Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nThe first job of the day falls to cobbler Dean Westmoreland. Angela Rushforth and her daughter Eve arrive with a pair of 70-year-old roller skates that once belonged to Angela’s mum Irene. Back in the late 1940s, Angela’s parents' romance blossomed at the Astoria roller rink in Barnsley. They later married and were together for 67 years until Irene’s death in 2019. Angela is hoping that having the skates restored will give her dad Colin a bit of a lift. For all his years of experience, Dean has never worked on a pair of roller skates before, and with a tear in one of the toes, missing eyelets and faded leather to attend to, he has plenty to keep him busy.\n\nSisters Fredericka and Louisa Charles have brought in a 1960s radiogram that belonged to their parents. They hope that electronics whizz Mark Stuckey can get it working once again. Their parents were part of the Windrush generation, arriving in the UK from Dominica in the Caribbean. The radiogram was one of their first major purchases after arriving in the UK, and the sisters remember it playing during Sunday afternoon get-togethers with friends and family. Music and dancing brought everyone together, and the sisters remember their father as a good dancer who liked Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. While Mark tackles the electronics, upholstery expert Sonnaz Nooranvary gets to work replacing a torn fabric panel.\n\nMechanical expert David Burville is on duty as cousins Tamsin and Daniel arrive with a toy fire engine built by Daniel’s great-grandfather Francis. Francis was in service during the Blitz, and the model is a replica of the fire engine he worked on. During the war, toys were in short supply, so the engine was made as a present for Tamsin’s dad. With a working extension ladder, lights and a motor to propel it, the model is a finely crafted piece that takes all of David’s skill to restore.\n\nLast to arrive is Gita Diwan, with a very special leather wallet that once belonged to her father. Between 1939 and 1941, Gita’s father was a freedom fighter, struggling for India’s independence from British rule. As contemporaries of Mahatma Gandhi, Gita’s parents travelled to marches and peaceful demonstrations around India, and during that period her father carried his money in the wallet. He was imprisoned by the British for around two years for his efforts to secure independence, but was treated as a hero by many fellow Indians. After his death, Gita’s mother used the wallet before passing it to Gita. Now the years of use have taken their toll, and restoring it is a task for the barn's resident leather expert Suzie Fletcher.
Source: BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 14
Kicking things off is a life-sized model horse used as a teaching aid at a riding school for disabled people. Instructor Ena and star pupil Ellen are hoping Hector, who is badly ...
21-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 13
Entering through the barn doors first are siblings Michelle and Paul along with their mum, Ann. They have an unfinished family project that needs the help of metalworker Dominic ...
15-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 12
First into the barn are Keith and his daughter Kirsty, who have brought a cleverly designed accessory that requires the skills of resident horologist Steve Fletcher. Keith&rsquo ...
07-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 11
First into the barn is Zelda, with her most precious possession, a ring bought by her father on a day out together when she was a teenager. But the ring looks nothing like it or ...
01-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 10
First through the workshop doors is Ben, with an unusual item needing a joint crusade to get it back on its feet. Silversmith Brenton West, woodworker Will Kirk and leather expe ...
24-03-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 9
It's the return of smoke and mirrors from times past as Camilla arrives with a groundbreaking form of Victorian entertainment she’d like to see back in action. Her revolvi ...
17-03-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 8
First through the workshop doors is Bev, bringing a local landmark that has lost its way. The dilapidated village sign from Broome in Norfolk was designed for the millennium by ...
10-03-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 7
Setting bear ladies Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch the first task – with strings attached – Jill Purves and her daughter Vickie, from Biggar in Scotland. Bulb ...
03-03-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 6
The early birds at the barn are sisters Lottie and Amy, with a unique record of their childhood, a book given to Lottie as a Christmas present in 1976 when she was three years o ...
17-02-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 5
First through the workshop doors is Ben, bringing a torn and tattered lace dress that played a big part in his late sister Lizzie’s life. The dress became artist Lizzie&rs ...
10-02-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 11
First into the barn is Zelda, with her most precious possession, a ring bought by her father on a day out together when she was a teenager. But the ring looks nothing like it or ...
01-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 13
Entering through the barn doors first are siblings Michelle and Paul along with their mum, Ann. They have an unfinished family project that needs the help of metalworker Dominic ...
15-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 12
First into the barn are Keith and his daughter Kirsty, who have brought a cleverly designed accessory that requires the skills of resident horologist Steve Fletcher. Keith&rsquo ...
07-04-2025
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 14
Kicking things off is a life-sized model horse used as a teaching aid at a riding school for disabled people. Instructor Ena and star pupil Ellen are hoping Hector, who is badly ...
21-04-2025
BBC 2
A Royal Visit
As part of BBC 100 celebrations to mark the BBC’s centenary, this special episode of The Repair Shop sees Jay Blades and the expert team of Repair Shop craftspeople visit ...
03-05-2023
BBC 2
Series 5 (extended Versions): Episode 15
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nThe first visitor racing towards the workshop is Julian Ma, with an i ...
08-09-2021
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 10
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. Also forming part ...
26-03-2018
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 2
Things are heating up in the Repair Shop forge as metalworker Dominic Chinea tackles one of the biggest challenges he’s ever faced: a dilapidated old weather vane that onc ...
07-10-2020
BBC 2
Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 5
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMetalworker Dominic Chinea uses all his expertise to make a dilapida ...
19-07-2023
BBC 2
Series 14: Episode 1
Confronted with a contraption that has clearly seen better days, a daunted Dominic Chinea is taking on the barn’s first assignment. All the way from Scotland, brothers Lew ...
13-01-2025
BBC 2