Nick Knowles and the team's first mission is in Cardiff, where a couple's lounge is virtually uninhabitable. Meanwhile new recruit Kate Mclntyre introduces three DIY challenged families hoping to win the viewers' sympathy.

Stratford-upon-Avon throws up some unfinished loft bedrooms for Nick Knowles. Plus, Kate Mcintyre has three more household catastrophes vying for the viewers' vote.

The team havejust four days to build a kitchen from scratch in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. But with all their sneaky trips to a nearby health spa, will they finish on time?

Nick Knowles and the home-improvement healers call on a Pembrokeshire family who still haven't completed a renovation they started 25 years ago, and Kate Mclntyre meets three more Dl Yers hoping to win viewers' sympathy.

Thomas Christy's attempts to transform a disused shop into a home have left the place in danger of collapsing. And with a baby on the way, his wife Rachel's patience is wearing thin. Enter Nick and the team to put things right.

When Daniel Carty , a construction consultant, began work on converting a former railway cottage in Surrey into a modern home, his wife had every faith in him. But many busy weekends have passed, baby Bradley has arrived and the lounge/diner has yet to be started. Cue Nick and the team.

Nick Knowles and the team have just four days to build a handmade kitchen from scratch for DIY-challenged Debbie Robins in Cheltenham. With Kate Mclntyre.

In Derby, the team assist on a project to restore a Victorian terraced house - at one time divided into bedsits to its former glory.

An hour long special, assisting expats in Lake Como, Italy. Extend John and Kay's house in Tolentino and create a nursery for Ben and Lisa.

Assist decorating tutor Ian renovate his new home

Revamp the bedroom of 14-year-old Andrew, son of widowed Maggie

Renovate the kitchen of recent divorcee Chris, who is hampered by a back injury

Create a bedroom for widow Susie, who has been sharing her 14 year old daughters bedroom for a decade.

Complete David and Sara's self-build home, a project hampered by planning issues, builder walkouts and money troubles

Finish the improvements to Scott and Gemma's house, made necessary after Gemma suffered a brain tumour, the project having been started by Scott himself.

Nick Knowles and the team visit the Glasgow home of Margaret and her extended family. They help to speed up a loft conversion.

Complete Lesley and Mark's open plan living area in Torquay. A beautiful kitchen transformation using plain white units, topped with a spectacular dark granite surface.

Complete a bedroom loft conversion for the son of an oil rig worker in Fleetwood.

Rescue Angela and Steve's living room, left with a sagging ceiling and collapsed chimney breast by builder Steve's own efforts

Rescue Laurence's self-build project, begun 20 years ago but recently struck by fire.

Finish a lounge in a couple's new home.

Complete the conversion of Keith and Torsten's three storey house from bedsits back into one single home.

Finish French expat Odile's kitchen

In dire need of TLC, a community centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, gets a visit from Nick Knowles and the team. The centre has a great football team, but the clubhouse is in such a state that they're reluctant to invite other teams to play. We also meet families pleading for the show's help.

Two-year-old Mia Phillips from Pembrokeshire suffers from cystic fibrosis. She needs constant care, and as a result her bedroom is crammed full of daunting medical paraphernalia. Parents Merrilee and Chris want to build a separate play area for their daughter. Cue Nick Knowles and his team of trusty workmen.

An incomplete extension means that Elsie and Duncan Pinches have put up with a kitchen lacking any natural daylight for 13 years. Nick Knowles and the team set to work on bringing a ray of sunshine into that dingy space. At the same time, they treat the couple to a dazzling new country-style kitchen.

Faced with a pricey housing market, Kate and Craig settled for a property that hadn't been worked on since the 1930s. It turned out to be a money pit, and with the couple's savings gone, work ground to a halt. Enter Nick Knowles and the team to transform a tired lounge-diner into a modern space with an art deco twist. But will it suit a potential new arrival?

Daniel and Eve Luke bought a big old house divided into flats with the plan of converting it back into a beautiful home for their family. A year later the house still has no proper bathroom. Can Nick Knowles and the team realise Eve's dream of a hot bath?

With five kids, single mum Sarah has no time for DIY, but her family desperately needs a dining area. Cue Nick Knowles with an African-themed design.

A kitchen needs to be fitted in a week at a house in Tisbury, Wiltshire for a stressed-out couple.

The team enlist the help of the Navy to turn an empty shell of a building into an indoor education centre at Bath City Farm. With Nick Knowles.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are in Rushden to help rescue the Wiggett family who are stuck in a vicious DIY circle.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are on a mission in Eastbourne to help rescue Kim Dack, a teacher and single mother-of-three.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are in Bolsover to help a couple convert a difficult loft space into a room for their young son.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team help Vanessa Ronson, as the kitchen in her Victorian house in Cleethorpes currently resembles a building site.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit Gloucester to help rescue 16-year-old Amy and 12-year-old Nick from their mum's hapless attempts at DIY.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit Yarm, where they give a helping hand with an unfinished bathroom to Shahzad and Waheeda Ismail.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team visit Norfolk to help Carl and Michelle Moorhouse convert a garage into an ideal room for their six-year-old son.

Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit a young family in Warrington and help them with their home improvement problems.

Home improvement problems remedied by Nick Knowles. The team help Angie and Paul Bowles create a county-style lounge down on their farm in South Wales.

Home improvement problems remedied by Nick Knowles. The team visit Ipswich to help Jason and Toni Meekings, who have been transforming their three bed house into something bigger.

In this edition they are on a mission in Fishguard to help a worn out Mum and Dad of quadruplets renovate her bedroom and en-suite bathroomm so she can have the occasional half hour to remind herself that she is still human.

The team are in Crawley to help brothers Daniel and Adam renovate their kitchen/diner.

The team are in Swindon to try and turn Michelle Lovell's life around by finishing the renovation of her lounge.

Nick Knowles and the building team are in Navenby to help Maaike Zaan and John Heather complete the renovation to their disused telephone exchange.

The team are in Grays, Essex to help busy paramedic Tina Freear renovate her lounge/dining room.

The team are in Pembroke Dock to help supersize a tiny family bathroom

The team is in Manchester to help remedy the DIY disaster created by Kevin Vaughton after he tried to enlarge his kitchen.

The team are in in Clevedon to help transform an extension into a funky lounge.