In the repair shop today, three cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life - a Gothic timepiece, a 50-year-old wooden flying fish and an 80-year-old accordion.
In the repair shop today, furniture restoration dream team Jay Blades and Will Kirk work their magic on a much loved Arts and Crafts piano stool that has been badly damaged by a dog without a bone. Clock restoration expert Steve is called up to work on a vintage telephone. And antique projector specialist Richard Rigby restores a collector's item that casts its spell over everyone in the repair shop.
In the repair shop today, furniture restorers Jay Blades and Will Kirk take delivery of a highly-prized Davenport desk, damaged by burglars and in need of some serious surgery. Vintage electronics expert Neil Fairly battles some ageing Dr. Who baddies. And the repair shop's very own time-lord Steve Fletcher tackles a tricky time-travelling conundrum of his own.
Today in the repair shop, more cherished possessions are in need of rescuing from the ravages of time. Ceramics conservator Kirstin Ramsay carries out some serious surgery on a cherished Victorian garden gnome. Firefighting historian Stuart Black tackles the restoration of an antique helmet. And musical box expert Stephen Kember takes on a secret mission to bring a treasured family piece back to life before its owner finds out.
Today in the repair shop, a precious 19th-century Italian chair tests Jay Blades's soft and hard furnishing skills. Resident ceramicist Kirsten Ramsey painstakingly puts the broken bits of a shattered piece by Jean Lurcat, a contemporary of Picasso's, back together again. And furniture restorer Will Kirk sets to work on a very special jewellery box.
In the repair shop today, three cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Art conservator Lucia Scalisi rescues a painting that has been in Patricia and Ivor Sansom's family for decades and holds many special memories of a lifelong love story. Ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay reunites the broken pieces of a beloved painted plaque that was dropped and shattered over 45 years ago. And furniture restorers Will Kirk and Jay Blades bring a Japanese lacquered jewellery box that had suffered in the hands of burglars back from the brink.
In the repair shop today, the team are on a secret mission to restore precious family heirlooms, two royal Worcester vases from the early 1900s that are the prized possessions of Graham Kellie's wife Shirley. Horologist Steven Fletcher and expert metal worker Dominic Chinea pull forces to fix a titanic timepiece - the Cirencester village clock which hasn't ticked for many years. And the team work together to mend a piece of farming history, a severely rusted 19th-century hay press.
The repair shop team is no stranger to weird and wonderful items and today is no exception. Resident clock specialist Steven Fletcher receives a round of applause when he employs his skills to fix a clapping monkey. Ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay and furniture restorer Will Kirk team up to restore an ornate Victorian travelling box. And an iconic blast from the past in the form of a 1950s Wurlitzer jukebox arrives to test the skills of Laurence Richardson.
Today in the repair shop, horologist Steve Fletcher and furniture restorer Will Kirk bring a grandfather clock out of retirement. It has been in the family for four generations and now resides with proud owners Ian and Linda Murphy, who long to hear it chime again. Ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay rescues a Royal Barum ware vase from a crack of doom. And the repair shop teddy doctors perform life-saving surgery on a much-loved bear who, after a run in with a puppy, now has only one ear and one arm.
Today in the repair shop, some of the country's leading crafts people bring treasured possessions back to life. Furniture restorers Jay Blades and Will Kirk work together on a 100-year-old Nordic rocking chair that owner Nina Tucknott's grandparents were given on their wedding day. And ceramics restorers Guillaume Pons and Kirsten Ramsay take on two very different pieces - an engraved mother of pearl seashell from Brazil and an unusual ceramic bulldog named Sweetpea, whose face has been shattered.
The Repair Shop has the tools and the talent to deal with any restoration challenge no matter how big, how small, how old or how new. In this episode, horologist Steven Fletcher gets a Victorian cuckoo clock singing again. Ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay attempts a seamless repair on a 70s bowl, and furniture restorer Will Kirk navigates a 200-year-old sea chest.
Whether rare antique or common keepsake, the repair shop team restores those family heirlooms with sentimental value beyond compare. Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi faces a serious challenge when presented with a perforated painting by celebrated British artist Fred Appleyard. Furniture restorer Will Kirk has to think outside the box to solve a homemade riddle with over 100 pieces. And a family heirloom with huge sentimental value needs the prowess of ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay.
The Repair Shop team rescues all manner of objects from the ravages of time. From reviving pieces of history for whole communities to repairing tin, yet treasured, reminders of family days gone by. Metal worker Dominic Chinea has to use all of his restoration skills to future proof an old, Cornish museum sign. Steven Fletcher has to steer an old banger back onto the road. And the Repair Shop emergency bear-care team, Julie and Amanda, start treatment on George, a very special teddy who has lost one of his eyes and his growl.
An antique barometer, a pair of rowing oars and a poorly pinball machine are restored. At the Repair Shop, cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life by some of the country's leading craftspeople. Horologist Steven Fletcher feels the pressure as he gets to grips with a broken, antique barometer. Furniture restorer Will Kirk is entrusted with a pair of rowing oars that could have a hidden past. And a poorly pinball machine that has spent the last few years being used as a kitchen work top finds its way to pinball wizard Geoff Harvey for some love and attention.
Expert at tackling the problems others fear to fix, no restoration project phases the Repair Shop crew. Today on board the good ship Repair Shop, a customer has a knotty nautical problem that leaves furniture restorer Will Kirk all at sea. Jay Blades and Tim Weeks face the music to a get a vintage gramophone looking and sounding like new, which calls on all of Tim's 50 years of experience. And soft toy specialists Amanda and Julie take on a young lady suffering the effects of years of love and affection.
The Repair Shop is decked with holly and the team fix up festive family treasures, including the only Christmas present received by evacuee Patricia in 1939, a Betty Doll.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident antique photography expert Brenton West brings his expertise to bear on a camera that survived the First World War but hasn't taken a picture in over a hundred years, while leather expert Suzie adds a surprise touch that leaves the camera's owner Phil lost for words. Furniture restorer Will Kirk and horologist Steve Fletcher joins forces to get a 20th-century designer wooden screen back on its feet. And violin restorer John Dilworth works on a treasured instrument that spent World War II in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clock restorer Steve Fletcher restores a German-made toy steam roller from the 1930's. After not being used for around 40 years, it needs a full check-up to get it up and running again. Stained glass expert Matthew Nickels pieces together a damaged glass picture window depicting a colourful boat at sea. Made by the owner's late father, it has a great deal of sentimental value and so she is ecstatic when Matthew manages to make it all ship-shape and just like new again. Meanwhile, leather expert Suzie turns her attention to three iconic leather sling back Les Arcs chairs desperately in need of some love and attention to make them usable again.
Silversmith Brenton West tackles a broken hand mirror containing the portrait of a mysterious French lady. Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi repairs, cleans and brings some much-needed light to a murky painting of fog on the River Thames. And resident horologist Steve Fletcher joins forces with ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay and wood specialist Will Kirk to work on a prestigious eighteenth-century timepiece that has suffered a supernatural accident.
