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 46 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2026.
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The Bear Ladies harness their skills to transform a life-sized horse, and a classic chair that holds memories of a daring escape from Paris during World War II is restored.
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The team revive a cherished rocking horse, a spectacular set of conga drums, and a logbook that played a key role in British LGBTQ+ history.
It’s a family affair as Steve Fletcher fixes a model watermill while son Fred brings a cherished clock back to life. The team also fix a stunning Notting Hill Carnival headpiece.
Suzie fixes a football from a Scottish Cup final, Chris repairs a magazine from a Japanese POW camp, Geoff restores a pachinko machine, and Rebecca fixes a beautiful Cretan lyra.
The team revive a powered football wheelchair, some meticulously handcrafted jewellery, a bagatelle board, and a speedway flag that tells a remarkable Glaswegian love story.
Charlotte fixes a little Range Rover that represents a big globetrotting adventure, Chris takes on a historic scrapbook, and Dean restores a trailblazing ballerina’s pointe shoes.
Series 15
Dean restores a pair of shoes with a surprising past, Mark revives a retro recording device, and Sonnaz and Angelina pair up to salvage a battered survivor of heady days in London.
Tim tackles a battered unicycle, Mark fixes an iconic 80s gadget, Brenton takes on an Edwardian plate camera, and David repairs a model of a virus that changed medical history.
The team's restorations include an exquisite Guyanese bangle, an electric guitar with a past, a leather tallit bag and a family's rediscovered set of Kent peg tiles.
The Bear Ladies revive a 1960s teddy with a rock ’n’ roll past, Pierro Pozella fixes a camera that saw action in World War II, and Will Kirk restores a garden bench that honours a lost husband.
The team restore a ceremonial Chinese lion dance costume, a set of well-loved traditional beer pumps and two beautiful ceramic maquettes.
David restores a keyboard that once belonged to The Stranglers, Dean brings a pair of platforms back for a boogie, and Chris repairs a precious family cookbook of Indian delights.
Dom and Sonnaz team up to fix a vintage salon hairdryer, David repairs some intricately carved Nigerian figurines, and Rebecca takes on a rugby flag with a remarkable history.
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.
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.
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.
Series 15
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.
Series 14, Episode 13
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Ceramics expert Kirsten revives a very unusual piece of family history relating to a prisoner of war, and a father’s unfinished project holding precious childhood memories gets completed.