I think that the BBC’s DIY SOS is excellent television. If you didn’t see Thursday night’s episode then get on the iPlayer and correct your mistake. In this episode Nick Knowles and the team help, no more than help, save a chap called Mike in Littlehampton. He had been the victim of a scumbag builder who had effectively stolen his money and left him living in a building only fit to be condemned. The stress of two years of living in hell had almost mentally and physically ruined Mike.
Thanks to a web forum based cry for help, and a subsequent social media campaign, the DIY SOS team had found out about his plight and had come to help.
The subsequent TV programme is just heartwarming and here’s why you should watch it. The callous fraudster who conned Mike presents the very worst of the building trade, so often maligned. On the other hand, the SOS team and all the local trades people that supported this Big Build show the very best of this essential industry. Watching the show is good for the soul because it is positively uplifting! This is feel-good TV at its best and I for one feel that it is my TV licence money being well spent. This is 'reality TV' in the only format worth watching.
The programme also proves that social media is a great environment for supporting individuals and driving social change. A friend of mind rightly points out that the internet contains so much stuff that is ‘brown and smelly’; this though is evidence that social media can be a force for good too.
Finally, the BBC also presents Watchdog, I hope that some legal types supporting that show go after the original builder – that would make a great follow-up to the Big Build, the fraudster being revealed and shamed. There is a saying that ‘what goes around, comes around’ and I for one hope that there’s truth in the saying. What do you think?
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Thanks to a web forum based cry for help, and a subsequent social media campaign, the DIY SOS team had found out about his plight and had come to help.
The subsequent TV programme is just heartwarming and here’s why you should watch it. The callous fraudster who conned Mike presents the very worst of the building trade, so often maligned. On the other hand, the SOS team and all the local trades people that supported this Big Build show the very best of this essential industry. Watching the show is good for the soul because it is positively uplifting! This is feel-good TV at its best and I for one feel that it is my TV licence money being well spent. This is 'reality TV' in the only format worth watching.
The programme also proves that social media is a great environment for supporting individuals and driving social change. A friend of mind rightly points out that the internet contains so much stuff that is ‘brown and smelly’; this though is evidence that social media can be a force for good too.
Finally, the BBC also presents Watchdog, I hope that some legal types supporting that show go after the original builder – that would make a great follow-up to the Big Build, the fraudster being revealed and shamed. There is a saying that ‘what goes around, comes around’ and I for one hope that there’s truth in the saying. What do you think?
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