Musical box expert Stephen Kember and furniture restorer Will Kirk join forces to tackle a very special music box damaged by a bomb during the Blitz. Unfortunately the box's owners, who were in the house at the time, were killed by the blast. Now their descendant, and custodian of the box, Roger wants to restore the box so he can hear the same music the family members he never knew used to listen to. Stuffed toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell take on one of their toughest assignments yet - A stuffed toy lamb, torn apart by a real dog and now consisting of just a head and four legs. And metal worker Brenton West restores a treasured pair of fire tongs, designed and built by the owner's own great-grandfather, back to working order.
Clockmaker Steve Fletcher turns his talents to restoring an ornate antique pipe, carved from a mineral called meerschaum. Steve also calls on the help of his sister, and master saddle maker, Suzie to replace the lacklustre leather parts of the pipe. Gramophone guru Tim Weeks takes on the restoration of an early twentieth-century record player and radio that was bought at an auction by owner Corrie when she was just five but hasn't produced any music for years. And ceramics restorer Kirsten Ramsay tackles one of the largest pieces she's ever worked on, a huge blue pitcher from Germany decorated with images from an infamous event in Roman history.
Furniture restorer Will Kirk takes on a rickety, water-damaged rosewood table, but the extent of the damage leaves him with a tough decision to make. Resident clockmaker Steve Fletcher turns his hand to getting an antique French steamboat ship-shape again after it was found buried on a beach over fifty years ago. And after many hours of stitching and sewing, soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell reunite a much-loved but threadbare panda bear with its owner Jill, for whom the bear holds many cherished memories of her late father.
Clockmaker and former retained firefighter Steve Fletcher gets the chance to work on a toy replica of an early Dennis fire engine. But this is not an ordinary child's toy; this one-off piece was built by one of the mechanics at the real Dennis fire engine factory. Ceramics restoration expert Kirsten Ramsay pieces together a beautiful Japanese Imari bowl that has been smashed to bits, and reveals the gruesome purpose behind its design. And the whole Repair Shop team comes together to save a weathered piece of Dorset history - a unique village sign, made up of metal, wood and ceramic parts all originally created by craftspeople who lived in the village.
Resident horologist Steve Fletcher works on a clock that was fashioned from the propeller of a plane that crash-landed in France during World War I. Passed down through the injured pilot's family, Steve must get this piece of history working for future generations. Metal expert Dominic Chinea brings his skills to bear on a rusted and seized-up shoe-stretching machine, one of the few reminders of owner Maggie's parents and their shoe shop. And stained glass expert Matthew Nickels takes on a tricky challenge - restoring two badly damaged windows which were rescued from a Victorian variety theatre shortly before its demolition.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clockmaker Steve tackles an intricate Boulle-work clock that hasn't ticked for over 15 years. Soft toy restorers Julie and Amanda take on a jumbo-sized project in the shape of a threadbare, but much loved, wheeled elephant. And woodwork specialist Will get to grips with one of the Repair Shop's oldest ever assignments - a 300-year-old Georgian desk that is showing its age.
Blacksmith Matthew Boultwood takes on a piece of British military history - a ceremonial helmet from one of the oldest regiments in the army, the Life Guards. Furniture restorer Will Kirk tackles a small chest with big problems, which tests the full range of his wood-working skills and techniques, from turning and carving to reconstructing and repainting. And clock specialist Steven Fletcher joins forces with toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell to bring an extremely rare Victorian clockwork rabbit back to life.
Gramophone expert Tim Weeks tackles a portable Peter Pan gramophone that has seen better days. Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary and carpenter William Kirk team up to mend a child's rocking chair. With a little care and attention the chair is mended, polished and re-covered and fit to sit in once more. Meanwhile, resident clock restorer Steven Fletcher turns his hand to mending a broken vintage cash register that has been in the owner's family business for generations.
Soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell take two well-worn teddy bears under their wing. Big Ted and Little Ted have spent nearly a lifetime together - their childhood owners, Jill and Edwin, met as teenagers, fell in love, married at 23 and spent the next 40 years together until Edwin's death four years ago. Now Amanda and Julie must restore the well-loved bears, to reverse the years of wear and preserve the happy memories of a lifetime of love. Meanwhile, metal expert Dominic Chinea works his magic restoring a rusting old Victorian lamp that has stood witness to many happy family events over the 50 years it has stood in owner Jeremy's garden.
Resident clock expert Steven Fletcher and woodwork specialist William Kirk work together to repair a broken barometer clock. With a clock, barometer and thermometer on one object, Steven has a lot of work ahead of him to get it looking like new again. Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi draws on her years of experience to restore a beautiful Caputo painting which has suffered a large tear. She expertly mends, cleans and re-touches the painting in time to reunite it with its delighted owner. Meanwhile bicycle expert Erik Van Bommel turns his hand to mending a battered childhood tricycle. The beautifully restored bike is excitedly unwrapped and ridden on once more by the owner's grandchildren.
Resident ceramic expert Kirsten Ramsay takes on a beautiful Majolica Vase, which has met with several accidents over the years - a lid broken into several pieces, damage from a falling painting and a decorative cherub who has been decapitated. Meanwhile metal worker Dominic Chinea works on a secret project - the restoration of a pub sign for the last landlord of much-loved local that has been knocked down to make way for a bus station.
Gramophone expert Tim Weeks brings back many happy childhood memories when he repairs an early Edison model Phonograph that has been silent for years. A treasured heirloom passed down from his aunt, the owner is delighted to hear it play music once more. Metal expert Brenton West restores a century-old silver mirror that has been passed down the female line of the owner's family. Replacing a broken corner of the mirror he makes it fit for use for another hundred years. Meanwhile leather expert Suzie Fletcher lovingly repairs a broken handle and restores the leather on a writing case formerly owned by pioneering locomotive engineer Robert Stephenson, a hero of the owner.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clock maker Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that has come all the way from Holland and which spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress. Metal worker Dominic Chinea and master cooper Alastair Simms get an ancient butter churn turning, and churning, once again. And leather expert Suzie Fletcher lovingly restores a trunk made by Louis Vuitton and which is showing the signs of the years it spent travelling the world with owner Tom's great grandfather.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. The Items for this episode are: Seaside Telescope, Monkey head Walking Stick, and conservation work on a 180 year old portrait painting.
