August and September 2021, Knowles presented the Channel 5 series Nick Knowles' Big House Clearout.

In September 2024, Knowles was a contestant on the twenty-second series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Luba Mushtuk. Having injured his shoulder before the second show, he had to perform an American Smooth, to the song "Parklife" by Blur, after only 16hours of training. He did not perform in the third week due to injury and as a result, his Charleston to "Rain on the Roof" (from Paddington 2) was postponed to the following week. In the fourth week, he performed his Movie Week Charleston, but was eliminated in the dance off.

Film Knowles was a co-writer on the 2016 film Golden Years, which stars Simon Callow, Virginia McKenna and Una Stubbs. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 92.

Personal life Knowles was married to his first wife Gillian Knowles from 1996 to 2000, and they share a son and daughter. He dated his second wife Jessica Rose Moor from 2009; they married in September 2012 but divorced in 2017. Knowles has four children in total. In 2021, he was reportedly dating Katie Dadzie and the couple became engaged. The two married on 7 June 2025 at Braxted Park in Essex.

His brother has a record company, and his three sisters all became dancers.

In June 2019, Knowles was issued with a six-month driving ban and fined £1,480 for speeding and using a mobile phone whilst driving. Speaking outside the court in Cheltenham, he said: "For me, this was a wake-up call, and putting my phone in the boot of my car now stops the temptation."

Interests and charity support In November 2013, Knowles and his then wife Jessica opened an antiques shop and home design consultancy in Eton, Berkshire.

Knowles plays rugby and adheres to a dietary regimen that is vegan "80 per cent of the time". In 2016, he became involved with a Shrewsbury-based vegan restaurant called O'Joy. The restaurant closed in November 2017.

Knowles has been a regular supporter of the children's anti-bullying charity Act Against Bullying. He sang "Addicted to Love" for Children in Need 2008.

Knowles has expressed support for Cornish nationhood, calling himself "Cornish by choice" and saying in August 2026: "…then on top of that you've got this amazing identity that Cornwall has, it's the other Celtic nation. All Cornish people know this, but not necessarily the rest of the country does, but Kernow is more of a country in its own right rather than just a county…"

Filmography Television

Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Golden Years Co-writer, executive producer Comedy film

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions UK Every Kind of People Released: 3 November 2017 Label: UMC Formats: Digital download, CD 92

Singles Year Title Album 2017 "River" Every Kind of People "Make You Feel My Love" "Every Kinda People"

Music videos Year Title Director(s) 2017 "River" "Make You Feel My Love" "Every Kinda People"