Television Knowles began as a runner in television production, before moving into presenting. He is principally known as the main host of
DIY SOS, From 2011 to 2015, Knowles was the presenter of the BBC game show
Perfection, In May 2016, Knowles presented
Invictus: The Road to the Games, a one-off programme for the BBC. Knowles earned between £300,000 and £349,999 as a BBC presenter for the financial year 2016–2017. In 2018, he participated in the
eighteenth series of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!'', finishing in sixth place, after being voted out on 6 December. From April 2019, he presented the BBC show
Home Is Where the Art Is, in which he challenges three artists to create beautiful artwork for people they've never met. The show ran for a second series in 2021. In May 2021, it was reported that Knowles was holding talks with the BBC regarding his role as the main host of
DIY SOS due to his appearance in a
Shreddies TV advert which violated BBC's commercial agreements and guidelines. A week later, the
BBC announced that they had resolved the issue and Knowles would return to his
DIY SOS role with filming to resume in the coming months and is expected to be back on screens in 2022. Between August and September 2021, Knowles presented the
Channel 5 series ''Nick Knowles' Big House Clearout''. In September 2024, Knowles was a contestant on the
twenty-second series of BBC's
Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer
Luba Mushtuk. Having injured his shoulder before the second show, he had to perform an
American Smooth, to the song "
Parklife" by
Blur, after only 16hours of training. He did not perform in the third week due to injury and as a result, his
Charleston to "
Rain on the Roof"
(from Paddington 2) was postponed to the following week. In the fourth week, he performed his Movie Week Charleston, but was eliminated in the dance off.
Film Knowles was a co-writer on the 2016 film
Golden Years, which stars
Simon Callow,
Virginia McKenna and
Una Stubbs. It entered the
UK Albums Chart at No. 92. ==Personal life==