The Repair Shop

Original version

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Factual: Antiques

Shining a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.

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.

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

BBC One Oxfordshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Cambridgeshire

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One North West

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One Yorkshire

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One London

London

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Jay Blades

Bill Paterson

Hannah Lamb

Rob Butterfield

Helen Page

Tanveer Bari

Ricochet Limited

The Repair Shop: Series 5 (Extended Versions): Episode 17

Episode 17

Series 5 (Extended Versions)

BBC One - The Repair Shop, Series 5 (Extended Versions), Episode 17

The team repair a musical jewellery box, a Victorian railway lamp and a Brownie toadstool.

Jay Blades and the team restore a musical jewellery box, a Victorian railway lamp, three agricultural trophies and a Brownie toadstool.

Jay Blades and the team bring more treasured items, and the memories they hold, back to life.

First, a story of love, loss and survival. Woodwork expert Will Kirk is enchanted by a musical jewellery box that miraculously survived a devastating house fire. Pamela Lamb from Devon cherishes the box, which once belonged to her elder sister Vera, who died as a teenager. The box is one of the few reminders Pam has of Vera, but a few years ago she almost lost it in a devasting fire that destroyed most of her possessions. The jewellery box miraculously survived but now carries the scars of the fire -  the painted exterior has suffered, and the musical mechanism no longer works. While Will works on the wooden components, musical box master Stephen Kember attempts to get the mechanism playing again. 

Another team effort is called for to restore the next arrival, a piece of Victorian railway history. Alan Norley’s lamp was used by his grandfather and his father on the railways, and for him signifies a childhood growing up in a family of proud railwaymen. Alan is hoping horologist Steve Fletcher and the team can get it shining brightly once more, restoring all those happy memories. But decades of service have left the lamp looking the worse for wear, and Steve must call on Dominic Chinea to help with the metal work and glass specialist Matt Nichols to replace the missing glass, using a technique dating back to Roman times.

Finally, Liz McMordie and her brother Sam from Northern Ireland hope silversmith Brenton West can preserve a link to their family’s rich farming heritage. The three gold-plated trophies were awarded to their father who, in the 1950s, won the World Ploughing Championships three times in a row, a feat still unparalleled in the history of the competition. But after half a century, the miniature replica ploughs are missing details, most of the gold plating has worn away, and their wooden plinths are scratched and chipped. Brenton gets to work recreating the tiny missing parts, while Will refreshes the wooden bases.

The Repair Shop: Series 5 (Extended Versions)

BBC One

Damaged treasures are brought back to life by some of the country's best craftspeople.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Repair Shop

Series 5 (Extended Versions)

Episode 17

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One HD

About BBC One