Music box expert Stephen Kember and furniture restorer Will Kirk come together to work on a music box that is housed in a replica Swiss chalet.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary takes on a real labour of love, a battered but beloved armchair that holds treasured memories of owner Michelle's grandfather. Brother and sister team, clockmaker Steve Fletcher and saddle maker Suzie Fletcher, turn their hand to restoring a World War One era military riding crop for a family with a proud military tradition. And ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay tackles one her toughest assignments yet, a damaged ornate Hungarian vase, with a complex design and intricate decoration that will need all need all Kirsten's skills to restore seamlessly.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Art conservator Lucia Scalisi works wonders on a portrait from 1930s of the Japanese martial arts master Yukio Tani. Brought in by the custodian Peter, the painting takes pride of place in the country's most prestigious martial arts club, but decades of being on display have left it desperate for some TLC.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident horologist Steve Fletcher and ceramics restorer Kirsten Ramsay turn their skills to fixing an art deco lamp in the shape of a lady, who is suffering from broken ankle after an unfortunate accident. Furniture restorer Will Kirk uncovers some hidden secrets while restoring a treasured wooden sea captain's chest so it can be passed onto a fourth generation of the same family. And stained glass expert Matthew Nickels completely overhauls a precious painted window which hasn't let in any light for many years.
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms back to life. Soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell work their magic on an old teddy called Fred.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clock expert Steve Fletcher restores an 18th-century wall clock that is a much-loved heirloom from the owner's grandfather. It hasn't ticked for five years - will Steve get the clock to work again? Caner Rachael South restores a beautiful wicker cradle that has been in use for generations. With a new addition to the family on the way the owner hopes to be able to pass this on to her grandchild and keep the heirloom alive. Meanwhile, Brenton West fixes a much-loved powder compact, made in the shape of a piano. Toy restorers Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch add the finishing touch with a new, hand-sewn pink powder pouf.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Art conservator Lucia Scalisi has to draw on all of her 30 years of experience to repair a much-loved landscape that has been left hanging together by a few threads of canvas after a house move mishap. Clockwork expert Steve Fletcher brings back many happy childhood memories as he gets a treasured clockwork toy car back on the road. And ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay tackles a porcelain Chinese guard dog damaged after a run-in with a real canine interloper.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clock expert Steven Fletcher is in receipt of an unusual timepiece – a statue of a barmaid holding a swinging pendulum clock dial. These clocks are known for being temperamental but with a good clean and a few replacement parts, Steve has it swinging once more. Silversmith Brenton West is tasked with restoring a precious hand mirror that has lost its glass, incurred numerous dents and several features have worn away. Brenton sets about replacing them and uses some old tricks of the trade to bring the treasure back to life. And specialist mid-century furniture restorer Graeme Mancha overhauls an iconic piece of contemporary furniture – an Eames chair. The chair arrived snapped in two but after hours of careful repair and rejuvenation, it leaves looking as good as it did in the swinging 60s.
Jay Blades and the team bring family heirlooms back to life. Resident clock expert Steven Fletcher and ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay toil on a fragile 19th-century clock.
Jay Blades and the team bring family heirlooms back to life. Furniture restorer William Kirk takes on a cherished family rocking horse that is in desperate need of some TLC.
Jay Blades and the team bring family heirlooms back to life. Suzie Fletcher and Sonnaz Nooranvary restore a badly damaged suspended chair from the 1960s, known as a 'leaf chair'.
Jay Blades and the team bring family heirlooms back to life. Kirsten Ramsay takes on a very rare Royal Doulton figurine of a First World War soldier.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Ceramic conservator Kirsten Ramsay carefully restores a cherished but chipped piece of 1960s pottery, but with pieces missing and a highly polished finish to mimic, Kirsten has her work cut out. Furniture restorer Will Kirk takes on an army officer's military campaign chest that has literally been through the wars. Battle scared after two hundred years travelling across the world with the British Army, it is being restored as a surprise for its current owner, the fourth generation of the same family to own the chest. And traditional upholstery and caning experts Sonnaz Nooranvary and Rachael South take a two-pronged attack in reviving a pair of chairs originally from Holland, and one of the last links to owner Cecile's Dutch heritage.
The team takes on an antique skeleton clock, a giant teddy bear and a beloved transistor radio with huge sentimental value to its owner.
The team takes on a pocket sized racing car, a century-old and very rusty weather vane, and a much-loved but horribly damaged leather rhinoceros.
The team tackles a shattered ceramic dish, a handmade doll's house and a vintage harmonium that provided the soundtrack to many an East End knees-up.
The team restores a miniature whisky barrel, an antique set of scales and a military swagger stick with precious memories for its 93-year-old owner.
Jay and the team restores a music box with a magical connection, make over a much-loved push-along horse and revive a water-damaged penny arcade game.
The team tackles a 1930s pinball machine, an antique weather device and a rocking horse that holds huge sentimental significance for its owner.
The team takes on an ancient penny-farthing bicycle, a clocking-on clock with a significant past, and a battered leather briefcase with a proud history.
Today, there's a dilapidated barber's pole with huge family significance, an important African painting, and a wooden box that hid a life-changing secret.
Jay Blades and the team revive a theatre chair from Derby Hippodrome, restore a unique and whimsical timepiece, and resurrect a cherished bronze locket.
The team tackles a 1960s cine-projector, a charming wicker chair and a hand-crafted spinning wheel that has travelled all the way from Shetland.
The team tackles a faded village war memorial, an iconic 1960s one-armed bandit, and a much-loved teddy bear whose lifelong owner recently passed away.
The team restores a clock that once hung outside a family business, a treasured metal keepsake box, and an old wooden barber’s chair.
The team restores a hand-carved model Spitfire, a much-loved leather pouffe, and a battered silver purse holding treasured mementoes of a beloved mother.
The team tackles a ventriloquist’s dummy, a 1920s typewriter and a precious athletics trophy that’s the last remaining memento of a much-loved father.
The team tackles an old carousel horse, a teapot with an extraordinary wartime story, and a wooden puzzle that is the only reminder of a much-loved father.
The team tackles a radio that survived the evacuation from Dunkirk, a battered leather gaming case and a grandfather clock with a poignant history.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a concertina that survived combat in World War I, a vintage jigsaw, and a cocktail table with a surprising secret compartment.
The team restores a bass guitar that topped the charts, a vintage end-of-the-pier machine and a hand-carved belt that marked an unlikely wartime friendship.
The team restores a quirky train set made by a celebrated cartoonist, a nautical ‘ditty box,’ and a doll that’s a precious memento of a much-loved father.
Today in the Repair Shop, the team restores a much treasured family portrait, a precious vintage fountain pen, and a 130-year old tiger automaton that has lost its growl.
The team tackles a miner's lamp that saved its owners life, a mysterious rug-covered armchair, and an antique music machine that has not played in years.
Dominic Chinea uses his expertise to make a dilapidated and unsafe go-kart roadworthy once again. Kirsten Ramsay faces an unusual challenge in the shape of a papier maché cat.
The team restores a pair of binoculars salvaged from a Second World War U-Boat, two leather boxing belts and a vintage mechanical money box.
The team restores more family heirlooms - a musical wooden bench, a Victorian kaleidoscope and a pair of military items owned by a soldier who served in both world wars.
