The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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  • : 2020
  • : 15
  • : 2
  • BBC One
  • 16
  • Documentary History Home and garden

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Childhood Toys
Episode overview
06, 2020
Jay Blades narrates a spin-off show delving deeper into three repairs to show how the heirlooms help shaped modern life, beginning with the story of toys.
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Home Front - WWII
Episode overview
07, 2020
Jay Blades narrates a look at three unique items from the home front during Second World War - a doll, a music box, and a homemade telescope built by an air raid warden.
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Mid-Century Furniture
Episode overview
08, 2020
Jay Blades tells the story of how mid 20th-century furniture continues to influence the modern-day home by revealing the history behind three classic pieces repaired in the barn.
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Immigration
Episode overview
09, 2020
Jay Blades delves deeper into the stories of three previous fixes to show how immigration has shaped the UK, remembering the restoration of a pump organ from the Caribbean, a barber's pole with Cypriot links and an Iraqi samovar.
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Rural Life
Episode overview
10, 2020
Jay Blades recalls three barn fixes - a butter churn, a spinning wheel and a set of ploughing trophies - to trace the changing face of rural life in the UK.
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Espionage
Episode overview
13, 2020
Jay Blades investigates the UK's espionage history through three items restored on the programme, including a bike and teapot linked to undercover operatives.
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Maritime History
Episode overview
14, 2020
Jay Blades narrates an insight into the maritime history of three items restored on programme - a precious box, a book of cuttings about Captain Scott, and a handmade teddy bear.
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Clockwork
Episode overview
15, 2020
Jay Blades investigates three items restored by horologist Steve Fletcher that demonstrate how the invention of clockwork continues to influence our lives to this day.
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Musical Instruments
Episode overview
16, 2020
The importance of music in people's lives, through the restoration of a pump organ, an accordion and a bass guitar owned by a member of 1970s disco group Hot Chocolate.
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WWI Restorations
Episode overview
17, 2020
Jay Blades explores the legacy of the First World War in the UK by delving deeper into three restorations: some bagpipes, a soldier’s wire cutters and two RAF mascots.
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Film & Video
Episode overview
20, 2020
Jay Blades revisits three amazing inventions that have had a profound influence on the development of the film and video technology we take for granted today.
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Modern Music
Episode overview
21, 2020
Jay Blades revisits three repairs – a polyphon, a gramophone and a transistor radio – to show how modern music has been influenced by vintage music players.
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Heroic WWII Stories
Episode overview
22, 2020
Jay Blades revisits three repairs - a watch, a swagger stick and a belt - that tell heroic stories from the Second World War that still resonate today.
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Pre-Digital Age
Episode overview
23, 2020
Jay Blades revists three repairs – a cash register, a camera and a calculator - to show how they helped shape the modern digital world we enjoy today.
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Transportation
Episode overview
24, 2020
Jay Blades examines the evolution of modern transport through archive footage and three Repair Shop restorations: a penny-farthing bicycle, a tram seat and a speedometer.

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