In Plymouth, Nick Knowles, his DIY SOS team and hundreds of Devon volunteers help the Morfey family.
In Plymouth, the team help the Morfey family: Chris and Tara, 24-year-old Ben, 25-year-old Josh, twins Jess and Yazz (15) and their little brother Vinny (9). Both Ben and Josh suffer from cerebral palsy, and after struggling in a multi-level home in Plymouth - and without enough funds to make it disabled friendly - the family have sold up and bought a cheap, old iron forge that, when renovated, will provide single-storey living in the Plymouth countryside.
The family have been living in an on-site caravan while Chris has worked tirelessly to build a bedroom extension for all the family. But disaster struck last year when daughter Yazz was diagnosed with leukemia and needed life-saving treatment miles away in Bristol β supported by mum Tara. A year later, their home remains half-built. They have no heating, hot water, kitchen or living space, and dad Chris canβt get back to work to pay for the build to be completed without Tara at home to care for the family. If they canβt build a clean, dry and warm house, not only will severely disabled Ben remain in residential care away from his beloved brother Josh but Tara and Yazz wonβt be able to return home to finish Yazz's treatment with the family by her side.
They are all struggling mentally, emotionally and physically, and now son Vinny has developed a heart murmur from the stress of being separated from his mum and living on a building site.
To put this family back together and give their disabled boys as much independence as possible, as well as provide a suitable space where Yazz can recover from cancer, the team will need to do something quite different from any build they have done so far: they will need to convert a forge built back in the 1700s into an open-plan kitchen, living zone and medical storage area, while retaining the charm and heritage of this unusual building.
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00:01Allman Brown
Ancient Light
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00:02Shane Filan
One of These Days
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00:03Jon Hopkins
Afterlife
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00:04George Ezra
Song 6
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00:06Jon Hopkins
Apparition
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00:09Rudimental
I Will For Love (feat. Will Heard)
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00:09Rudimental
Right Here
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00:10Ocean Colour Scene
The Riverboat Song
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00:11Rita Ora
I Will Never Let You Down
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00:15Sigala
Lullaby
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00:17Paloma Faith
Stone Cold Sober
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00:18Soak
Blood
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00:20SOAK
24 Windowed House
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00:23The Smiths
Oscillate Wildly
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00:24Blur
Coffee & TV
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00:26George Ezra
Pretty Shining People
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00:27Billy Bragg
There Is Power in a Union
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00:28Florence + The Machine
Third Eye
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00:30James Arthur
Remember Who I Was
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00:18SOAK
Blud
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00:31Peters & Lee
Rainbow
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00:31Pixie Lott
Boys & Girls
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00:32The Smiths
How Soon Is Now?
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00:43The Clash
Mustapha Dance
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00:44Daughter
Witches
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00:46Take That
Greatest Day
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00:48Sigma & Rita Ora
Coming ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ (Acoustic Version)
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00:48Ed Sheeran
Perfect
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00:48±·βT°ω²Ή²Τ³¦±π
Set You Free-Set Me Free
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00:49Tom Odell
Another Love
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00:49Tom Odell
Sirens
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00:51Rae Morris
Someone Out There
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00:52Picture This
You & I
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00:52Florence + The Machine
How Big, How Blue
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00:53Florence + The Machine
Never Let Me Go
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00:57Nick Knowles
Where Do The Children Play?
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Nick Knowles |
| Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |
| Series Producer | Hamish Summers |
Broadcasts
Thu 24 Oct 2019 20:00- Thu 21 Nov 2019 08:00