Vintage bike restorer Tim Gunn brings all his skill to bear on a wartime bicycle once owned and used by a Bletchley Park code breaker. Horologist Steve Fletcher recruits fellow expert and sister Suzie to work on a neglected and battered old Victorian firefighter's helmet. A threadbare teddy on wheels is also restored.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a vintage horse-racing game, two stained-glass panels, and an old tram seat that has precious memories for its 93-year-old owner.
The team restores a set of bagpipes that saw action in the First World War, a silver Welsh crown of great cultural significance, and a quirky tortoise-shaped bell.
The team restores a rusty toy pedal car, a bronze statue by a leading French artist, and a baize-covered card table dating from the 1940s.
The team restores a clockwork tractor used by an agricultural salesmen to South Africa in the 1950s, a plate bearing a photo of the owner's mother and a military compass.
Bookbinder Christopher Shaw is on hand to help out Jenny Lane, who has a pair of battered picture albums full of press-cuttings charting the progress of Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition to the South Pole, a ill-fated mission involving her grandfather. Other members of the team tackle a traditional Asian board game, and a much-loved magic trick.
The team takes on a piano stool, a vintage car speedometer and a baby's wicker crib.
The team takes on a fairground water can, a camel saddle and an RAF mascot teddy bear.
The team takes on a bicycle sidecar, a Victoria sewing stand and a military drum.
The team takes on a satchel, a pub clock and a sea serpent pen holder.
The team takes on a pair of boxing gloves, a cigarette box and a toy bike.
The team takes on a coffee table, a wind-up panda and a coconut scraper.
The team takes on a wooden desk, a scrapbook and a wind-up train.
The team takes on a collectable seesaw, a hand-stitched bedspread and a shooting stick.
The team takes on a precious brooch, a rag doll and a well-travelled wooden trunk.
The team takes on a ship's wheel, a worn-out football mascot and a vintage cricket ball.
The team takes on a teddy bear, an unusual musical instrument and a century-old tea caddy.
The team takes on a garden bench, an old school calculator and an antique bridle.
The team takes on a tarnished keepsake, a vintage bottle stopper and a pedal scooter.
The team takes on a Victorian high chair, a smuggler's telescope and a tippling stick.
The team takes on a toy cannon, a Victorian inkwell and a saintly statue that has suffered an unholy breakage.
The team takes on a well-travelled leather case, a fantastic homemade telescope built from scrap metal and 100-year-old bowl with an extraordinary history.
The team takes on a family butcher's trusty sausage-making machine, a treasured Edwardian postcard album and an Iraqi hot water urn, known as a samovar.
The team tackles a shattered gold ring, a dilapidated fire bucket and a jewelry box with a puzzle to solve.
The team takes on a smashed piggy bank, a homemade gramophone that has lost its voice and a tarnished 19th-century ceremonial helmet.
The team takes on a broken tape-recording machine, a costume that once belonged to a 1950s strong woman and a broken wind-up car.
Jay Blades and the team take on a set of shopkeeper's scales, a leather keepsake bag and an Egyptian table.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a bus conductor’s ticket machine, a Victorian automaton and a former world champion’s kick-boxing trophy.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a writing bureau, a pair of dancing clogs and a couple of ploughing trophies.
Jay Blades and the team tackle an art deco clock, a teddy bear and a 3D photograph viewer.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a chair used during the investiture ceremony of the Prince of Wales, an air-powered toy car and a RNLI donation box.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a refugee family's wooden trunk, a memorial trophy and a gyroscopic toy cyclist.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a tarnished rugby trophy, a Victorian sewing machine and an accordion.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a wooden toolbox, a plate camera and a marionette theatre.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a surveyor's theodolite, an ice cream bell and a football.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a military chess set, a Syrian chair and a wartime mascot doll.
Today in the Repair Shop, the team takes on a tired teddy bear, an equestrian ceremonial blanket and a police investigation murder box.
In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a saxophone, a tarnished brass kettle and a shaving mirror from WW1.
In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a wall clock with an extraordinary story, a fractured lustre bowl and a semi-acoustic guitar.
In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a fire-damaged silver vanity set, a WW2 secret agent canister and a wooden toy carousel.
In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a tarnished brass shop till, a doll's house bestowed to a children's hospice and a communion box.
Jay Blades and the team take on a banjo, a pair of rollerskates and a wooden salad bowl.
Jay Blades and the team take on an 18th-century French clock, a radiogram and a Victorian botanical microscope.
Jay Blades and the team take on a Victorian railway lamp, a musical jewellery box and a Brownie toadstool.
Jay Blades and the team take on an oil lamp, a fret saw and a child’s drum kit.
Jay Blades and the team take on a dented trumpet, a decorative belt awarded to a Victorian sporting hero and a metal roundabout.
In the Repair Shop this Christmas, the team take on a bike, a treasured but tired harmonium, a clockwork train set and a beloved 80-year-old bear.
The team takes on a Jamaican pump organ, an RAF bomber pilot’s hat, a baby crib made during the First World War and a naval rigging kit.
Jay Blades and the team rejuvenate a jukebox, a stowaway bike, a lantern clock and a lifeboat compass.
The team restores a torn leather armchair, a broken music box and a faded portrait.
The team tackles an alabaster light shade, a piano stool, a toy bus and some binoculars.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a wind-up bird cage, a host of carved angels, a Georgian peat bucket and a surgeon’s leather case.
Jay Blades and the team take on a miniature bike, a ceramic cross, a kite and a Victorian acrobat toy.
Jay Blades and the team take on a long-lost wartime dolly, a fishing tackle box, a leather kit bag and a school plaque.
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms back to life, including a homemade radio, a banana barrow, a leather wallet and a replica model of a fire engine.
Jay Blades and the team restore a diamond wedding ring, a shop mannequin, a vintage fairground game and a pair of lumberjack’s tree spurs.
Jay Blades and the team take on a leather keepsake box, a toy speed boat, an Italian dressing-table chair and a tortoise pouffe.
Jay Blades and the team take on a jazz guitar, a veneered card table, a bookie's bag and a Victorian clockwork pigeon.
Jay Blades and the team take on a Victorian ice cream maker, a Spanish organillo, a soldier’s leather document folder and a 1950s record player.
Jay Blades and the team take on an engagement ring, an electric guitar, a church weathervane and a fly-fishing bait wallet.
Jay Blades and the team take on a garden gate, a rocking chair, a First World War soldier’s watch and a vintage arcade game.
The team restores a model ship made of matchsticks, a retro machinist’s chair and a papier mache black and white dog, synonymous with the music industry.
The team takes on a toy dog, badly burned in a house fire, a retro kitchen mixer from the 60s and a belt buckle which belonged to a hard-working nurse.
The team takes on a tired toy monkey, a seized-up workman’s vice and a hand-carved Scandinavian wooden figurine mauled by a boisterous puppy.
