The Repair Shop
The Repair Shop is a lifestyle program on BBC2. Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople, bringing loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. A heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture. The popular program has been available since 2025. A total of 38 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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The Repair Shop
It’s Christmas at the barn, and the doors are thrown wide open to welcome special guests Helen Mirren, Julia Donaldson and Rob Brydon, who bring in treasured items in need of repair.
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It’s Christmas at the barn, and the doors are thrown wide open to welcome special guests Helen Mirren, Julia Donaldson and Rob Brydon, who bring in treasured items in need of repair.
The team repairs five festive items, including a 100-year-old projector that’s part of a family’s Christmas Eve tradition, and two revived puffins bring joy to a group of children.
November 2025
The team pull out all the stops to repair a cracked violin, a weather-beaten enamel sign, a ceramic birdcage that's in pieces and a leather jacket with a faded Batman mural.
Lucia revives a family portrait of a heroic sea captain, Brenton repairs a precious boxing trophy, and the team restore a Jamaican trunk that carried a musician’s dreams.
Dean and Charlotte team up to restore a pair of motorcycle racing goggles with a rich history, Tim fixes a 1950s bike, and Will repairs a toy boat handmade by a devoted dad.
The team restore a Man Utd shirt worn by a Busby Babe in the FA Cup final, a Bible from a wartime internment camp, an ornate Punjabi hookah and a Bradford shop window automaton.
October 2025
The team revive a working model of a Welsh coal mine, original plans for a British engineering classic and a Victorian writing box owned by a trailblazing female journalist.
Childhood memories are restored alongside items such as a storybook made by two loving parents and a tweed flat cap that belonged to a bricklaying father who died far too young.
No stone is left unturned in restoring an onyx ring to its former glory, and Will Kirk works to get a precious whirligig spinning again.
The Bear Ladies restore a stuffed monkey that turned royal heads. The team also fix a cake topper emblematic of a circus childhood and a Second World War helmet that survived the Blitz.
The team revive a dilapidated carved village sign that has stood pride of place in Broome, Norfolk, since the turn of the millennium, along with a handmade organ crafted in Basra during World War I.
The team takes on a task with strings attached – an elephant puppet that survived a fire. And a watch worn by a dad who tragically died in a boating accident is lovingly restored.
The team join forces to revive a suit of armour that belonged to actor Joss Ackland. And the restoration of a pair of line dancing boots sees the experts’ rhythm put to the test.
The team restores a zoetrope – a groundbreaking form of Victorian entertainment and a precursor to moving film – along with a pair of dilapidated designer chairs.
A blind photographer’s cosy and comforting boots are restored to their former glory, and a school clock gifted by Florence Nightingale is revived, including a full facelift.
The team restores a photo of President Kennedy’s children with their English nanny, a tiny drum kit clock, a melted wax statuette and a traditional Venezuelan stringed instrument.
The team rescue a jacket worn by a beloved search dog involved in the Lockerbie disaster, as well as tackle a pair of rugby boots that helped England win the Women’s World Cup.
The experts join forces on a much-loved Syrian rocking horse left behind by a family unable to visit their war-torn country. And a dilapidated ice cream trailer is revived.
Favourite Fixes: Episode 5
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Narrator Bill Paterson looks back at four favourite sporting fixes from the past, including a 120-year-old rugby league cap given to a Yorkshireman who played for his country.