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- In this edition the three heirlooms to enter The Repair Shop for restoration are a 100-year-old surveyor's theodolite, a ice-cream seller's brass bell and a deflated, shrivelled leather football.
- Today, Andy Cronkite brings in an 18th century clock made by renowned French maker Julian Beliard. The prized piece was rescued from a church cellar after an attack during the London Blitz. Their next visitor is Anne-Marie Salmon from London has an old 1960s radiogram for the attention of Mark Stuckey and Will Kirk. Then sisters Julie Welsh and Helen Branford from Yorkshire bring in a botanical field microscope for the attention of Brenton West which used to amuse them as children.
- Gramophone Expert Tim Weeks tackles a portable Peter Pan gramophone that has seen better days. No longer able to spin records, Will Tim be able to fix it so that it can play music once more? Meanwhile Will and Sonnaz take on the repair and restoration of a child's rocking chair and Steve gets an old cash register from 1913 to sort out and make good.
- The team tackles a wooden travel trunk used by a family of Polish refugees as they travelled the globe looking for a permanent place to call home, a glass and resin memorial trophy and a 1940s toy gyroscope.
- Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.. There is a big project for guitar expert Julyan Wallis: a 1960s guitar that belonged to Robyn Griffith's grandfather, who had a real love of jazz but never had the opportunity to learn to play this cherished instrument. Wood-restoration expert Will Kirk has his work cut out when Christine Clay from Doncaster delivers a handmade card table that is very dear to her heart. The one-of-a-kind octagon table was made for her by her father, who recently passed away. Friday night was cards night as Christine grew up, and her dad was quite the player. Terry Poole from Berkshire is next to arrive with his late father's bookmaker's clock bag, hopeful that the Repair Shop siblings, horologist Steve and leather expert Susie, will join forces to get this unusual keepsake coming up trumps again. Finally, expert David Burville is put to the test when Liz Harvey from Sheffield arrives with what's left of a Victorian clockwork pigeon. It belonged to Liz's grandmother, and although she remembers it well, she has never seen it go. Liz recently attempted to fix it herself, but with disastrous results.
- Leather expert Suzie Fletcher, alongside upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary, restore a badly damaged suspended chair from the 1960s, known as a 'leaf chair'. A gift from his grandmother, the owner is keen to hang it in his flat and relive his childhood memories of happy times. Its distinctive shape and design prove to be quite the challenge for Suzie and Sonnaz but with a little ingenuity and team work, the two restore the chair beautifully. Blacksmith/conservator Matthew Boultwood comes to the rescue of a 30-kilo cast iron statue of the Roman God Hercules. It took pride of place in a town's Heritage Centre, until an unfortunate accident meant he lost his club, but using a clever repair technique Matthew saves the day. And wood restorer Will Kirk takes on an interesting smokers' stand, which belonged to the owner's pipe-smoking grandfather. It has lost a leg and several pieces are missing but, with the help of restorer Steven Fletcher, the stand is returned to its former glory.
- Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of roller skates, a record player, a toy fire engine and a freedom fighter's wallet.
- Jay and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. The first visitor to the barn is Emma Patinson, with a much-loved childhood toy. Emma is hoping Julie and Amanda can work their magic on her quirky companion, a worn and cracked puppet from the 1970s. The puppet was a present from Emma's dad, who very sadly passed away not long after gifting the toy to his daughter. The puppet has had some bumps and bruises along the way. Emma longs to see him as he once was, and Amanda and Julie are only too happy to help. Next, camera restorer Brenton and leather expert Suzie welcome art student Eloise Badger to the workshop. Eloise has brought in her late great-grandmother's camera. Sadly, it hasn't been used for over 60 years and has seized shut, and its leather bag has also seen better days. This 90-year-old heirloom has been reverently cared for by the family since it was bought in 1932. Treasured by Eloise's great-grandmother, who was a keen photographer, it has now been passed down to Eloise. She is studying fine art and has inherited her great grandmother's passion for photography. Lastly, clockmaker Steve is faced with an unusual timepiece: a Congreve rolling ball clock owned by Huw David from Burnley. Huw's grandfather Oswald cleverly made the clock during the 1980s. It is powered by a metal ball rolling down a slanted table. But unfortunately these types of clocks are notoriously bad at keeping time. Sadly, Oswald developed dementia and never got a chance to perfect the running of the clock. Steve has a challenge on his hands to get this clock running to time, but with patience, ingenuity and a delicate touch, he coaxes it back to its former glory.