The team mends a toy carriage that takes its owner back to childhood, two platinum records given to a guitarist in Paul McCartney’s band, and a clock.
The team takes on a set of unglazed clay sculptures, a vintage lawnmower and a handmade leather horse from WWII.
Jay Blades and the team set to work restoring a precious sitar, a Second World War pilot’s jacket and a toy bird that has lost its tweet.
Jay Blades and the team take on a pastel portrait that reminds a grieving husband of his late wife, a tinplate clockwork toy that has lost its spark and a lucky leather purse.
Jay Blades and the team take on a retro chandelier, an ornate mother-of-pearl table and a treasured toy that serves as a memento of a lost childhood in Iraq.
Jay Blades and the team restore an antique penny arcade game, a motorcycle accessory and an art deco ornament featuring mirrors held aloft by a pair of silver ladies.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a painting by an amateur artist who worked down the mines, a wedding tiara and a chiming clock that was a lifeline for a man losing his sight.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Victorian iron rocking chair, a mechanical musical bear ornament and the battered and burned leather collar of an alpine cowbell.
Jay Blades and the team restore a ride-on toy shaped like a snail, a ballroom dancing trophy and a vintage bike linking its owner to the father she lost as a teenager.
Jay Blades and the team take on a musical table, a WWII Land Army doll and a pair of driving gloves used by a wagon driver from Barnsley to keep him warm when he slept.
Jay Blades and the team restore a handmade toy racing car, a leather bowls bag and a carved wooden box brought over from the Far East by a young bride in the 1950s.
Jay Blades and the team restore a stoneware elephant that holds precious memories of a much-missed man, a child’s wooden rocking horse and a beloved boxing trophy.
Jay Blades and the team restore a vintage nursing chair, a helmet belonging to a firefighter involved in the Aberfan disaster and a traditional Italian coffee grinder.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pre-war metal pedal plane, a make-do-and-mend cigar box ukulele and a collection of badly broken zoo animals made from wood pulp.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a salt and pepper set, a talking doll who has lost her voice and a hat worn by a WWII prisoner of war as he worked on the Death Railway.
Jay Blades and the team restore a vintage pocket camera, a toy piglet and a delicate ornament from India, shattered into pieces.
The team restore a silver singing trophy, a beaten-up boxing bag and a birdcage linking an adopted daughter with the father she only met as an adult.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Chesterfield armchair, a brass keepsake box and a silver bracelet.
The team restores handmade pottery vegetable patch signs, a wooden horse and cart toy, and an FA Youth Cup trophy.
The team restores a wooden toy yacht that belonged to a much-missed brother, a pre-NHS midwifery bag and a mechanical toy bear that pours and drinks milk.
Jay Blades and the team restore some leather saddle bags, a barometer and a stained glass panel.
In the Repair Shop today, the team restores a tuba, a metal mantle clock and a Foo dog pot.
Jay Blades and the team restore a lead statue, a Windrush suitcase and a wooden giraffe.
Jay Blades and the team restore an Indian dancing doll, a musical menorah and a sewing box.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of wedding rings, a pantomime horse and a dreadnought guitar.
Jay Blades and team restore a soft toy, a sea cadet’s drum and a wooden church pew that serves as a reminder of a beloved father and brother who sadly passed away.
The team restores an antique wooden soldier’s trunk passed down five generations, a traditional Persian tea set and a pair of vintage roller skates.
The team restores a dearly loved but dilapidated leather chair, a vintage letterpress and a mechanical toy plane that’s been grounded for 50 years.
Jay Blades and the team restore a treasured childhood puppet, an antique camera and an unusual timepiece.
Jay Blades and the team restore a post box, a silver tea set and a leather desk folder.
Jay Blades and the team restore a leather midwifery bag, a cherished painting and a First World War brooch.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved soft toy owl, a miniature piano and a war-torn wall clock.
The team restore a Venetian glass goblet, a leather hat and a wooden horse called Toby.
The team restores a child’s chair, a musical wedding album and a mechanical, camel-shaped children’s ride weathered by a lifetime spent beside the sea.
Jay Blades and the team restore a whistling wooden statue, a photographer’s dark-room timer and an owl inkwell.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of tap shoes, an ornate silver purse and a magician’s table.
Jay Blades and the team restore a silver-plated cornet, a paraffin lamp and an elaborate silver music box
Jay Blades and the team tackle a historic portrait, an engagement ring, an ornate chest from Oman and a toy donkey that links a twin with the brother she lost aged 21.
Jay Blades and the team restore a sit-on roundabout, a Texan side saddle, a WWI dominoes box and a mechanical teddy gifted to an adopted girl on arrival in the UK.
Jay Blades and the team restore a ship-shaped clock, a ceramic night light, a 1960s skateboard and a teddy that accompanied a young man through life-changing surgery.
Jay Blades and the team takes on a pair of running shoes used in Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics, a photograph of an ANC activist, a cherished clarinet and a push-along donkey.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a rare historic painting, a vintage sewing machine, a Beatles souvenir from the Swinging Sixties and a splintered stained-glass window.
Jay Blades and the team restore two very well-loved dolls, a drum kit with magical memories, a painted German toy box and the oldest item ever to enter the barn.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved doll, a metal guitar, a symbolic sculpture and a suitcase that accompanied an army officer as he journeyed through Africa.
Jay Blades and the team restore a significant seascape painting, a doll belonging to a refugee child from Bosnia, a farmer’s vintage seed-sower and a Parisian plate.
Jay Blades and the team restore a crumbling bird bath, a harmonium in need of a tune up, a document belonging to a survivor of the Titanic and a 1950s bear in need of TLC.
Jay Blades and the team restore a barber’s chair, an Iranian musical instrument, a roulette machine and a carousel horse.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of speedway racing boots, a 1960s electric organ, a handmade grandfather clock and a diary and writing slate.
Jay Blades and the team restore a record turntable, a chair made for King George VI’s coronation, a code breaker’s leather writing case and a mechanical toy clown.
Jay Blades and the team restore a miniature house, a Bakelite radio, a fairground game and an Indian painting.
Jay Blades and the team restore an iconic 1960s armchair, a Victorian electrostatic generator, a WWII sailor’s hat and the most extraordinary bicycle.
Jay Blades and the team restore a leather handbag, a wooden Noah’s Ark and a wartime doll called Mary-Lynn.
Jay Blades and the team restore a grandfather clock, a Turkish coffee grinder and a hot air balloon automaton.
Jay Blades the team restore a pair of Victorian hearse lamps, an unfinished jewellery box and a small statue of a fisherman.
Jay Blades and the team restore an antique banjo, a speedway champion’s racing bib and a fairytale rag doll.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Victorian garden syringe, a custom-made model boat and an electrical meter that belonged to someone dear.
Sketch with French and Saunders along with Dame Judi Dench visiting The Repair Shop.
