''The Repair Shop'' is a British daytime television show made by

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that aired on

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for series 1 to 3 and on

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for series 4 onwards, in which family heirlooms are

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for their owners by numerous experts with a broad range of specialisms. Furniture restorer

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acts as the foreman.

Theme

Each episode follows professional craftspeople from around the country who restore family heirlooms that have sentimental value for their owners. Heirlooms are found mostly through

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, and their owners are not charged for the restorations. Viewers find out about the emotional family stories and events behind the pieces, before enjoying the sight of the technical skills and progress used to bring the pieces back to looking more cared for and in working order.

Episodes

* NOTE 1: An episode billed as "Series 9, Episode 1" aired as a one-off on 29 December 2021. However, Series 9 did not officially start until 14 March 2022 with a different Episode 1, and the previously aired episode is scheduled to repeat in this run as Episodes 6 or 20. * NOTE 2: Series 10 officially started 11 May 2022 half way through Series 9 and had ended 5 October 2022 before 20 more episodes were commissioned for Series 9.

''The Repair Shop at Christmas''

Several Christmas-themed special episodes have been produced:

Notable artists

Episode 5 of series 1 featured a painted ceramic jug made by

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contemporary

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. Episode 12 of series 1 featured a painting by British

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artist Frederick Appleyard. Brought in by Appleyard's descendant —his great-grand-nephew— the heavily damaged painting was restored by Lucia Scalisi. In episode 16 of the same series, she restored an

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by C. J. Frost, at the request of its owner, the sitter's son. In series 4, episode 22, a miniature by

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was restored, by Scalisi and paper conservator Louise Drover.

Notable guests

In October 2022,

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(then still the

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) starred in an episode in which a piece of pottery made for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and an 18th-century clock were restored by the show's experts. Jay Blades, Steve Fletcher, Kirsten Ramsay and Will Kirk were featured. The lead presenter was

and the featured experts were

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, Steve Fletcher and Kirsten Ramsay.

Filming

''The Repair Shop'' is filmed at the

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. The Court Barn is the principal setting, though some repairs are carried out in the Victorian smithy and nearby wagon shed.

Experts

Regular

, furniture restorer and foreman * Dominic ('Dom') Chinea, metal worker * Steven ('Steve') Fletcher (brother of Suzie), clock restorer * Suzie Fletcher (sister of Steve), leather worker, saddle maker *

, carpenter and cabinet-maker * Sonnaz Nooranvary, upholstery restorer * Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell, soft toy restorers, known as the "Bear Ladies" * Kirsten Ramsay, Sussex-based ceramics conservator * Lucia Scalisi, painting conservator * Brenton West, silversmith and antique photography specialist

Guest experts

* Stuart Black, firefighting historian * George Blackman, antique typewriter restorer * Matthew Boultwood, blacksmith * John Dilworth, violin restorer * Louise Drover, paper conservator * Neil Fairley, vintage electronics repairer * Catherine Guilder, historian * Tim Gunn, bicycle restorer * Geoff Harvey, pinball machine restorer * Sarah Hatton, willow artist * Stephen Kember, music box specialist * Pete Woods, percussion and musical instrument repairer *Sara Dennis, embroidery specialist *David Kennett, luthier, guitar restorer * Graham Mancha, furniture restorer * Matthew Nickels, stained-glass worker * Guillaume Pons, ceramics restorer * Laurence Richardson, jukebox restorer * Richard Rigby, antique projector specialist * Greg Rowland, wheelwright * Joujou Saad and Walid Saad, antique typewriter restorers * Christopher Shaw, book-binder * Alastair Simms, master cooper *Kaviraj Singh, sitar restorer * Rachael South, London-based furniture caner *Mark Stuckey, electronics and electrical restorer * Richard Talman, master goldsmith * Roger Thomas, accordion specialist * Julyan Wallis, luthier * Tim Weeks, gramophone specialist * Hannah Weston Smith, furniture restorer *Dean Westmoreland, cobbler, shoe repairer * David Burville, organ restorer, toy repairer * Blue MacMurchie, John MacMurchie, bagpipes restorers *Jayesh Vaghela, hatter * Kouresh Kouchakpour, luthier * Nigel Robinson, electronics engineer

Merchandise

Home media

DVD releases of the series are released by Dazzler Media under license from Warner Bros. On 25 June 2018, a DVD release of ''The Complete Series 1'' and ''2017 Christmas Special'' was released on a two-disc DVD set. A DVD release of ''Series Two'' was released on 7 October 2019. A DVD of ''Series 3'' was released in March 2020, ''Series 4'' was released as a two-disc set in March 2021, and ''Series 5'' was released as a two-disc set in November 2021.

Books

On 25 July 2019, a

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book was released, entitled ''The Repair Shop: A Make Do and Mend Handbook'', published by

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. ''The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams'' was published by BBC Books on 5 November 2020.

Reception

In 2019, ''The Repair Shop'' received a nomination for a

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in the Reality and Factual Entertainment category. After moving to prime time for Series 6 in March 2020, it was watched by 6.7 million people.

International versions

*An Australian version of the show, '' The Repair Shop Australia'' debuted on

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on 3 May 2022. It is hosted by

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, a builder and carpenter, and features six repairers. *A Dutch version of the show, The Repair Shop debuted on RTL 4 Netherlands on Sept 2 2019. It is hosted by

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, a radio and tv presenter, sports journalist and writer.

References

External links

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