- The team tackles a small but very precious family heirloom: a 170 year old gold ring, with intricate detailing, that is currently in pieces, a jewellery box bought in Italy, and a 200 year old fire bucket, which is on the brink of collapse. Firstly Richard has a look at the gold ring to repair and resize it so that it'll fit the owner's adult fingers. Then Will starts to repair the jewellery box which include The revealing of a secret compartment which the owner wasn't aware of. Suzie meanwhile tackles the repairs necessary to repair and restore the old fire bucket.
- Making their way through a 40-acre salvage yard, Mike and Frank harvest a few lost treasures, including a never-seen-before farmer's minibike. Then they go to pick through an old West Virginia collection in a garage that's been untouched for 20 years.
- A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
- This should be essential viewing for all 9/11 conspiracy theorists. It examines all the conspiracies circulating on the Internet and elsewhere, and neatly demolishes them with the truth. With original source material rather than distortions and mis-quotes, and with interviews with people who were there. It also explains why so many people feel the need to believe these conspiracy theories; their government has already lied to them so often, why shouldn't they believe they'd been lied to again? The most telling comments were the ones that describe conspiracy theorists as people who just can't believe that such an act could be done by a few dedicated people. If that's possible, then nothing is safe. So they believe the conspiracy. In fact they are right to be concerned. Nothing is safe. But this was an act committed by a few dedicated people.
- The guys tackle two epic picks: a storied boatyard in the Bronx and an untouched 70s man-cave in Oregon. Wes and Krista in the City Island boatyard in the Bronx let go of a few boat-related toys and some other goodies. But Wes and Mike can't agree a price on Wes's VW camper vans or the GMC van. Heading to Coos Bay in Oregon the chaps go into Dustin's garage which has become his man-cave the guys pick up a few smalls.
- Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
- BBC producer/director David M. Thompson follows a group of admirers of the film A Canterbury Tale (1944) on their annual location walk in 2005. As this was the year of the centenary of the birth of director Michael Powell the location walk included visits to a lot of the places around Canterbury where Powell grew up. The documentary includes interviews with walk organizers Paul Tritton and Steve Crook as well as with various other people there. Some of the scenes from the film are re-created with people on the walk reading out the lines from scenes filmed at those locations 60+ years ago.
- A documentary about the filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The documentary was broadcast on the opening night of the UK Arena arts channel (now sadly no more) followed by screenings of three of their films, A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). The documentary includes interviews with people who worked with Powell and Pressburger and some of their admirers.
- An accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Norman decides to help.
- "Bookends" around the concert of Jacqueline du Pré playing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by her husband Daniel Barenboim with extra footage showing more details of Jacqueline's life when young and after she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1973 which cut a brilliant career tragically short.
- 1951. Drama. Stars, Bonar Colleano, Barbara Kelly, Eva Bartok, and Gina Lollobrigida. When an Englishman leaves America to enlist in the RAF, his grueling combat experiences result in a loss of memory.
- Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms back to life. Soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell work their magic on an old threadbare (or Fred Bear) teddy called Fred. Woodwork expert Will Kirk repairs an old murder box which used to hold everything necessary for the Newcastle upon Tyne to set up an office to investigate a dastardly crime. Embroidery expert Sara Dennis repairs the shabrack (horse's saddle cloth) that the owner's father used to use in the Household Cavalry. Pete Woods repairs the trumpet that the owner's dad used to use to celebrate each New Year.
- A documentary about the film Peeping Tom (1960). How and why it was made, how the uniformly bad reaction from the critics at the time affected everybody concerned and how it is regarded now. Interviews with the cast and writer and with film critics past and present. Older critics still try to justify their bad reviews, some referring to it as a "snuff movie" despite the fact that the only death we see is that of the killer. It was released just as writer 'Leo Marks' was about to publish his autobiography of his time in SOE so there is quite a bit about wartime influences on the study of fear.
