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'{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}} {{lead too short|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox person |name = Nick Knowles |image = Nick Knowles.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption = Nick Knowles |birth_name = '''Nicholas Augustine Knowles''' |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|21|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Southall]], [[Middlesex]], England |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = [[Stockwell]] |nationality = [[England|English]] |other_names = |known_for = ''[[DIY SOS]]<br>[[Who Dares Wins (UK game show)|Who Dares Wins]]<br>[[Break the Safe]]'' |education = St Louis Middle School, [[Suffolk]] |alma_mater = |employer = [[BBC]] |occupation = [[Television presenter]] |years_active = 1987-present |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = 6' 2" |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = Jessica Rose Moor (m. 2012) |children = Charlie, Tuesday, TJ and Eddie |parents = |relations = |signature = |website = [http://www.nickknowles.com/ Official Website] |footnotes = }} '''Nicholas Augustine "Nick" Knowles''' (born 21 September 1962) is an [[England|English]] television presenter best known for his presenting roles on the [[BBC]], most notably [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] game shows including ''[[Who Dares Wins (UK game show)|Who Dares Wins]]'', ''[[Secret Fortune]]'', ''[[Perfection (game show)|Perfection]]'' and ''[[Break the Safe]]'' and the DIY series ''[[DIY SOS]]'', also for [[BBC One]].<ref name="IMDB1">{{cite web|title=Biography for Nick Knowles|publisher=Internet Movie Database|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461547/bio}}</ref><ref name=personal>{{cite web|publisher=Nick Knowles Official Website|title=Personal Information|url=http://www.nickknowles.com/#section-193}}</ref> ==Early years== Knowles was born in [[Southall]], [[Middlesex]] on 21 September 1962. He has one brother, John, and three sisters, Karen, Angela and Sheila.<ref name=personal/> Aged 11, Knowles moved to [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]] in [[Suffolk]], attending St Louis Middle School. After his family moved again, he attended [[the Skinners' School]] in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]].<ref name=personal/> After leaving school, Knowles started work as a labourer before starting his own business. He still holds controlling shares of his company. ==Television career== In the early 1990s, Knowles presented a show called "Ridge Riders" for ITV. This featured a celebrity and another one or two guests riding classic motorcycles along off-road tracks around the UK. The viewer was treated to historic and local information about the locality as well as informal chats with the celebrity. Knowles appeared as a member of [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]'s chat show ''5's Company'' between 1997 and 1999. He is principally known as the main host of ''[[DIY SOS]]'', a home renovation series broadcast on [[BBC One]] since 1999 and has also presented the [[BBC]] factual show ''[[Real Rescues]]'' since 2007. Knowles has also hosted several entertainment programmes, including ''[[Who Dares Wins (UK game show)|Who Dares Wins]]'', ''[[Last Choir Standing]]'', ''[[Guesstimation (game show)|Guesstimation]]'', ''[[Secret Fortune]]'' and ''[[Perfection (game show)|Perfection]]''. Knowles has also presented programmes with a wildlife theme. In 2007, he fronted ''[[Mission Africa (TV series)|Mission Africa]]'', in which a team of volunteers constructed a game reserve in [[Kenya]]. During this project, Knowles fell from a [[Land Rover]], dislocating his shoulder. He flew back to the UK to receive emergency treatment. In the same year, he also reported on the plight of orphaned [[orang-utan]]s for an edition of ''[[Saving Planet Earth]]''. In 2009, Knowles co-presented the BBC reality TV series ''[[Wildest Dreams (TV series)|Wildest Dreams]]'' with [[James Honeyborne]], in which novice candidates had to complete a set of challenging tasks filming wild animals in [[Africa]]. The winner joined the [[BBC Natural History Unit]] on a one-year placement.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/15/knowles.shtml Press Office – Mission Impossible for Nick Knowles]. BBC (15 September 2006). Retrieved on 13 August 2013.</ref> In 2011, Knowles became the presenter of [[BBC]] game show, ''[[Perfection (game show)|Perfection]]'', where the candidates must achieve absolute perfection to win the jackpot, airing weekdays on [[BBC One]]. Since 2013, he has presented the [[BBC One]] National Lottery game show ''[[Break the Safe]]''. {| class="wikitable" style="border="2" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1999-2010 | ''[[DIY SOS]]'' | Presenter | |- | [tel:2007-2011,&#x20;2013 2007-2011, 2013] | ''[[Real Rescues]]'' | Co-presenter | |- | 2007— | ''[[Who Dares Wins (UK game show)|Who Dares Wins]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2008 | ''[[Last Choir Standing]]'' | Co-presenter | |- | 2009 | ''[[Guesstimation (game show)|Guesstimation]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2009 | ''[[Wildest Dreams (TV series)|Wildest Dreams]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2010— | ''[[DIY SOS|DIY SOS: The Big Build]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2011-12 | ''[[Secret Fortune]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2011— | ''[[Perfection (game show)|Perfection]]'' | Presenter | |- | 2013— | ''[[Break the Safe]]'' | Presenter | |- |} ==Awards== In October 2007, Knowles was named by the [[Halifax (United Kingdom bank)|Halifax]] as Britain's 'Home Idol' in a survey to find the most popular TV home improvement show presenter, beating [[Sarah Beeny]] into second place. ==Charity work== Knowles has done much work for charity and has been a regular supporter of the children's anti-bullying charity [[Act Against Bullying]]. He sang "[[Addicted to Love (song)|Addicted to Love]]" for [[Children in Need 2008]].<ref>[http://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/celebrity-interview-nick-knowles-lakes-by-yoo-28213/ Celebrity Interview: Nick Knowles]. Great British Life (4 January 2011). Retrieved on 13 August 2013.</ref> ==Personal life== Knowles has three children called Charlie, Tuesday and Tyrian-J. He was dating fiancee Jessica Rose Moor from 2009 until they married in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.fabulousmag.co.uk/interior/interior_nick_knowles_issue_027.php Interiors – Nick Knowles]. Fabulous Mag. Retrieved on 13 August 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1368469/She-nicer-person-DIY-star-Nick-Knowles-opens-woman-stolen-heart.html | work=Daily Mail | first=Georgina | last=Littlejohn | title='She has made me a nicer person': DIY star Nick Knowles opens up about the woman who has stolen his heart|date=21 March 2011 }}</ref> <nowiki> </nowiki>He has a third son, Edward, born September 2014 with Jessica. He is also a keen collector of top hats.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110307234243/http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/231513 DIY SOS star Nick Knowles on his love of top hats]. express.co.uk. 27 February 2011</ref> In April 2007, Knowles was diagnosed as suffering from [[tuberculosis]]; he believes that he contracted the illness whilst covering the TB epidemic in [[Zambia]] for Comic Relief in 2003. In November 2013, Knowles and his wife Jessica opened an antiques shop and home design consultancy in [[Eton, Berkshire|Eton]], [[Berkshire]].<ref>[http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/11/15/95120-nick-knowles-opens-antiques-shop-in-eton/ Nick Knowles opens antiques shop in Eton]. Slough Observer. 15 November 2011.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} He has another son, Edward (born September 2014) with his second wife ==External links== *[http://www.nickknowles.com/ Nick Knowles Official Website]. {{Comic Relief Does Fame Academy contestants}} {{Authority control|VIAF=53650562}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Knowles, Nick | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British television presenter | DATE OF BIRTH = 21 September 1962 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Southall]], [[Middlesex]], England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Knowles, Nick}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English television presenters]] [[Category:Fame Academy participants]] [[Category:People from Southall]] [[Category:People of English-Jewish descent]] [[Category:People educated at The Skinners' School]]'