`The Repair Shop' is a Ricochet production for the BBC which follows a workshop where broken or damaged family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorer and presenter Jay Blades hosts as fellow furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and other skilled craftsmen of all types are brought together to work in one space to restore much-loved possessions to their former glory. Many of these items have incredible stories behind them and a unique place in history.
Episode 1. The team take on a piano stool, a vintage car speedometer and a baby’s wicker crib.
Episode 2. The team take on a fairground water can, a camel saddle and an RAF mascot teddy bear.
Episode 3. The team take on a bicycle sidecar, a Victoria sewing stand and a military drum.
Episode 4. The team take on a satchel, a pub clock and a sea serpent pen holder.
Episode 5. The team take on a pair of boxing gloves, a cigarette box and a toy bike.
Episode 6. The team take on a coffee table, a wind-up panda and a coconut scraper.
Episode 7. The team take on a wooden desk, a scrapbook and a wind-up train.
Episode 8. The team take on a collectable seesaw, a hand-stitched bedspread and a shooting stick.
Episode 9. The team take on a precious brooch, a rag doll and a well-travelled wooden trunk.
Episode 10. The team take on a ship's wheel, a worn-out football mascot and a vintage cricket ball.
Episode 11. The team take on a teddy bear, an unusual musical instrument and a century-old tea caddy.
Episode 12. The team take on a garden bench, an old school calculator and an antique bridle.
Episode 13. The team take on a tarnished keepsake, a vintage bottle stopper and a pedal scooter.
Episode 14. The team take on a Victorian high chair, a smuggler's telescope and a tippling stick.
Episode 15. The team take on a toy cannon, a Victorian inkwell and a saintly statue.
Episode 16. The team take on a leather case, a homemade telescope and a 100-year-old bowl.
Episode 17. The team take on a sausage-making machine, an Edwardian postcard album and a samovar.
Episode 6. A 2,000-year-old statue is given a new lease of life.
Episode 19. The team take on a smashed piggy bank, a homemade gramophone and a tarnished helmet.
Episode 20. The team take on a tape-recording machine, a strong woman costume and a wind-up car.
Episode 21. The team tackle a set of shopkeeper's scales, a leather keepsake bag and an Egyptian table.
Episode 22. The team tackle a bus conductor’s ticket machine and a Victorian automaton.
Episode 23. The team tackle a writing bureau, a pair of clogs and a couple of ploughing trophies.
Episode 3. The team revive a thermometer that accompanied a young family on an Arctic adventure.
Episode 25. The team tackle a chair used during the investiture ceremony of the Prince of Wales.
Episode 26. The team tackle a wooden trunk, a memorial trophy and a gyroscopic toy cyclist.
Episode 27. The team tackle a tarnished rugby trophy, a Victorian sewing machine and an accordion.
Episode 28. The team tackle a wooden toolbox, a plate camera and a marionette theatre.
Episode 29. The team tackle a surveyor's theodolite, an ice cream bell and a football.
Episode 30. The team tackle a military chess set, a Syrian chair and a wartime mascot doll.
Episode 31. The team takes on a tired teddy bear and a police investigation murder box.
Episode 32. The team takes on a saxophone, a tarnished brass kettle and a shaving mirror from WWI.
Episode 33. The team takes on a wall clock, a fractured lustre bowl and a semi-acoustic guitar.
Episode 34. The team takes on a silver vanity set, a WW2 secret agent canister and a toy carousel.
Episode 35. The team takes on a brass shop till, a doll's house and a communion box.
Episode 36. The team takes on a banjo, a pair of rollerskates and a wooden salad bowl.
Episode 37. The team takes on an 18th-century clock, a radiogram and a Victorian botanical microscope.
Episode 38. Taking on a Victorian railway lamp, a musical jewellery box and a Brownie toadstool.
Episode 39. The team takes on an oil lamp, a fret saw and a child’s drum kit.
Episode 40. The team takes on a dented trumpet, a decorative belt and a metal roundabout.