The Repair Shop

Original version

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

BBC One Northern Ireland 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.

Series 7

The Repair Shop 

BBC Two

BBC One London

London

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

BBC One HD

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 HD

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

BBC One East HD

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

BBC One West

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

BBC One London HD

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

BBC One South HD

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

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One Yorkshire HD

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One South

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD

BBC One Oxfordshire

BBC One North West

BBC One North West HD

BBC One East

BBC One South East HD

BBC One West HD

BBC One Channel Islands HD

BBC One Oxfordshire HD

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 Cambridgeshire HD

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One South West HD

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands HD

BBC One West Midlands HD

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

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

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

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

BBC One Scotland HD

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

BBC Two England

England

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

Simulcast of BBC Two Northern Ireland in high definition

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC Two Wales in high definition

BBC Two Wales HD

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

Jay Blades

Bill Paterson

Sonnaz Nooranvary

Steven Fletcher

Dominic Chinea

Tim Gunn

Jayesh  Vaghela 

Rich Merritt

Paula Fasht

Hannah Lamb

Emma Walsh

Ricochet Limited

The Repair Shop: Series 8: Episode 14

Episode 14

Series 8

BBC One - The Repair Shop, Series 8, Episode 14

The team repair a 1960s armchair, an electrostatic generator and a WWII sailor’s hat.

Jay Blades and the team restore an iconic 1960s armchair, a Victorian electrostatic generator and a WWII sailor’s hat.

Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.

There is an exciting challenge for furniture restorer Sonnaz Nooranvary, when she is given the opportunity to work on an iconic piece of Danish design known as an egg chair. Christine Langton and her daughter Kate deliver an armchair designed by Arne Jacobsen, bought in the 1960s when Christine and her husband Maurice were furnishing their first home together. Maurice loved this chair and sat proudly in it throughout his life. Even though it is now looking very worse for wear and has been shrouded under a blanket for years, it still reminds the family of a much-missed father and husband, and they would love to see it in as it was back in the Swinging Sixties. Sonnaz must strip this design classic to its bare bones and start from scratch, but she feels privileged to do so.

Next to arrive is Nick Wimshurst, with a remarkable item invented by his great-great-grandfather. Mechanical expert Steve Fletcher is fascinated by this piece of Victorian scientific history. The machine generates electrostatic energy, using spinning glass discs and brushes to capture the static charge and bars that transfer what look like lightning bolts. The instrument has been in Nick’s family for over 135 years, but he has never seen it work. He is hugely proud of his forefather’s invention and feels compelled to find someone to help get it up and running again. Steve draws on all his know-how, and what he remembers from his school physics lessons, to enable lightning to strike once again.

And It's a first for master hatter Jayesh Vaghela when Ross Brown visits with his grandfather’s sailor’s hat. Alf was a Royal Navy stoker, working in the vessel engine rooms, and served throughout the Second World War. He had quite the tale to tell his family when he returned safely after an attack from a German U-boat and was a true hero to a young Ross. When Alf died, Ross inherited the white hat that had witnessed so many adventures, but its custodian was only ten years old and unfortunately the hat came a cropper with green ink from a discarded pen. Ross has carried the guilt all his life and is putting all his faith in Jayesh to perform a minor miracle to erase the ink, while retaining the hat's characteristic wear and tear.

The Repair Shop: Series 8

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 8

Episode 14

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

About BBC One