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The Big Build for Children in Need

In this Children in Need Special, the DIY SOS team joins forces with Radio 2. Their mission is to transform a derelict site into a safe base for a young women鈥檚 charity in Leeds.

In this Children in Need special, the DIY SOS team joins forces with Radio 2 for a mega build in Leeds. Nick Knowles and his team set to work to transform a derelict site into a brand new base for the young women鈥檚 charity Getaway Girls. This is one of the show鈥檚 biggest projects ever, and it鈥檚 a massive challenge to complete in just ten days.

Radio 2 are on a mission to recruit the hundreds of volunteers needed from their millions of listeners, while a brigade of the station鈥檚 presenters dons hard hats and high viz. Teatime presenter Sara Cox, Scott Mills, Rylan, and DJs Spoony and Trevor Nelson get stuck in, shovelling dirt, plastering and painting. Meanwhile, across town, the Getaway Girls choir are preparing a song to perform in front of the volunteers as a thank-you on reveal day.

Singer-songwriter Emeli Sande coaches the girls through their nerves, explaining she was a nervous teenager once too. Finally, the day of the reveal arrives. Zoe Ball arrives in town to broadcast the choir鈥檚 anthem live to the nation and to get a sneak preview of the spectacular new building.

Before, the Getaway Girls activities had been spread out across town using temporary spaces. Now, the new building in Seacroft provides a much-needed safe space with facilities all under one roof: a music and media studio, counselling and activity rooms, a creche, offices and a garden. Getaway Girls is a Children in Need-funded charity. It鈥檚 been supporting young women across Leeds for 35 years, raising aspirations,
providing opportunities and offering vital counselling and support.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Nov 2022 02:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Rita Ora

    Your Song

  • 00:22

    Stardust

    Music Sounds Better With You

  • 00:26

    Oren Lavie

    Did You Really Say No (feat. Vanessa Paradis, Oren Lavie, Vanessa Paradis)

  • 00:33

    Labrinth

    Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sande, Labrinth)

  • 00:38

    Anne-Marie

    Ciao Adios

  • 00:41

    The Dandy Warhols

    Godless

  • 00:42

    Rihanna

    Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko, Rihanna)

  • 00:45

    OutKast

    Hey Ya!

Credits

Presenter Nick Knowles
Executive Producer Jo Bishop
Series Producer Matthew Skilton
Director Michelle Pascal

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