{"id":805564,"date":"2026-10-17T12:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805564\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:54:08","slug":"diy-sos-to-be-rested-next-year-to-save-money-bbc-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805564\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY SOS to be &#8216;rested&#8217; next year to save money, BBC says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The long-running home renovation TV series DIY SOS will be &#8220;rested&#8221; next year in the light of &#8220;savings challenges&#8221;, the BBC has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will be replaced by a spin-off show featuring highlights from past episodes. Sources denied reports in the Sun newspaper the programme would be axed as part of a plan to make savings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Presented by Nick Knowles, DIY SOS sees a team transform the homes of families who are facing severe illness, disability, bereavement or building disasters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was first broadcast in 1999 and is currently airing its 35th series on BBC One and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The decision comes during the corporation&#8217;s drive to save \u00a3500m over three years. It has already cancelled several well-known TV shows including Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A BBC spokesperson said: &#8220;In light of the BBC&#8217;s savings challenges we have taken the decision to rest DIY SOS in 2027 and commission a new spin-off show instead from producers South Shore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;DIY SOS Rebuilt My Life will revisit successes from the show&#8217;s past and expand the brand on the BBC in a more cost-effective way next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long-running home renovation TV series DIY SOS will be &#8220;rested&#8221; next year in the light of &#8220;savings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-805564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}