Jay Blades and the team restore a precious diary all the way from Bangladesh, a handmade leather apron and a toy monkey in need of rejuvenation.
Jay Blades and the team restore a child’s shoe found during the First World War, a vintage vacuum cleaner and a treasured child’s tea set.
Jay Blades and the team restore a magician’s top hat, a signwriting case and a butcher’s shop automaton.
Jay Blades and the team restore a painting of a Lebanese landscape, a pair of silver Shabbat candlesticks and a dilapidated car jack.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of old football boots, a boxing trophy and vintage globe.
Jay Blades and the team restore a small broken statue, a clock all the way from Trinidad and a glamorous painting that has seen better days.
Jay Blades and the team restore a very loyal teddy bear, a wall clock that once hung in a school and a set of vintage golf clubs. The bear has been with owner Wendla since 1934.
Jay Blades and the team restore a saddler’s stitching stool, a very special reclining armchair and an unusual amphibious clock.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved sailor doll, a mid-century camera and a child’s musical chair.
Jay Blades and the team restore a mosaic table in hundreds of pieces, a well-loved family recipe book and an art deco clock.
Jay Blades and the team restore an ageing sound system, an intriguing mid-century trinket and a saddle that has crossed the Atlantic.
Jay Blades and the team restore a very special sporran, an ingenious artist’s tool and a much-loved toy seal.
Jay Blades and the team restore a toy car at the end of the road, a legal eagle’s briefcase and a footballing scrapbook.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of Turkish bath clogs, a pair of grand prix trophies and a treasured bear.
The team restores a century-old violin, a toy replica cooker and a leather briefcase.
Jay Blades and the team revive an African-Caribbean doll, a pair of RAF dress boots and a ring crafted from steel by a German prisoner of war.
Jay Blades and the team restore a 1970s electric go-kart, a wooden puzzle box and a much-loved old teddy bear with a missing leg.
Jay Blades and the team restore a German-English dictionary that belonged to a Jewish refugee nurse, a motorbike helmet and goggles, and a silver jubilee hobby horse.
Jay blades and the team restore a dilapidated and rusty tricycle, a silver and turquoise bracelet and a cherished pair of red ballet shoes.
Jay Blades and the team restore a silver saxophone, a stained-glass window panel depicting the Blackpool Tower, and a music box shaped like a grand piano.
Jay Blades and the team breathe new life into two bespoke rings, an old-fashioned penny slot machine and a wooden writing box.
Jay Blades and the team revive a rusty rocking toy, a torn pilot’s flying jacket from the Second World War and a bashed-up banjo
Jay Blades and the team revive a shamrock brooch, a brass miniature replica kitchen and a vintage table lamp.
Jay Blades and the team restore a scientist’s notebook, an unfinished wooden model of a ship and a treasured silver locket.
Jay Blades and the team restore a trusty yet rusty tricycle, a wedding photograph album and a Chinese porcelain figurine
Jay Blades and the team restore a Royal Australian Air Force hat, a wooden toy giraffe that’s on its last legs and a commemorative silver jubilee cup from the 1930s.
Jay Blades and the team restore a homemade radio used in secret during the Second World War, a set of dinner gongs and a musical carousel.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of ice hockey skates and gloves, a cycle helmet known as a ‘corker’ due to its lining, and a favoured boyhood bear called Lummy.
Jay Blades and the team restore a miniature silver kettle crafted from a shilling, a cherished violin and a 1950s toy rocket that has lost its spark.
Jay Blades and the team restore a shattered jewellery box, a toy flying saucer and a miniature library of Shakespeare’s works.
The team works wonders to revive a treasured leather braid bracelet, a painted shop front sign and a stone statue of a dancing bear.
Jay Blades and the team restore a radio-controlled model yacht, a garden urn and a World War I pilot’s hat.
Jay Blades and the team restore a fireman’s helmet belonging to a much-missed uncle, a 1960s electric guitar and a push-along furry toy called Barney.
Jay Blades and the team restore a gold mantle clock, an SAS soldier bookend and a 1920s mini microscope.
Jay Blades and the team restore a musical grenadier guard doll, a navigational sextant and a wooden chest from Sri Lanka.
The team restores a one-of-a-kind clock, an iconic pedal car, a very unusual ceramic canine and a devoted football fan’s lucky mascot.
Jay Blades and the team restore a remarkable prayer book, a stylish mid-century chair, a radio that rowed the Atlantic and a vintage horse-racing game.
The team restores two Olympic medals, a musical jewellery box and a toy dragon.
To mark the Queen's Platinum jubilee, the team brings four very special items back to life.
Jay Blades and the team restore a well-loved musical instrument, a rocking motorbike, a precious toy monkey and a historical record of the British suffragette movement.
Jay Blades and the team restore a family’s kitchen table, a pair of clown shoes, a Victorian diorama of a horse racing scene and a beloved blue bear.
The team restores a telescope, beekeeping equipment, a 1950s radio and a leather elephant.
The team repairs a pair of running shoes, a drinks table, a portrait and a barrel organ.
The team restores a swivel ball chair, a fruit machine, a mechanical toy dog and an ornately carved Victorian table.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of roller skates, a record player, a toy fire engine and a freedom fighter’s wallet.
The team restores an Olympic torch, a beloved stuffed toy cat, a broken jukebox and an enormous colourful sign salvaged by a local community in Scotland.
Jay Blades and the team restore a wartime radio hidden inside a book, a leather satchel, a pair of vintage scissors and an elderly teddy bear.
Jay Blades and the team restore a variety act’s unicycle, a battered Bible, a water-damaged wooden table and a colourful ring symbolising enduring love.
Jay Blades and the team restore a handmade kite, a child’s pedal train, a plate that once belonged to agony aunt Claire Rayner, and an intricate painting that is fading away.
A special heartwarming episode of The Repair Shop, which will see the team share the story behind a very special restoration before revealing the results of the repair on the stage.
The team revives five festive items, including a 100-year-old artificial tree that has been through the wars, and a repaired projector brings footage of loved ones back into focus.
The team lovingly revives a 1950s alarm clock that hasn’t rung for decades, a metal horse statue holding memories of a dear dad and a 120-year-old piece of rugby history.
Jay Blades and the team restore a tiny pair of baby boots, a hand-painted Venetian jewellery box and a well-trodden wooden tap-dancing mat used by identical twins.
Jay Blades and the team transform a child’s bike symbolising young love, a fluffy toy that’s provided much-needed support and a lamp smashed into smithereens.
Jay Blades and the team work their magic on a famous red book from the TV series This Is Your Life, a miniature sewing machine and a 1950s recording device.
Jay Blades and the team revitalise a painting with woodworm, an Arabic musical instrument and a flying helmet owned by a trailblazing female pilot.
A gigantic toy lion, a vintage cash register and an old harbourmaster's telescope are mended.
