The Repair Shop
Synopsis
The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers, and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.
Series 5 Episodes
EP 1
A beautiful carved walnut piano stool arrives for the attention of furniture restorer Will Kirk. Proud owner Mary treasures the stool as it…
EP 2
Metal worker Dominic Chinea takes on a former fairground family’s water can. The can represents owner David’s childhood travelling around t…
EP 3
There’s a treat in store for metalworker Dominic Chinea when he comes face to face with a one-of-a-kind bicycle sidecar, designed for junio…
EP 4
Master saddler Susie Fletcher has her work cut out with a treasured leather satchel that’s been through the wars. Owner John’s grandfather …
EP 5
Master saddler Suzie Fletcher rescues a pair of tired and torn boxing gloves that once belonged to the owner Andy’s uncle, who died tragica…
EP 6
A once-beautiful mid-century coffee table has been part of owner Graham's life for 60 years. The item belonged to his parents and took prid…
EP 7
The team takes on a wooden desk that has seen some serious swotting, a charming scrapbook charting a fantastic story and a now defunct wind…
EP 8
Metal worker Dominic Chinea is challenged to revive a rare and curious 1930s children's toy seesaw, while hand embroidery expert Sara Denni…
EP 9
Jay Blades and the team revive and restore a previous brooch, a teddy bear called Chiefy with a suspected moth infestation and a well-trave…
EP 10
It's all hands on deck as the crew tackles a dilapidated wheel from a scrapped Scottish fishing boat, a worn out football mascot, and a wel…
EP 11
Lesley Keller's from London hopes toy restorers Julie Tatchall and Amanda Middleditch can get a very old friend back on his feet. Ted means…
EP 12
Janette Drew and her mother, Margaret Murphy, are hoping that metalwork Expert Dominic Chinea can save a bench that's on its last legs. Mea…
EP 13
The team takes on a rusty pedal scooter, a keepsake with a theatrical past: an original engraved powder compact, and a whimsical vintage bo…
EP 14
The team takes on a tippling stick thought to have belonged to George V, a nearly 200-year-old telescope that needs the eye of optics exper…
EP 15
Today the team takes on an antique firing toy cannon handed down to Andrew by his grandfather, a novelty Victorian inkwell in the shape of …
EP 16
The team takes on a well-traveled leather case, a fantastic homemade telescope built from scrap metal and a century old decorative bowl tha…
EP 17
The team takes on a family butcher's trusty (and rusty) sausage making machine, a crumbling Edwardian album full of treasured postcards, a …
EP 18
The team tackles a small but very precious family heirloom: a 170 year old gold ring, with intricate detailing, that is currently in pieces…
EP 19
The team takes on a smashed piggy bank, a homemade gramophone that has lost its voice and a tarnished 19th-century ceremonial helmet.
EP 20
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.
EP 21
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.
EP 22
The team rejuvenates a jukebox owned by widower Geoff, a stowaway bicycle that has travelled the world, the oldest item to be restored - a …
EP 23
Jay Blades and the team tackle a torn leather armchair, a broken music box, a faded portrait and a shattered stained-glass door panel.
EP 24
The team tackle an alabaster light shade, a piano stool, a toy bus and a pair of binoculars.
EP 25
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.
EP 26
Jay Blades and the team take on a set of shopkeeper's scales, a leather keepsake bag and an Egyptian table.
EP 27
Jay Blades and the team tackle a bus conductor’s ticket machine, a Victorian automaton and a former world champion’s kick-boxing trophy.
EP 28
Jay Blades and the team tackle an art deco clock, a teddy bear and a 3D photograph viewer.
EP 29
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 donat…
EP 30
Jay Blades and the team tackle a refugee family's wooden trunk, a memorial trophy and a gyroscopic toy cyclist.
EP 31
Jay Blades and the team tackle a tarnished rugby trophy, a Victorian sewing machine and an accordion.
EP 32
Jay Blades and the team tackle a wooden toolbox, a plate camera and a marionette theatre.
EP 33
Jay Blades and the team tackle a surveyor's theodolite, an ice cream bell and a football.
EP 34
The restoration experts tackle a pewter chess set representing the American War of Independence, an X-shape chair from Syria dating back to…
EP 35
Bear repair team Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch are ready and waiting to give an adored 60s teddy bear called Fred (the threadbare F…
EP 36
The first visitor to The Repair Shop's barn today is Lorna Douglas who's brought her Dad's old saxophone for Pete Woods to repair and resto…
EP 37
Luthier (a maker and repairer of stringed instruments) Julyan Wallis gets to grips with a semi acoustic guitar that has spanned three gener…
EP 38
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.
EP 39
Jay Blades and the team takes on a tarnished brass shop till, a doll's house bestowed to a children's hospice and a communion box.
EP 40
Stringed instrument restorer Julyan Wallis sets to work on a beloved banjo. The banjo belonged to Kipper Tranter's dear departed friend, Te…
EP 41
Today, Andy Cronkite brings in an 18th century clock made by renowned French maker Julian Beliard. The prized piece was rescued from a chur…
EP 42
Woodwork expert Will Kirk is enchanted by a musical jewellery box that miraculously survived a devastating house fire. Pamela Lamb from Dev…
EP 43
Keith Kear from Epping Forest has a junior drum kit for musical instrument expert Pete Woods to work on. The 1920s drums were originally hi…
EP 44
Jay Blades and the team take on a dented trumpet, a decorative belt awarded to a Victorian sporting hero and a metal roundabout. The first …
EP 45
Jay Blades and the team tackle a writing bureau, a pair of dancing clogs and a couple of ploughing trophies.