DIY SOS — Season 8

An eighth series gets under way with Nick Knowles and Lowri Turner offering more help to victims of home-improvement disasters. In a cottage in deepest Suffolk Nick and his team attend to unfinished business, while Lowri meets three families who've had a DIY catastrophe and asks viewers to decide which of them is most deserving of assistance.

Nick Knowles and his team are in Bristol, where Carolyn and Adrian found their dream of buying a house and doing it up turned into a horrible reality when time, inspiration and money all deserted them. And Lowri Turner meets three more families who've had a DIY catastrophe and asks viewers to decide which of them most deserves assistance.

Mother of two Cherie needs the team's help in finishing a bedroom project. Her husband Jon has injured his shoulder and she is finding the room-sharing with the children rather a trial. Lowri Turner , meanwhile, asks viewers to decide which of three families most deserves assistance.

Jo Bolton made the mistake of popping out to the shops while her husband Julian knocked down a few walls in their Bath home. Two years on Nick Knowles finds it's still a ruin, devoid of any Roman allure. Lowri Turner , meanwhile, asks viewers to decide which of three families most deserves help.

Nick Knowles and Lowri Turner offer more help to victims of do-it-yourself disasters. Nick and the fix-it team drop in on childhood sweethearts in Addlestone, Surrey, whose decorating skills left a lot to be desired, while Lowri and her builders "rescue a room" and ask viewers tojudge which of three women is most deserving of home-improvement help.

Bathrooms are battlefields in two households. Lowri Turner meets Mary, whose husband plays a mean banjo, knows all about speedway - and is useless at DIY. Meanwhile,Nick Knowles races to the rescue of Janet in Nottingham, who is forced to share a bedroom with her daughters.

By all accounts, Vera's house should be a palace - after all, her husband Doug has spent the last 17 years trying to finish numerous home-improvement projects. WillNick Knowles and Lowri Turner help to rectify his shoddy work?

A real "Shirley Valentine " met her dream man on a Greek island - but his DIY skills leave something to be desired. Nick Knowles and Lowri Turner host the last of the series