The experts restore three heirlooms: a camera from Uganda that facilitated a new life in the UK, a stuffed bunny belonging to children’s author Dick King-Smith, and a draughts board.
The experts restore a 1960s lawnmower, a sporting trophy and a 40-year-old leather belt.
The team restores a marching drum, a mug and a model windmill made by a much-missed father.
The team restores a pair of football boots, a wooden jack-in-the-box and a lamp.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beautifully decorated broken bowl, a miniature silver train spice box and a 1940s handcrafted leather football.
Three highly sentimental heirlooms are thrown a lifeline, including an old fishing reel and a quirky leather footstool shaped like a pig.
Jay Blades and the team transform a mother-of-pearl coin purse, a flamenco guitar and a 1950s London black cab taxi meter.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Victorian portrait of a formidable woman, an old-fashioned Middle Eastern heating device known as a brazier and a pottery horse.
The team put the spice back into a painted pepper mill, and the teddy bear ladies see double as they fix two wind-up toys gifted to identical twins.
Jay Blades and the team restore a set of bells that once noisily warned people of a horse’s arrival, a 1930s toy car that comforted a wartime evacuee, and a mid-century chair.
Art and industry come to the Repair Shop in the form of two ceramic doves believed to be linked to Picasso, an automaton depicting Victorian tradesfolk and a Welsh miner’s helmet.
An eclectic mix of items are given a new lease of life, including two schoolboy scrapbooks made in tribute to Tolkien and a decrepit manicure set that survived the Liverpool Blitz.
The Repair Shop is the current destination for some globetrotting items, including a 200-year-old guitar from Vienna, a trunk that has toured Africa and a vintage pinball machine.
The team tackles three unusual projects, including a chair in which JFK once sat, a Walkman and a Royal Navy hat box filled with romantic love letters.
A handbag repair for a 1960s typist who played a part in trying to make Britain better, and a toy tractor that belonged to a farmer who died in a tragic accident at work.
The experts revive a beloved but rickety old ironing board and a badly broken cupboard that was originally made for a young European couple for their marriage.
A small timepiece bought by a mum for her disabled daughter is lovingly restored, while a teddy that has lost its sparkle is revamped in memory of a beloved father.
The experts revive a 100-year-old shipping log charting the bravery of a seafarer during World War II. And a tiny table with rickety legs is put back on its feet.
A prankster postman’s brass horn is revived along with a historic 1920s tiny teddy bear that doubles up as a perfume bottle.
A wooden desk used by a leading member of the Suffragette movement is given a new lease of life alongside a mannequin from an East End tailor’s shop bombed in the Blitz.
The barn’s to do list includes a metal breadcrumb maker with memories of a childhood in Uruguay and a beloved stuffed toy lamb in need of a full mutton makeover.
On the work sheet today is a battered ukelele that’s entertained four generations of a musical family and, thanks to Steve Fletcher, a 1960s split flap clock is on the turn.
A solo mum has her cherished family crib restored for her new-born baby’s bedtime and a child’s pogo stick, steeped in emotion and years of rust, is dramatically transformed.
The barn’s team of crafters is entrusted to transform a worn-out suitcase from Ukraine, a seized up silver locket and a cherished baby doll who’s lost her sheen.
A shattered figurine of a nurse and a reminder of a wonderful woman is miraculously pieced back together, and an exquisite Indian silk story scroll is unfurled and preserved.
The team at the barn roll up their sleeves and tackle the damage on an antique anatomy book, a fragile diamond ring and a tired hat that belonged to a dedicated railway man.
An elegant occasional table owned and loved by a wonderful mother gets the Will Kirk treatment, and a distinctive 1950s radio is sparked back to life.
The experts revive an unusual necklace telling the story of love and loss. And a simple cap must have its dents and creases preserved.
A kitchen curiosity intrigues wood conservator Will Kirk, and a treasured wedding ring that was lost and then found arrives for a much-needed transformation.
The experts get cracking on a clever calendar souvenir held dear by two sisters, a 1930s schoolbook from the Caribbean and a sweet little wind instrument called an Ocarina.
The experts revive a battered Victorian diablo in the hope it can be used again, and a telescope in pieces must be reconstructed for a young stargazer.
The conservation team works wonders on a bent brass key ring, a clockwork toy turkey that’s ground to a halt, and a signet ring that symbolises a long and happy marriage.
A three-dimensional portrait of a Hindu goddess fascinates the experts, and a keen birdwatcher brings her very first pair of binoculars for a total renovation.
On the work sheet today, a wooden wall clock that’s journeyed from rural Serbia, a dog chewed policeman’s helmet and a fragile angel crafted from stained glass.
The team restores a Ukrainian painting which survived a WWII labour camp and a 1960s bookings calendar from Liverpool's Cavern Club, which records an early Beatles performance.
The team restore an enormous Big Ben-shaped clock made from matchsticks, a military bugle, a radio and a pair of kids shoes that are over 75 years old.
The team set to work reviving a painting from Bermuda, a crumpled terrarium damaged in transit, a precious clay keepsake of a baby’s footprints, and an arctic thermometer.
The team repair a microscope that belonged to a pioneering scientist, a pair of boots that protected a prisoner of war during WWII and a bench that needs a complete overhaul.
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage brings his treasured harmonium, holding memories of his late father, to be revived. And an early sculpture by an eminent Czech artist is restored.
A seized-up ventriloquist’s dummy with no strings attached gets a much-needed makeover, and a Roman-style leather chair undergoes a triumphant transformation.
Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to the UK, the barn fixes four items that celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants.
The team celebrates 75 years of the NHS by reviving items that include a hospital food trolley and a patient diary belonging to writer Michael Rosen.
A former professional goalkeeper brings in a 1970s football programme signed by Pele. And a broken guitar that helped a teenager through lockdown is revived.
The team fix a 100-year-old handwritten Qur’an passed down four generations of women, and a fun-loving nonagenarian prepares to take his family’s old scooter for a spin.
The team fix a velvet poster of a black panther that symbolises power and resilience to its owner and an unusual pair of wooden sandals from Punjab dating back to the 1800s.
The team set to work resurrecting an electronic sound processor, a life-size earthenware dog, a medical school certificate and a pair of child’s rugby boots.
A portable 1960s record player and a flamboyant pair of 1970s boots are revived. Also lovingly restored, a painting by Helene de Beauvoir, sister of French philosopher Simone.
The experts rejuvenate a 1950s hot towel machine for a family of Cypriot barbers, and a ceramic poppy created for the WW1 centenary art installation at the Tower of London.
Stepping into the barn are a pair of tiny cowboy boots, treasured by the family of Elton John's former drummer, while queen of the invisible fix Kirsten faces her biggest challenge,
The pressure is on for Will as a garden gate from Roald Dahl's mother's house arrives in pieces. Rebecca and Jay get a spring in their step as a dancing dress needs saving.
