Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nFirst through the barn doors today is Claus the Bear, accompanied by his owner Wendla Kernig. The two have been through a lot over nearly nine decades together, and now Claus needs the help of soft toy specialists Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell. When she was nearly three years old, Wendla chose Claus as a present in a Berlin toyshop in 1934. Before long she found herself hiding with Claus under a quilt as the Gestapo searched for her father – an agent working against Hitler. Then Claus was very nearly lost forever during the family’s eventful escape to England to begin a new life. Wendla is hugely attached to this fine old bear, but he is showing his age - his fur is worn, his joints are stiff and his growler is silent. Amanda and Julie set to work sprucing him up so that he can be returned looking tip-top and in good voice once more.\n\nDominic Chinea and Suzie Fletcher team up to get an antique set of golf clubs ready for a round. The clubs and bag belong to Murray Winters, who coveted them for most of his childhood and dreams of playing with them alongside his two sons. They were once Murray’s grandfather’s pride and joy, but after decades of lying dormant in a shed, they’re currently in no state to grace the green. While Dom tackles the rusty clubs, Suzie takes on the tattered bag.\n\nNext, mother and daughter Carol Short and Debbie Scrivins call on horologist Steve Fletcher with a large wall clock. It originally hung in a schoolroom in rural Sussex and came into the family’s possession nearly 100 years ago, when Carol’s great-grandfather bought the schoolhouse – clock and all. He diligently wound it for years and passed it down to his son and then granddaughter. For years the clock’s deep tick accompanied family life and special events until it stopped abruptly and ticked no more. Now Carol and Debbie's hopes rest on Steve being able to nurse the clock back to life.
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Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 1
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nResident clockmaker Steven Fletcher rescues a very special skeleton ...
17-04-2024
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Series 13: Episode 1
Stepping 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 challen ...
15-04-2024
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Series 10: Episode 11
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nGreg Silvester won numerous medals at Special Olympics events over th ...
03-04-2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Series 7: Episode 21
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nFirst through the barn doors today is Gloria Bartlett. She has broug ...
23-10-2023
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Series 7: Episode 13
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nMusic box expert Stephen Kember and furniture restorer Will Kirk col ...
15-12-2021
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Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 13
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nOrgan builder David Burville takes on the repair of a vintage harmon ...
13-01-2022
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Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 1
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nResident clockmaker Steven Fletcher rescues a very special skeleton ...
17-04-2024
BBC 2
60-minute Versions: Episode 11
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nDominic Chinea takes on a repair of huge s ...
02-10-2020
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Series 9: Episode 9
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nThe first item to arrive at the barn is a painting depicting the cit ...
18-05-2023
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Series 10: Episode 11
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nGreg Silvester won numerous medals at Special Olympics events over th ...
03-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 11
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\nThere is a big project for guitar expert Julyan Wallis: a 1960s guita ...
15-03-2023
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Series 10: Episode 2
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. \n \nToday’s first arrival at the barn is a not just a cherished f ...
24-01-2024
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Series 4: Episode 26
Metalworker Dominic Chinea welcomes 93-year-old Dora Paul to the workshop, along with the unusual item she’s brought in for repair: an old tram seat that once ferried pass ...
06-05-2021
BBC 2