Car SOS
| Car SOS | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Motoring Entertainment |
| Showrunners | Stephen Taylor Woodrow Steve Bonser |
| Directed by | Stephen Taylor Woodrow Stuart Readfern Jon Scorer Steve Bonser James Redgate Ben Mann Stephen Mizelas |
| Presented by | Tim Shaw Fuzz Townshend |
| Starring | Nathans Paint & Restoration Specialist team (Series 12 - Present) |
| Narrated by | Jim Smallman (series 1-3) Phil Cornwell (series 4-) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 122 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Charlie Bunce Theo Williams |
| Running time | 44 mins approx (not inc. advertisements) |
| Production companies | Renegade Pictures (seasons 1–10) Wall to Wall Media (season 11–) National Geographic Channels NGC UK Partnership |
| Original release | |
| Network | National Geographic Channel Channel 4/More4 (repeats) |
| Release | 7 February 2013 – present |
Car SOS is a British automotive entertainment television series that airs on National Geographic Channel as well as being repeated on Channel 4 and More4. The first ten series are also available on the Disney+ streaming service. The series began in 2013 and is presented by Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend. Series 1 - 10 are also shown on the Australian network ABC and streamed on ABC iview.
Tim and Fuzz work closely with a specialist car restoration team helping to restore owners' classic cars from across the UK and Europe, often beginning in a serious state of disrepair. The owner, unbeknownst to them and their car are nominated by a relative or friend because the owner is unable to continue the restoration of the vehicle, due to unforeseen medical or financial reasons. The owners are then surprised with their finished car in a staged event, usually set up by Shaw.
In a special series-three episode, a 1962 Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite destined for the British Motor Museum was restored with the owner's knowledge, breaking the show's format due to the car's significance, having been driven by a racing team that included Steve McQueen and Sir Stirling Moss, who appears in the episode.