Nick Knowles DIY SOS

Presenter Nick Knowles flouted BBC guidelines by appearing in a Shreddies advert, despite the channel's strict regulations banning TV talents from ...

Presenter Nick Knowles flouted BBC guidelines by appearing in a Shreddies advert, despite the channel's strict regulations banning TV talents from capitalising on their on-screen fame. "I would go to events and there would be schoolkids asking for autographs," he recalled to The Mirror of his history at high profile gatherings. "It was a bit odd [that I was dropped] but I knew that it was only for the one show," Nick explained, adding that there had simply been a "misunderstanding". "Then Rhod came in and Rhod is such a lovely lad and he got emotionally involved with the whole story," he exclaimed. He had previously revealed that he'd taken the decision to don a builder's uniform for the Shreddies ad campaign as a result of financial concerns he'd had over the pandemic. He was axed from a special of DIY SOS after the potential conflict of interest emerged, but has now returned, citing a "misunderstanding".

Knowles was replaced by comedian Rhod Gilbert for the charity special of the hit BBC series after he inadvertently broke rules to star in an advert for ...

"One of the builds that we did this series was through one of the three massive storms that we had - if you remember - that we had in March; horizontal rain, snow, 70mph winds... "I'd walked up to a woman one day who was wheeling a wheelbarrow covered in mud in the pouring rain. "I mean, we had to have armbands so people went to lunch, people worked in pods and units and had to observe all of the rules. "It was basically a misunderstanding - we sorted it all out - but it meant that I couldn't do that one show. Alison said: "What's amazing was that it was done in the pandemic. "It was a bit odd but I knew that it was only for the one show," he replied.