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List of DIY SOS episodes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ29915430 ↗
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This is a list of episodes of the BBC One show DIY SOS And DIY SOS The Big Build. The first episode aired on BBC One on 7 October 1999 and it has run for 242 episodes over 32 series.

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