which the team enlists the help of local tradesmen, suppliers and the larger community to help deserving families. As the title suggests, the projects often involve "ambitious" construction work such as building a loft conversion or extension. In October 2015, The Big Build "Veterans Village" special achieved a 34% audience share (with viewing figures of 9.6 million), the biggest in the series' history. Personnel Presenters Nick Knowles (2010-) Rhod Gilbert (One Episode in 2021) Crew Julian Perryman - Builder (2010–) Chris Frediani - Plasterer (2010–) Mark Millar - Carpenter (2010–2021) Billy Byrne - Electrician (2010–) Mat Skelton – Builder (2010–2013) Designers During The Big Build, the following designers appear in an alternating recurring capacity. Charlie Luxton Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Oliver Heath Hannah Huggins Nina Campbell Gabrielle Blackman Julia Kendell Naomi Cleaver Sophie Robinson Episodes Reception Following the transition to the Big Build format, according to Stuart Heritage of The Guardian, the show is now a "big hitter", explaining that "Pound for pound [it] offers far more emotional heft than almost anything else on television". In its previous format, the show had, in his view, merely "burbled along pointlessly", lacking ambition or an emotional connection with viewers. Garden SOS (2003) On 7 July 2003, the BBC announced a sister show to DIY SOS, to be called Garden SOS. Running for only one series, it was first broadcast on BBC One from 4 September to 21 October 2003. Using the same format as DIY SOS, it was to tackle gardens instead of houses. Described by a reviewer as a hybrid between DIY SOS and Ground Force, the show featured a red and blue team of experts sent to work on different projects. It was presented by television presenter Andy Collins and garden designer Ann-Marie Powell. As with DIY SOS, viewers were given the chance via a telephone vote to select the projects in each subsequent episode. Reviewing the first episode for the Radio Times, David Butcher described the series as "all good fun", but lacking in gardening related content, and suggested this was one garden makeover series too many in an increasingly saturated market. There were six episodes in total. International editions The format was sold to RTÉ in Ireland in 2019, with episodes to be presented by Baz Ashmawy expected to air in 2020. The big build brings volunteers, contractors and the community together as one, working together to help people who