Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nSusie Fletcher and Brenton West team up for the repair of two leather boxing belts awarded to celebrated Tongan heavyweight boxer Kitione Lave, who enjoyed a long and successful career as ‘The Tongan Terror’, winning countless fights around the world. For Kitione’s daughter Trish and his wife Patricia, these belts are a cherished reminder of the champion they loved. Sadly the leather is now badly worn and in danger of falling apart, while the large silver medallions that adorn the belts are tarnished, the engravings are illegible, and one unfortunate boxer is missing a leg. It will take all of Susie and Brenton’s skills and experience to restore these prestigious prizes to tip-top condition.\n\nBinocular repair guru Richard Biggs takes on the fix of a pair of German-built Zeiss night-vision binoculars, salvaged from a captured U-boat in the last months of the Second World War. They were brought into the workshop by Michael Rasmussen, whose father served in the Royal Navy. He has treasured them ever since he was given them as a child, but the years haven’t been kind, and the binoculars now produce an image that is foggy and out of focus, while the paintwork is chipped and faded. However, it soon transpires that Richard’s biggest challenge will be taking the binoculars apart in order to commence the repair!\n\nAnd Steve Fletcher is very nearly stumped by a vintage mechanical money box that has just one flaw – it is missing all of its mechanics. When fellow expert Dom announces that he’s equally out of ideas, Steve realises that what at first appeared a simple repair is going to take all his ingenuity and expertise to achieve.
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Series 10: Episode 9
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMei-Mei Heryet is the first to arrive at the barn, with an ornately c ...
27-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 8
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMaster cobbler Dean Westmoreland is put through his paces when Neil ...
20-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 5
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. \n \nFirst to arrive today is a musical challenge for the barn’s i ...
13-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 11
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMetal worker Dom Chinea takes on the challenge of restoring a batter ...
08-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 38
It’s silversmith Brenton West’s time to shine as he is called upon to give a worn and bent brass key ring a new lease of life. The treasured trinket was made for Nei ...
01-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 37
First into the barn is Marion with a diabolo dating back to the 1890s for the attention of woodwork expert Will Kirk. Originally gifted to Marion’s grandfather, Thomas, wh ...
29-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 36
Sisters Katie and Anna bring a chrome calendar ornament that reminds them of their lovely nanny, Pat. However, it’s fallen foul of the dreaded rust. Fearing its days might ...
28-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 35
Woodwork conservator Will Kirk is presented with a kitchen curiosity and, without doubt, a first for the barn. The coconut scraper has been in Fausta’s family for over 100 ...
27-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 34
An unusual necklace telling the story of love and loss is brought back to life in time for a wedding. And a camera dating back to the 1940s is given a new lease of life for a yo ...
26-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 33
There is a chance for woodwork expert Will Kirk to showcase his impressive carving skills when Wilma from Bristol arrives with her late mother’s occasional table. Wilma&rs ...
23-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 8
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMaster cobbler Dean Westmoreland is put through his paces when Neil ...
20-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 9
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMei-Mei Heryet is the first to arrive at the barn, with an ornately c ...
27-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 29
New dad Will Kirk is entrusted with the restoration of a cherished family crib belonging to solo mum Nikki. Both Nikki and her two older brothers slept in the 1970s crib as babi ...
19-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 23
A teddy bear that has lost its sparkle is revamped in memory of a beloved father. Sisters Lauren and Claire bring in Timmy, a well-worn toy that was their dad Brian’s chil ...
09-02-2024
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 7
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nSoft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and ...
19-12-2019
BBC 2
Series 9: Episode 30
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nBicycle restorer Tim Gunn is the first to receive his project - a tr ...
09-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 7: Episode 18
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nSilversmith Brenton West takes on the repair of a salt and pepper mu ...
28-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 8: Episode 6
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. \n \nFirst up is a unique and challenging commission for bear repair duo ...
11-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 9: Episode 4
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nFirst to arrive at the barn are cousins David Williams and Jeffrey L ...
17-03-2022
BBC 2