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 2024. A total of 40 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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The Repair Shop
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.
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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.
Series 14
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.
The team revives a torn, nicotine-stained, lace dress that provided creative inspiration for a talented artist and a battered drum that was once the heartbeat of a Cornish festival.
Series 15
Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi uses her skills to honour a racing legend, and a mechanical doll needs the expert skills of toy restorers Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch.
Series 14
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.
Series 15
A school clock gifted by Florence Nightingale is revived, including a full facelift, and a special saxophone receives the utmost care from the team.
Series 14
Electronics expert Mark Stuckey hopes to unlock memories from the past by restoring a broken cine projector that hasn’t been used for over 40 years.
The team restore a unique pair of cowboy boots, a piece of plaster holding a loved one's message, a puppet that has lost its limbs and a pioneering film-maker's award.
The team repair a giant plush hound dog with rock star pedigree, a Cypriot shepherd’s bag and a prizewinning sewing machine from the 1980s.
The team take on four more precious items, including a remarkable wartime diary from Nazi-occupied Guernsey, a rusted station lamp and a beloved 1980s doll's house.
The team restore a silver statuette that survived a shipwreck, a traditional Iranian baby hammock, a remarkable concrete portrait and a flight case once owned by a rock legend.
The team take on four more cherished items, including a pair of battered seats from Arsenal’s Highbury stadium and a crumbling relic from a much-loved Somerset model village.
Bill Paterson looks back at some favourite toy fixes, including a cuddly keepsake that’s provided comfort for both a father and son, and a tinplate rocket in need of a boost.
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four of the barn’s most unusual fixes, including a hovering vacuum cleaner, a Victorian lightning machine and a giant stuffed animal!
Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on favourite fixes related to World War II, including a doll believed to have been made by a young woman who joined the Women's Land Army aged 18.