- A solo mum has her cherished family crib restored for her newborn baby's bedtime, and a child's pogo stick, steeped in emotion and years of rust, is dramatically transformed.
- Peter Conway is a playwright and his new play is having its first night. At the party afterwards, Peter is kissed by a woman he claims not to know. The woman is Pamela. At first, she persuades him but then produces some letters where he declared his undying love for her and she sues him for Breach of Promise. But Peter has a nice scheme to defeat her plan - he marries her. She then does her best to bankrupt him. But why does she want to destroy him?
- The final touches are added to Aerosmith's original tour van. The, it's time for the big reveal as Mike and Frank take it to meet their rock 'n' roll idols. First they call in on Jim at his surf museum in Santa Barbara. Then they meet up with Robbie Wolfe and Mike Mefford in Las Vegas to present the van that Mike's restored to Aerosmith.
- Today, there's a dilapidated barber's pole with huge family significance, an important African painting, and a wooden box that hid a life-changing secret.
- The team of restoration experts tackles a chair used during the investiture ceremony of the Prince of Wales, an air-powered toy car and a Royal National Lifeboat Institute donation box.
- An Alabama couple has one of the biggest collections the guys have ever come across, including a number of high-octane cars saved from the scrap heap. Then they go to see Beth in Kentucky an old friend of the pickers' pal, Mike Trotnic.
- The team of experts is presented with another eclectic range of items to restore including a smashed alabaster light shade, a piano stool, a pair of binoculars and a toy bus.
- A biographical documentary about the life and work of Alan Plater.
- Three elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish coast and are about to occupy a group of cottages when the owner, an Irish millionaire, just returned from making his fortune in America, appears on the scene.
- Narrated by John Gielgud, the letter in question appeared in The Times of London, written by a pilot who had been killed in the war.
- A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman.
- In 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
- The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
- 1969–197452m7.5 (79)TV EpisodeMr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.
- Janette Drew and her mother, Margaret Murphy, are hoping that metalwork Expert Dominic Chinea can save a bench that's on its last legs. Meanwhile, a unique piece of family heritage arrives with Ella Woolls and her father Jon: an antique bridle, while Steve Fletcher is tasked with restoring and renovating a very old mechanical calculator. Suzie Fletcher tackles the old bridle, with some help on the decorative metalwork from Brenton West.
- Today the team takes on an antique firing toy cannon handed down to Andrew by his grandfather, a novelty Victorian inkwell in the shape of a hat, and a saintly statue that's suffered an unholy breakage. Firstly Steve investigates the toy cannon, Suzie starts to look at the inkwell while Kirsten starts to work on the damaged statue. Suzie tackles the Victorian inkwell with some help from her brother Steve. And Kirsten starts working on the saintly statue.
- Resident horologist Steve Fletcher and ceramics restorer Kirsten Ramsay turn their skills to fixing an Art Deco lamp in the shape of a naked lady, who is suffering from a broken ankle after an unfortunate accident. Meanwhile, Matthew Nickels is tasked with the repairing of a late Victorian stained glass window that's looking a bit sorry for itself. Will Kirk sets about the repair and restoration of an old Merchant Seaman's sea chest which he tackles with some assistance from rope-worker Des Pawson.
- Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary takes on a real labour of love, a battered but beloved arts and crafts armchair that holds treasured memories of owner Michelle's grandfather. Brother and sister team, clockmaker Steve Fletcher and saddle maker Suzie Fletcher, turn their hand to restoring a World War One era military riding crop for a family with a proud military tradition and ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay tackles one her toughest assignments yet, a damaged ornate Hungarian vase, with a complex design and intricate decoration that will need all need all Kirsten's skills to restore seamlessly.
- A stockbroker's youngest daughter tricks an American singer into visiting her family at their suburban Wimbledon home. Her two sisters and their oddball husbands also visit, and the stockbroker notes the effect of the singer on his lovelorn family.
