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Title: The Repair Shop

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (26 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Expert: Steven Fletcher
  • Self - Expert: Dominic Chinea
  • Self - Expert: Brenton West
  • Self - Expert: Chris Shaw
  • Self - Expert: Pete Woods
  • Self - Expert: Julie Tatchell
  • Self - Expert: Amanda Middleditch
  • Self - Expert: Will Kirk
  • Self - Expert: Suzie Fletcher
  • The Repair Shop - The Repair Shop at Christmas (2017) (Specials - Episode 1)

    A Victorian version of a jukebox called a Polyphon, that has rusted into silence, moves sisters Ann and Kathryn to tears when they hear it play the family's favourite carol for first time in decades. Meanwhile the only Christmas present received by evacuee Patricia in 1939, Betty Doll, is lovingly brought back life; while a rustic but rickety Nordic sleigh, a battered 100 year-old school Nativity, and an 18th century Madonna and Child painting all bring unique restoration challenges for team of experts. Celebrating the season of joy and giving, The Repair Shop At Christmas is the festive fairy tale that will transform broken treasures into beautiful gifts, proving that ‘make do and mend' is still a philosophy to live by.

    The Repair Shop - The Repair Shop at Christmas (2019) (Specials - Episode 2)

    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 Repair Shop - The Repair Shop at Christmas (2020) (Specials - Episode 3)

    The team take on a precious toy rocking horse, a seized-up stereogram, a toy truck built during WWII and a vintage musical carousel ornament.

    The Repair Shop - The Repair Shop at Christmas (2021) (Specials - Episode 4)

    The team restore a very special mechanical doll, a traditional German decoration, an ageing harmonium and a train set from Kenya.

    The Repair Shop - Red Nose Day: Comic Relief 2022 (Specials - Episode 5)

    French & Saunders and Dame Judi Dench visit The Repair Shop.

    The Repair Shop - A Royal Visit (Specials - Episode 6)

    In a special episode to mark the BBC’s centenary, Jay and the team meet the Prince of Wales (in autumn 2021, before his accession to the throne) and restore two historic items.

    The Repair Shop - At Christmas 2022 (Specials - Episode 7)

    Spirits are high at the Repair Shop as Jay Blades and the team conjure up the magic of Christmas past. Adding a touch of pizazz to a 1960s home bar, which once formed the cornerstone of family Christmas parties for a newly arrived Caribbean family, are woodwork wizard Will Kirk and restoration royalty Dominic Chinea. Expert duo Steve Fletcher and Kirsten Ramsay face their own festive challenge in the form of a bent and bedraggled Christmas tree that’s been at the heart of family festivities for over 100 years. Meanwhile, electrical whizz Mark Stuckey is tasked with breathing new life into an old film projector, bringing footage of departed loved ones sharply back into focus. And a battered trombone that is the sole surviving tangible reminder of a father lost long ago is lovingly revived by Pete Woods in time for some very special Christmas celebrations that see our experts magically transported back to their own childhoods.

    The Repair Shop - Repair Shop Children In Need Special (2020) (Specials - Episode 9)

    The repair team will deliver to a girl a special prize that she can treasure forever. Happy, a beloved toy, has always brought Olivia's family good luck; from helping Great-Grandad through WWII to being beside Olivia during her operation.

    The Repair Shop - Repair Shop Children in Need Special (2021) (Specials - Episode 10)

    Billy and his mum Mandy's special teddy, Henry, is certainly in need of some specialist TLC, so it is over to the lovely folk at The Repair Shop to work their magic and secure a new lease of life for the bear.

    The Repair Shop - At Christmas 2023 (Specials - Episode 11)

    It’s Christmas at The Repair Shop, and the team face four festive fixes, including a mechanical cake, a record player, paper Santas and a steel-pan drum.

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 1 (Specials - Episode 12)

    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.

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 2 (Specials - Episode 13)

    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 Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 3 (Specials - Episode 14)

    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 eighteen.

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 4 (Specials - Episode 15)

    Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four of the barn’s most unusual fixes, including a hovering vacuum cleaner, a Victorian lightning machine and a giant stuffed animal!

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 5 (Specials - Episode 16)

    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.

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 6 (Specials - Episode 17)

    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 Repair Shop - At Christmas 2024 (Specials - Episode 18)

    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.

    The Repair Shop - Favourite Fixes - Episode 7 (Specials - Episode 19)

    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 Repair Shop - On the Road - Ayrshire (Specials - Episode 20)

    In Ayrshire, a window signed by the poet Robert Burns and a life-changing historic Scottish canoe are both lovingly repaired by the team.

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