
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nWe head off to north east England, where Will and Suzie unearth a true hidden gem, one of the few theatres in the country to have retained its original Victorian stage machinery. After a devastating fire, this decades-long restoration project is nearing completion, so our resident master carpenter is going to lend a hand getting the various traps and lifts under the stage ready for their big debut.\n\nIn Northumberland, Suzie meets Anoop to pick up a backpack she will take down to the barn to restore. It’s not just any bag, though - it’s an emotionally charged reminder of his mother, who sent it to him as a gift after he had to flee apartheid South Africa. Anoop has travelled the world with this special bag, and it's starting to show its age - so will Suzie’s repairs to the lining and new straps make it fit to travel once again?\n\nWhile in the north, woodworker Will stops by to get some tips and training from marquetry artist and restorer Victoria Walpole. It’s delicate and sometimes dangerous work that invlolves small slivers of wood and an extremely sharp saw or scalpel, but in the hands of a master like Victoria, it can yield stunning results.
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Series 1: Ayrshire - Restoring Robert Burns Graffiti
Carpenter Will and horologist Steve are far from home today, exploring Ayrshire on Scotland’s west coast. Their first stop is the Scottish Boat Building School in Irvine, ...
02-04-2026
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Series 1: Devon - Emergency Surgery For Daisy The Cow
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired, and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nWill and Dom trav ...
01-04-2026
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Series 2: Prestwick - Preserving The Picture Palace
Prestwick’s Broadway Cinema hasn’t shown a film since its doors closed in 1976, so Mark Stuckey and Steve Rowley must battle rust, missing wires and obsolete carbon- ...
01-04-2026
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Series 1: Perthshire - Rebuilding An Ancient Settlement
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired, and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nWill and Dom are ...
31-03-2026
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Series 2: Alloa - Restoring An Ingenious Hebridean Clock
The team are in Alloa, Scotland’s smallest county, hoping to revive Alloa Co-op Bowling Club’s faded and warped sign in their centenary year.\n\nMeanwhile, Dom deliv ...
30-03-2026
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Series 2: Buckinghamshire - A Fix For The Wwii Codebreakers
Dom and Will hit the road to Buckinghamshire on another restoration adventure. At Bletchley Park, Will helps revive a historic Hollerith card-punching machine that powered World ...
27-03-2026
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Series 1: Highlands - Treasure In The Attic
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired, and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nJoining Dom in th ...
25-03-2026
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Series 2: Kent - A Record-breaking Pump Trolley Gets Back On Track
In Kent, Dom and Henry restore a century-old railway pump trolley, while luthier Julyan helps siblings honour their late father by repairing his cherished guitar. In West Sussex ...
25-03-2026
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Series 2: Whitby - A Forbidden Maritime Memoir Resurfaces
An anonymous journal from Captain Cook’s first voyage resurfaces in Whitby. Can Chris ensure scholars have access to save the stories the Admiralty never wanted told? In e ...
24-03-2026
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Series 2: Cornwall - Bringing The Eden Project Automaton Back To Life
Dom and Steve head to Cornwall to resurrect a dead cat, star of an iconic exhibit at the Eden Project, hoping to put a new lease of life into a mechanical marvel that’s al ...
20-03-2026
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Series 2: Dunblane - Saving A Local Legend
Dom teams up with carpenter Jen to save a beloved spider slide that was once a fixture in the local shopping centre and has now been rescued by the Dunblane Centre. Can Dom and ...
19-03-2026
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Series 2: Alloa - Restoring An Ingenious Hebridean Clock
The team are in Alloa, Scotland’s smallest county, hoping to revive Alloa Co-op Bowling Club’s faded and warped sign in their centenary year.\n\nMeanwhile, Dom deliv ...
30-03-2026
BBC 1
Series 2: Buckinghamshire - A Fix For The Wwii Codebreakers
Dom and Will hit the road to Buckinghamshire on another restoration adventure. At Bletchley Park, Will helps revive a historic Hollerith card-punching machine that powered World ...
27-03-2026
BBC 1
Series 2: Whitby - A Forbidden Maritime Memoir Resurfaces
An anonymous journal from Captain Cook’s first voyage resurfaces in Whitby. Can Chris ensure scholars have access to save the stories the Admiralty never wanted told? In e ...
24-03-2026
BBC 1
Series 2: Kent - A Record-breaking Pump Trolley Gets Back On Track
In Kent, Dom and Henry restore a century-old railway pump trolley, while luthier Julyan helps siblings honour their late father by repairing his cherished guitar. In West Sussex ...
25-03-2026
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Series 2: Falkirk - Forgotten Model Boatlift Brought Back To Live
Will and Dan tackle a scale model of the world’s only rotating boat lift: the Falkirk Wheel. The wheel's missing cogs, broken bearings and underperforming motor demand pre ...
13-03-2026
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Series 2: Doncaster - Fixing A Grand Old Clock At The School For The Deaf
Steve enlists Will and Cindy’s help to fix a 19th-century grandfather clock that once kept everything ticking over at Doncaster School for the Deaf. In Birmingham, Dom bat ...
13-03-2026
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Series 1: Devon - Emergency Surgery For Daisy The Cow
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired, and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nWill and Dom trav ...
01-04-2026
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Series 2: Glasgow - A Theatre Icon Gets An Encore
Dom steps inside Glasgow’s Britannia Panopticon, the world’s oldest surviving music hall, to help piano technician Jamie revive Henrietta, a 1904 Nilson pianola with ...
17-03-2026
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Series 1: Glasgow - A Fix At The Top Of The Cathedral
In this episode, the experts lend their skills to a community project, hear the story behind a new treasure to be repaired and visit a local crafting hero.\n\nDom and Lucia are ...
13-02-2025
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