- Christmas has arrived at The Repair Shop, where its team of passionate and skilled craftspeople set to work repairing and rescuing four beloved festive treasures. Vicar Steve Stewart and his wife Amanda have brought their cherished rocking horse to the barn. The toy was a Christmas gift for their daughter Tamsin when she was five years old. Tragically, just two years later, their little girl passed away. The horse is now being given a new lease of life to be gifted to their nine-year-old daughter Hetty to play on and remember the older sister she never met. Also arriving at the barn is a treasured but tired stereogram, once the centrepiece of a family's festive celebrations. Now broken and battered, it has stood silent for years. The team pull together to bring the memories back for two sisters, who delight in hearing 'the gram' playing their parents' favourite Christmas record for the first time in decades. Eighty-year-old Christopher Sugg brings his treasured toy truck into the barn. Made by a team of Second World War engineers led by Christopher's own father, this unique vehicle was gifted to him for Christmas in 1945. Now, 75 years later, he wants his young grandson to experience the same joy he felt all those years ago. Finally, a vintage musical Christmas ornament from the United States. Now faded and falling apart, the carousel originally belonged to wealthy New York couple Bill and Babe Paley. It was gifted to their pa. Robert Brown, who brought it back to his native Scotland in the 1970s, where it has taken pride of place at his family's festive celebrations for three generations. Jay also gets the team to do a "Secret Santa" for everyone.
- The experts restore four beloved festive treasures - a very special mechanical doll, a traditional German Christmas decoration, an ageing harmonium and a train set from Kenya. The experts are challenged to create gifts for each other.
- Toy restorers Amanda and Julie have their work cut out reviving a sad dog that has been badly burned in a devastating house fire. The toy has been by owner Jody's side throughout her life, and when she saw her house being engulfed by flames, it was one of the first things on her mind. Now Jody would like her beloved toy to be restored so she can pass it on to her young son Noah. Metal expert Dominic Chinea and bright spark Mark Stuckey join forces to fix a retro kitchen mixer that provided the beating heart of a family kitchen. This now-rusty machine belonged to a much-loved mum and pastry chef, Ada. Now daughter Becky and daughter-in-law Alison are hoping to revive it in memory of Ada. It is a tough task, but when the experts whip up a treat for the ladies' return, it really is the icing on the cake. And silversmith Brenton works his magic on a nurse's belt buckle. Owner Trevor's mother Rosemary was given the buckle by her father when she embarked on her nursing career in the 1950s. After dedicating her life to the NHS, Rosemary sadly died shortly after retirement. Now, Trevor's teenage daughter Olivia is hoping to follow her nan into the nursing profession, and he wants to pass the treasured item on to her.
- Jay Blades and the team restore a barber's chair, an Iranian musical instrument, a roulette machine and a carousel horse.
- Jay Blades and the team restore a variety act's unicycle, a battered Bible, a water-damaged wooden table and a colourful ring symbolising enduring love.
- Jay Blades and the team take on a dented trumpet, a decorative belt awarded to a Victorian sporting hero and a metal roundabout. The first visitors to the barn are Cassie and Sue Day from Swindon have a very battered old trumpet for Pete Woods to repair and restore. It used to be used every New Year's Eve by Sue's dad (Cassie's gran-dad) to play Auld Lang Syne up and down the street. The next to enter the barn are Marilyn Rossel and her sister Margot from Eastbourne have brought in an old metal roundabout for Dominic Chinea to sort out. The last visitor today is Gil Lee from Burnley who has brought in a champion speed walker's belt for Brenton West and Suzie Fletcher.
- The team restores a telescope, beekeeping equipment, a 1950s radio and a leather elephant.
- Stringed instrument restorer Julyan Wallis sets to work on a beloved banjo. The banjo belonged to Kipper Tranter's dear departed friend, Ted. Ted took a young and wayward Kipper under his wing, for which Kipper is eternally grateful. Then Julia Emmett from Berkshire comes into the barn with a set of old, tired roller skates for Suzie Fletcher to renovate and restore. The next visitor is David Worssom from Penarth in South Wales who's brought in a wooden salad bowl complete with presentation plaque for Will Kirk to repair and restore.
- Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing as an economics expert seconded to the trade delegation. The professor must find the real economist and expose the agent.
- Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.