The Repair Shop (2017)
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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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2024-04-10Stepping into the barn is 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 yet, as she must painstakingly piece together a shattered vintage glass lamp.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2024-04-24The 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.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2024-05-01Brenton’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.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2024-05-15Bookbinder 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.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2024-05-29A 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.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2024-06-12It 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!
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2024-08-14The 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.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2024-08-21A 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.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2024-08-28A 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.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2024-09-04Lilian 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.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2024-09-11Textile 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.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2024-09-18A 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.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2024-09-25A vintage film projector presents a dream challenge for Mark while a retro pair of earrings create a 3D headache for Richard.
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 2024-10-02Silversmith Brenton restores a tray that represents one family’s tale of endurance, while Lucia brings an amateur dramatic society’s painting centre stage.
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 2024-10-09The 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.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 2024-10-16The iconic original chair from TV’s Mastermind puts furniture restorer Sonnaz’s specialist subject to the test.
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Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 2024-10-23An example of mid-century technology for the blind arrives at the Repair Shop, along with a 19th-century knife-sharpening device.