Jay Blades and the team mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee by bringing four treasured heirlooms with a royal connection back to life. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore an ornate piano stool, a vintage car speedometer, a baby’s wicker crib and a royal walking stick with a hidden secret. Show more
Jay Blades and the team take on a well-loved garden bench, an old school calculator, an antique bridle and a 1930s scooter. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a fairground water can, a camel saddle, a ship’s wheel and an RAF mascot teddy bear, restored as a tribute to a brave airman. Show more
Jay Blades and the team take on a one-of-a-kind bicycle sidecar, a Victorian sewing table, a military drum and an art deco clock with a mischievous past. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a homemade telescope, a well-travelled leather case, a bureau that served a village post office for decades and an antique seesaw. Show more
Jay Blades and the team tackle a saxophone, a tarnished brass kettle, a shaving mirror from the First World War and a vintage fretsaw. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore an inspector’s ticket machine, a Victorian automaton, a world champion’s trophy and an unusual reminder of a secret agent’s wartime record. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a tarnished rugby trophy, a Victorian sewing machine, an accordion that has lost its voice, and a 100-year-old surveying tool. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a tatty but treasured teddy, an unusual instrument with a music hall past, a century-old tea caddy and a battered chess set. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a table, a wind-up panda bear, an unusual kitchen utensil and a reel-to-reel tape machine that refuses to play. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a clockwork car that won’t tick over, a wooden toolbox, a plate camera and a marionette theatre. Show more
Jay Blades and the team revive an African-Caribbean doll, a pair of RAF dress boots and a ring crafted from steel by a German prisoner of war. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a dilapidated and rusty tricycle, a silver and turquoise bracelet and a cherished pair of red ballet shoes. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a silver saxophone, a stained-glass window panel depicting the Blackpool Tower, and a music box shaped like a grand piano. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of ice hockey skates and gloves, a cycle helmet known as a ‘corker’ due to its lining, and a favoured boyhood bear called Lummy. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a Royal Australian Air Force hat, a wooden toy giraffe that’s on its last legs and a commemorative silver jubilee cup from the 1930s. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a miniature silver kettle crafted from a shilling, a cherished violin and a 1950s toy rocket that has lost its spark. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a fireman’s helmet belonging to a much-missed uncle, a 1960s electric guitar and a push-along furry toy called Barney. Show more
Jay Blades and the team restore a handmade kite, a child’s pedal train, a plate that once belonged to agony aunt Claire Rayner, and an intricate painting that is fading away. Show more