Brenton’s on a special mission to save a gold-plated car from The Spy Who Loved Me. Richard is stunned as he transforms a locket that has been buried for over a century.
Bookbinder Chris Shaw restores a notebook containing codebreaking secrets that helped the Enigma team in Bletchley Park. And it's all hands on deck as a 250-year-old fire pump roars back to life.
A poignant reminder of the Aids crisis that killed so many young men in the 80s as Sonnaz helps Leigh honour his partner, Greg, who was lost.
It is sequins galore for Jay and Rebecca as they welcome a dress from one of Britain’s most famous drag icons, that’s in need of a nip and tuck. And a 1990s BMX rides again!
The Willis-Cox family from Northampton hope that Will Kirk can save a treasured family member. Meanwhile, Steve takes on a sketchy job with an iconic toy from the eighties.
A dictaphone containing a recording of a loved one unheard for 80 years challenges Mark, whilst a barber set and a fruit bowl smashed by accident are also on the list.
A broken ring, a reminder of great courage in the face of tyranny, and two very heavy pieces of sporting history require the team’s efforts to be restored to their former glory.
Lilian from Northern Ireland hopes the team can get a tune out of her father’s homemade harp. After learning to make it from a book, he went on to become a world-renowned craftsman.
Textile conservator Rebecca must save an Indian ceremonial coat from the 19th century, while a treasured reminder of a childhood lived in the fast lane is a challenge for Dom.
A farming family’s butter churn and a fire-damaged teddy bear are given new life, and a guitar amp at the centre of Derry's punk scene in the 1970s is ready to roar again.
A vintage film projector presents a dream challenge for Mark while a retro pair of earrings create a 3D headache for Richard.
Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople, bringing loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. A heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture.
The experts work their magic on a set of piano-shaped DJ decks that brought rock 'n' roll to south Wales, an 18th-century orrery and a well-travelled hat box.
The iconic original chair from TV’s Mastermind puts furniture restorer Sonnaz’s specialist subject to the test.
An example of mid-century technology for the blind arrives at the Repair Shop, along with a 19th-century knife-sharpening device.
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four favourite fixes related to childhood, including a toy rabbit belonging to Dick King-Smith, author of the story that became the film, Babe.
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four favourite musical fixes from the past, including an original marching drum belonging to a Scottish brass band that started out in 1883
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on favourite fixes related to World War II, including a doll believed to have been made by a young woman who joined the Women's Land Army aged 18
First into the barn is Kauser Mukhtar from Bradford, who brought an unlikely heirloom for the attention of Dom Chinea and electronic whizz Mark Stuckey. It’s a 1960s vacuum cleaner, which was a favourite play toy when she was younger. The cleaner has no wheels and would hover over the carpet. Kauser and her siblings have fond memories of riding on top of it for a spin across the room! But decades of wear and tear, and sitting in her dad’s garage, have left the machine rusted and the electrics no longer working.
Narrator Bill Paterson looks back at four favourite sporting fixes from the past, including a 120-year-old rugby league cap given to a Yorkshireman who played for his country.
Bill Paterson looks back at some favourite toy fixes, including a cuddly keepsake that’s provided comfort for both a father and son, and a tinplate rocket in need of a boost.
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces about four favourite art keepsakes from the past, including a pair of 1970s pop art boots so funky even Elton John grabbed himself a pair!
The team repairs five festive items, including a 100-year-old projector that’s part of a family’s Christmas Eve tradition, and two revived puffins bring joy to a group of children.
In Ayrshire, a window signed by the poet Robert Burns and a life-changing historic Scottish canoe are both lovingly repaired by the team.
The experts join forces on a much-loved Syrian rocking horse left behind by a family unable to visit their war-torn country. And a dilapidated ice cream trailer is revived.
Dom and plaster expert Rich try to preserve some World War II Polish art before it is lost forever. Meanwhile, David Burville repairs a clockwork ship, and Will gets to grips with shinty.
The team rescue a jacket worn by a beloved search dog involved in the Lockerbie disaster, as well as tackle a pair of rugby boots that helped England win the Women’s World Cup.
A blind photographer’s cosy and comforting boots are restored to their former glory, and a school clock gifted by Florence Nightingale is revived, including a full facelift.
The team salvages a vintage rugby shirt worn by a Welsh professional in the 1960s, whose daughter-in-law had tried to freshen it up before framing it but had a laundry disaster.
The team revives a torn, nicotine-stained, lace dress that provided creative inspiration for a talented artist and a battered drum that was once the heartbeat of a Cornish festival.
Childhood memories are restored alongside items such as a storybook made by two loving parents and a tweed flat cap that belonged to a bricklaying father who died far too young.
The team takes on a task with strings attached – an elephant puppet that survived a fire. And a watch worn by a dad who tragically died in a boating accident is lovingly restored.
The team revive a dilapidated carved village sign that has stood pride of place in Broome, Norfolk, since the turn of the millennium, along with a handmade organ crafted in Basra during World War I.
The team help commemorate the victims of the Lockerbie bombing, new automata expert Michael tackles a clockwork train, and Kirsten gets hands-on with medieval slipware pottery.
Will and Dom learn how a devastating fire put a 5,000-year-old craft in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Chris Shaw repairs a Gaelic pipe music book, and Dom has the chance to make his own sporran.
Dom and Lucia help an iconic Glasgow landmark that has lost its lustre, save an endangered Chinese Unicorn, and discover how street art is changing one city before our very eyes.
The team face their quirkiest fix yet – a giant fibreglass cow lantern. Also, luthier Julyan brings a banjolele back to life, and Dom gets a crash course in brilliant cutting.
The boys help save a monument that’s crumbling before their eyes, Will brings a huge drum back to the barn, and Dom gets on the tools with the last scissor-maker in Sheffield.
The team head to Wiltshire to rescue an RAF memorial bench, paper conservator Angie struggles with a challenging Hindu holy book, and Will discovers traditional bee skeps.
The team help a charity get their iconic bus back on the road, Mark Stuckey reaches for the stars, fixing an unusual projector, and Will is wowed by the lost art of encaustic tiles.
The experts race against time to restore a historic carriage before a town procession, a unique musical instrument needs some TLC, and Will gets a makeover at Scotland’s oldest bespoke tailors.
Will Manchester Town Hall’s giant clock prove too big for Steve to handle? Will hears the tragic story behind a fruit machine and discovers the endangered craft of globe-making.
The team help the people trying to save Britain’s oldest wooden ship, a football cap brings back treasured memories, and Lucia sees a complicated wooden puzzle at the V&A Museum.
Will and Dom discover the noble sport of pram racing in Sussex, Kirsten performs emergency surgery on a garden gnome, and science meets art with a pair of neon sign makers.
The team restore some Victorian stage machinery, Suzie hears a story of injustice from apartheid South Africa, and wood lover Will gets to grips with the delicate art of marquetry.
