Nick Knowles
| Nick "Elia" Knowles | |
|---|---|
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Nick Knowles | |
| Born |
Nicholas Augustine Knowles 21 September 1962 Southall, Middlesex, England |
| Residence | Stockwell |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | St Louis Middle School, Suffolk |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Employer | BBC |
| Known for |
DIY SOS Who Dares Wins Break the Safe |
| Height | 6' 2" |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Rose Moor (m. 2012) |
| Children | Charlie, Tuesday, TJ and Eddie |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
Nicholas Augustine "Elia" "Nick" Knowles (born 21 September 1962) is an English television presenter best known for his presenting roles on the BBC, most notably National Lottery game shows including Who Dares Wins, Secret Fortune, Perfection and Break the Safe and the DIY series DIY SOS, also for BBC One.[1][2]
Early years
Knowles was born in Southall, Middlesex on 21 September 1962. He has one brother, John, and three sisters, Karen, Angela and Sheila.[2]
Aged 11, Knowles moved to Mildenhall in Suffolk, attending St Louis Middle School. After his family moved again, he attended the Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[2]
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'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, Last Choir Standing, Guesstimation, Secret Fortune and Perfection.
Knowles has also presented programmes with a wildlife theme. In 2007, he fronted 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-utans for an edition of Saving Planet Earth. In 2009, Knowles co-presented the BBC reality 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.[3]
From 2011 to 2015, Knowles was the presenter of BBC game show, Perfection, where the candidates must achieve absolute perfection to win the jackpot, aired weekdays on BBC One.
From 2013 to 2014, he presented the BBC One National Lottery game show Break the Safe. In 2015, he will host new BBC One game show Can't Touch This.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-2010 | DIY SOS | Presenter | |
| [tel:2007-2011, 2013 2007-2011, 2013] | Real Rescues | Co-presenter | |
| 2007— | Who Dares Wins | Presenter | |
| 2008 | Last Choir Standing | Co-presenter | |
| 2009 | Guesstimation | Presenter | |
| 2009 | Wildest Dreams | Presenter | |
| 2010— | DIY SOS: The Big Build | Presenter | |
| 2011-12 | Secret Fortune | Presenter | |
| 2011—2015 | Perfection | Presenter | |
| 2013—2014 | Break the Safe | Presenter | |
| 2015 | Can't Touch This | Presenter | |
Awards
In October 2007, Knowles was named by the 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" for Children in Need 2008.[5]
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.[6][7]
He has a third son, Edward, born September 2014 with Jessica.
He is also a keen collector of top hats.[8]
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.[9]
References
- ↑ "Biography for Nick Knowles". Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Personal Information". Nick Knowles Official Website.
- ↑ Press Office – Mission Impossible for Nick Knowles. BBC (15 September 2006). Retrieved on 13 August 2013.
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a634938/cant-touch-this-will-bbc-ones-new-saturday-night-gameshow-be-a-hit.html#~p6Jtftk3z7g37k
- ↑ Celebrity Interview: Nick Knowles. Great British Life (4 January 2011). Retrieved on 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Interiors – Nick Knowles. Fabulous Mag. Retrieved on 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Littlejohn, Georgina (21 March 2011). "'She has made me a nicer person': DIY star Nick Knowles opens up about the woman who has stolen his heart". Daily Mail.
- ↑ DIY SOS star Nick Knowles on his love of top hats. express.co.uk. 27 February 2011
- ↑ Nick Knowles opens antiques shop in Eton. Slough Observer. 15 November 2011.
He has another son, Edward (born September 2014) with his second wife
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