The Repair Shop

- Season 5

(2019)

In an extended Christmas Special of the popular restoration programme, the experts tackle items with a festive link - a rusted dilapidated Chopper bicycle, a treasured but tired harmonium, a threadbare bear and a 1960s clockwork train set.

The popular restoration programme returns for a fifth series. The experts take on an ornately carved walnut wooden piano stool, a vintage car speedometer and a baby's wicker crib that has been at the heart of a family for generations.

A rusty, leaky water can belonging to a former fairground family, a miniature camel saddle that has had an unfortunate encounter with a mischievous puppy and Bobby Bear, a 100-year-old RAF mascot are the items brought in for repair.

The team take on a one of a kind bicycle sidecar, designed for junior passengers, a Victorian sewing table, and a military drum which saw action in both the first and second world wars. Will puts the pieces of the Victorian sewing stand back together. Dom repairs the old bicycle sidecar. Pete tackles the repairing of the drum that went through the two world wars with some help from Suzie.

The team take on a treasured leather satchel that's been through the wars, a Victorian clock that is linked to an incredible wartime story, and a bronze sea serpent pen holder made by owner Alan's great grandfather. Suzie repairs and restores the leather satchel. Her brother Steve fixes the old spy-catcher's slate clock. Meanwhile Brenton repairs the old sea serpent.

The team take on a pair of tired and torn boxing gloves that once belonged to the owner Andy's uncle, a shattered ostrich egg cigarette box and a 1950's toy bike gifted to the owner's brother by none other than Laurel and Hardy. Leather Expert Suzie fights to restore and repair the old boxing gloves. Simon tackles the ostrich egg cigarette box putting the jigsaw of broken pieces back together. Dom works on the old push-bike.

Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. First into the barn today, a mid-century coffee table that has been part of owner Graham's life for 60 years. The table belonged to his parents, taking pride of place in their living room, and is at the heart of many happy childhood memories with his late parents. But now the table is suffering from its years of use, and the many social occasions it has witnessed have left their marks. Wood restoration expert Will Kirk must use all his polishing know-how to bring ...

The team take on a wooden desk that has seen some serious swotting, a charming scrapbook charting a fantastic story and a now defunct wind up train. Steve starts off by trying to understand and then dismantle the locomotive before handing it over to Lucia for repainting and decorating. Bookbinder Chris Shaw checks out the 1950s scrapbook but notices some tears so passes it over to paper conservator Louise Drover before he starts work on repairing and restoring the rest of the scrapbook. Will Kirk then starts to work on the desk.

Metal worker Dominic Chinea is challenged to revive a rare and curious 1930s children's toy, seesaw, while hand embroidery expert Sara Dennis is given the challenge of reviving a century old embroidered bedspread. Meanwhile, brother and sister Steve and Suzie Fletcher sort out an ancient gentleman's shooting stick.

Jay Blades and the team revive and restore a previous brooch, a teddy bear called Chiefy with a suspected moth infestation and a well-traveled trunk, which after a journey of 6,000 miles, now has pride of place in Sam Sharpe's family home. Amanda and Julie start by putting Chiefy into the deep freeze to kill off any moth larvae lurking inside. Will deals with the warped camphor wood trunk with help from Brenton who makes a replacement piece for the brass latch. Kirsten re-makes Chiefy's buttons, Suzie checks out his new boots and Steve buffs up his boatswain's call. ...

It's all hands on deck as the crew tackle a dilapidated wheel from a scrapped Scottish fishing boat, a worn out football mascot, or and a well-worn commemorative cricket ball. Suzie is presented with a worn out cricket ball which is coming apart at the seams, then fine art conservator Lucia retouches the red colour and the gold inscription. Will is presented with an old ship's wheel in pieces but with Dom and Jay's help he gets the jigsaw of pieces back together again. Kirsten takes on the job of repairing the old Portsmouth mascot doll with some help from the bear ...

Lesley Keller's from London hopes toy restorers Julie Tatchall and Amanda Middleditch can get a very old friend back on his feet. Ted means an awful lot to Lesley as he was one of the first toys she received from her wonderful adoptive parents. Pete is asked to repair a 1920s banjolele that was played in the old music halls. Will is tasked with repairing and restoring an old tea caddy that was filled with family treasures.

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.

The team take on a rusty pedal scooter, a keepsake with a theatrical past: an original engraved powder compact, and a whimsical vintage bottle stopper whose smiling face and red nose has fascinated owner Martin Day, ever since he was a young boy. Brian Adams is hoping bike restorer Tim Gunn can work his magic on a rusty pedal scooter that he inherited from his father. Used by Brian's father in the 1930s, the scooter was his prized possession and he even held on to it when his family were evacuated during the war. The scooter was then passed down to Brian and his ...

The team take on a tippling stick thought to have belonged to George V, a nearly 200-year-old telescope that needs the eye of optics expert Richard Biggs, and a Victorian high chair that transforms into a rocking chair. Brenton makes a start on the tippling stick with some help from Will to apply a bit of polish. Brenton then makes a silver quaffing pot to hold a dram of the whisky that the tippling stick holds. Will then focuses on the high chair that transforms into a rocking chair. After making a new top piece for the missing back he enlists the help of Dom to tidy...

Today the team take 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.

