Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nGreg Silvester won numerous medals at Special Olympics events over the course of his career. In 2000, he was chosen to carry the Olympic torch as part of the build-up to the Sydney Olympic Games. Over time the torch has become dented, a piece has broken off and some of the Olympic Games lettering has started to peel away. Greg is hopeful silversmith Brenton West can get the torch shining as brightly as it did on the very first day he held it.\n\nNext to arrive is Gemma Kent with her daughter Chloe’s toy cat Meowee. The cuddly toy originally belonged to Chloe’s dad Richard, who was gifted Meowee as a child. When Chloe was born, Richard passed the toy onto his daughter, and it quickly became a firm favourite. Richard sadly passed away in 2018, and Chloe and Meowee have been inseparable ever since. Meowee is beginning to show some signs of wear and tear. The barn’s bear ladies, Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch, prescribe a new inner lining to help strengthen Meowee’s ageing seams as well as some new stuffing to fill out her sagging limbs.\n\nElectronics whizz Mark Stuckey has his work cut out when a long-silent jukebox arrives at the barn. It belongs to Rachel Storr-Barber, who is accompanied by her daughter Jess. Rachel gave the jukebox to her vinyl-mad husband Chris as a Christmas present over 20 years ago. The gift was an instant hit, and with thousands of records in his collection, Chris would regularly change the selection. Sadly, Chris passed away in 2019, and the last time Rachel and Jess heard the jukebox play was at his wake, where it unfortunately caught fire. With such a huge job ahead of him, Mark calls for back-up in the form of fellow electronics expert Nigel Robinson. Together, the pair battle to get the burned-out jukebox back on song.\n\nSignwriting expert Dominic Chinea has a tall task ahead. Peter Sunderland has travelled from the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland with a large painted sign of Nicol Jarvie, a character from Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy. The novel is set in the area around Aberfoyle, and for many years the sign was mounted on the side of a local hotel, where it served as a focal point for the community. When the hotel was converted to flats 30 years ago, the sign disappeared and has only just resurfaced. Now Peter, on behalf of his community, is hoping the sign can be restored and mounted back on the old hotel building where it belongs.
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Series 13: Episode 16
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04-11-2024
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Favourite Fixes: Episode 1
First through the workshop doors is Minty Barlow, with a miniature house from her childhood. It was originally part of a model village tourist attraction in her hometown of Clee ...
30-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 15
First in the barn is Sarah Ruffle and her son James. She’s hoping toy restorers Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch can work wonders on her childhood bear Teddy Greeves. ...
28-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 17
First getting to work first is expert Will Kirk, who has an appointment with an 1890s knife-sharpening barrow and its custodian, Emilio. He has brought the barrow with a request ...
23-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 14
Silversmith Brenton West is first in the frame when Rio Goldhammer arrives with an antique silver tray with a close connection to his family. Dating back to 19th-century Vienna, ...
21-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 13
First in the barn is Christian Skelton with a 1975 film projector, an ode to the halcyon days of cinema and the forgotten art of the film projectionist. The 250kg broken behemot ...
14-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 12
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.
07-10-2024
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Series 13: Episode 11
First in the barn is Abid Shah, with a challenge for one of the newest experts, textile and clothing specialist Rebecca Bissonnet. He’s brought in a handmade, embroidered ...
11-09-2024
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Series 13: Episode 10
Lilian Russell from Newry in Northern Ireland brings in the first item. She has a harp for brand new experts Alex and Nigel Tree. A father and son pairing with over 50 years' co ...
10-09-2024
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Series 13: Episode 9
First in the barn are mother and daughter Halina and Lesley with a treasure from World War II in desperate need of jeweller Richard Talman’s expertise. The broken, silver ...
02-09-2024
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Series 11: Episode 23
A teddy bear that has lost its sparkle is revamped in memory of a beloved father. Sisters Lauren and Claire bring in Timmy, a well-worn toy that was their dad Brian’s chil ...
09-02-2024
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Series 12: Episode 11
Today, the team fix a deeply significant garden ornament for a recently bereaved grandfather and an unusual pair of wooden sandals from Punjab dating back to the 1800s.\n\nFirst ...
07-08-2024
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Series 10: Episode 14
Jay Blades and the team lovingly resuscitate four treasured family heirlooms and the memories they hold.\n\nFirst into the barn are siblings Marc Maderson and Melanie Henry, wit ...
17-07-2024
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60-minute Versions: Episode 10
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMusic box maestro Stephen Kember is on han ...
08-01-2021
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Series 11: Episode 5
Three precious heirlooms are resuscitated by the team of experts, reviving the memories they hold.\n\nElsa is the first to arrive at the barn, with a painting by the eminent Sco ...
16-01-2024
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Series 9: Episode 37
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team breathe new life into three beloved belongings, reviving the memories that they hold.\n\nFirst to appear at the workshop is Ton ...
20-11-2023
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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
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Series 11: Episode 13
Jay Blades and the Repair Shop team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the stories they hold, back to life.\n\nThe barn’s first visitors are here to see conservat ...
26-01-2024
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Series 11: Episode 17
There’s a celebration of art and industry in the Repair Shop today.\n\nFirst into the barn are John and his daughter Jo. They’ve brought along an intricate wooden au ...
01-02-2024
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Series 11: Episode 40
Vladimir, his wife, Helen, and daughter, Lili, arrive with a family heirloom that they have recently inherited. They made an epic road trip across Europe to Serbia to collect th ...
25-07-2024
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