The team take on a well-traveled leather case, a fantastic homemade telescope built from scrap metal and a century old decorative bowl that survived the Nazis. Suzie and Lucia make a start on the leather briefcase. Richard and Dom make a start on the scrapyard telescope. Meanwhile Kirsten takes on the jigsaw of the bowl smashed by the Nazis (and the cat). Suzie repairs and restores the leather work on the old case while Lucia refreshes the lettering on it. Dom tackles the metalwork and mechanics of the telescope.

The team take on a family butcher's trusty (and rusty) sausage making machine, a crumbling Edwardian album full of treasured postcards, a satchel bought in North Africa and an Iraqi hot water urn, known as a samovar. Suzie tackles the satchel, Dom starts de-rusting the old sausage machine. Chris starts organising and planning how he can repair the postcard album. Meanwhile Brenton makes a start on the battered and aged samovar. Both Dom and Brenton make use of Will's woodworking skills to recreate them a missing handle each.

The team tackle 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.

3 more treasured family heirlooms, and the memories that they hold, are brought back to life by the team of experts. Today, a smashed piggy bank, a homemade gramophone that has lost its voice and a tarnished ceremonial helmet are tackled.

The team of experts take on the repair of a broken reel-to-reel tape recorder, a sequinned stage costume that belonged to a 1950s strong woman and a broken windup toy car.

Jay and the team of experts restore a set of grocer's scales, an art deco leather handbag and an ornamental Egyptian table.

The team of restoration experts repair a bus conductor's ticket machine, a Victorian automaton and a former world kick-boxing champion's trophy - which has been badly damaged in a recent house fire.

The Repair Shop experts tackle a writing bureau that has seen better days, a pair of damaged dancing clogs and a couple of ploughing world championship trophies from the 1950s.

Three more treasured family heirlooms are restored by the team of experts, an art deco chiming clock, a much loved teddy bear who has lost his growl and a 3D photograph viewer.

The team of restoration experts tackle 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.

The team tackle 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.

A treasured rugby trophy, a beautiful Victorian sewing machine and a 1930s accordion each pose a set of unique challenges to the team of restoration experts in this edition.

The three treasured family heirlooms restored by the team of experts today are an oak toolbox, a 100-year-old plate camera and a marionette theatre.

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.

The restoration experts tackle a pewter chess set representing the American War of Independence, an X-shape chair from Syria dating back to the beginning of the 20th century and a World War II mascot doll, unsurprisingly called Tommy.

Bear repair team Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch are ready and waiting to give an adored 60s teddy bear called Fred (the threadbare Fred bear) a much needed makeover. He has been a constant companion to owner Steph Derham through her many tough struggles having been born with Spina Bifida. The next visitor to the barn is Joss Green Armatage who brings in a shabraque for embroidery expert Sara Dennis to restore. A shabraque is a fancy blanket that goes under the saddle of the horse on ceremonial and state occasions. Next to arrive is Maggie Tovey from Newcastle ...

The first visitor to The Repair Shop's barn today is Lorna Douglas who's brought her Dad's old saxophone for Pete Woods to repair and restore. Then John brings in an old, damaged fret-saw which Dom manages to repair. Lorna is followed by Phil Bailey who's brought a 1937 brass kettle inherited from his grandparents for the attention of Brenton West. Then Ruth Bowditch brings in a WWI shaving mirror for Suzie Fletcher to see what she can do with.

Luthier (a maker and repairer of stringed instruments) Julyan Wallis gets to grips with a semi acoustic guitar that has spanned three generations. Pete Rout and his son, Tom, put their faith in Julyan to save the beloved instrument that has been silent for over 40 years. Then dentist Faroz Jafferji from Zanzibar brings in his grandfather's old clock for Steve Fletcher to restore and repair. Then Charlotte Velacottt and her aunt Mary from Cornwall brought in a broken fruit bowl for the attention of Kirsten Ramsey. Finally Will Kirk is brought a chair to repair that's ...

In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a fire-damaged silver vanity set, a WW2 secret agent canister and a wooden toy carousel.

In the Repair Shop today, the team takes on a tarnished brass shop till, a doll's house which has been bestowed to a children's hospice and a communion box.

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.

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.

Woodwork expert Will Kirk is enchanted by a musical jewellery box that miraculously survived a devastating house fire. Pamela Lamb from Devon cherishes this memento, as it belonged to her elder sister Vera, who sadly passed away. Next up is Alan Norley from Kent with an old railway shunter's lamp for Steve Fletcher to repair and restore. The next visitor to the barn is Girl Guide leader Anne Wheway with a Brownies Promise Toadstool for Suzie Fletcher and Will Kirk to repair and restore. Brenton West restores the old ploughing trophies won by another visitor's father.

Keith Kear from Epping Forest has a junior drum kit for musical instrument expert Pete Woods to work on. The 1920s drums were originally his father's, and then a young Keith played them to his heart's content. The next visitor into the barn is Christine Upton from Kent who has brought an old oil lamp for Steve Fletcher. The lamp was converted to an electric lamp and Steve's challenge is turn it back into an oil lamp. The next visitors are father and son, John and Chris Deerlove who have brought an old treadle operated fret saw for Dominic Chinea to repair and restore.

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 ...