The Repair Shop is a British daytime and primetime television show made by production company Ricochet that aired on BBC Two for series 1 to 3 and on BBC One for series 4 onwards, in which family heirlooms are restored for their owners by numerous experts with a broad range of specialisms. Furniture restorer Jay Blades acted as the foreman until 2024. Will Kirk and Dominic Chinea since 2024 act as co-foremen.
Each episode follows professional craftspeople from around the country who restorefamily heirlooms that have sentimental value for their owners.[2] The experts are found mostly through social media, and the heirlooms' owners are not charged for the restorations.[3] Some items require the attention of two experts. For example, a clock in a wooden case. Steve Fletcher repairs the clock whilst Will Kirk restores the wooden case.
Several Christmas-themed special episodes (with the exception of The Repair Shop at Christmas 2018) have been produced since the 2020s, they have been transmitted on Christmas Eve occurring every two years until 2023 and on Boxing Day occurring every two years until 2022. The earliest transmission date on record was five days before Christmas Eve 2017 and the latest transmission date on record was three days after Boxing Day 2019.
Year
Transmission date
2017
19 December 2017
2018
Cancelled due to unfinished filming
2019
29 December 2019
2020
26 December 2020
2021
24 December 2021
2022
26 December 2022
2023
24 December 2023
2024
24 December 2024
Charity specials
The show has been included in Children in Need events, for example restoring a teddy in 2021,[5] and a carved wooden chair in 2022.[6] In 2022, the show's presenters were featured with French and Saunders and Judi Dench in a parody of the series for Comic Relief.[7]
The Repair Shop Favourite Fixes
Following Jay Blades' being charged with controlling and coercive behaviour, in September 2024, he stepped back from his television work. The Repair Shop introduced a spin-off series, showcasing the best and favourite repairs from previous episodes of regular series, introduced by Bill Paterson.
Series
Episodes
Originally released
First released
Last released
1
7
30 October 2024
30 December 2024
2
TBR
TBC in 2025
TBC in 2025
The Repair Shop On The Road
In 2025 following the success of The Repair Shop Favourite Fixes, another spin-off series of The Repair Shop was introduced and commissioned by Kirk and Chinea called The Repair Shop On The Road.
Series
Episodes
Originally released
First released
Last released
1
14
3 February 2025
20 February 2025
2
TBR
TBC in 2026
TBC in 2026
Notable artists
Episode 5 of series 1 featured a painted ceramic jug made by Picasso contemporary Jean Lurçat.[8][9]
Episode 12 of series 1 featured a painting by British landscape artist Frederick Appleyard. Brought in by Appleyard's descendant (his great-grand-nephew), the heavily damaged painting was restored by Lucia Scalisi.[10]
In episode 16 of the same series, Scalisi restored an oilportrait by Cyril James Frost, at the request of its owner, the sitter's son.[11]
In October 2022, King Charles III (still the Prince of Wales at the time of filming) 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.[13] Jay Blades, Steve Fletcher, his son Fred, Kirsten Ramsay and Will Kirk were featured.[14][15]
Pete Woods, percussion and musical instrument repairer
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 do-it-yourselfhardback book was released, entitled The Repair Shop: A Make Do and Mend Handbook, published by BBC Books.[47]
The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams was published by BBC Books on 5 November 2020.[48]
Reception
In 2019, The Repair Shop received a nomination for a Rose d'Or in the Reality and Factual Entertainment category.[49] After moving to prime time for Series 6 in March 2020, it was watched by 6.7 million people.[50]
An Australian version of the show, The Repair Shop Australia, debuted on Lifestyle on 3 May 2022. It is hosted by Dean Ipaviz, a builder and carpenter, and features six repairers.[52]
A Dutch version of the show, The Repair Shop, debuted on RTL 4 on September 2, 2019.[53][54][55] It was hosted by Humberto Tan, a radio and TV presenter, sports journalist and writer, and lasted one season.[56]
A Dutch version of the show in Belgium, De Repair Shop, debuted on Eén on September 4, 2022. It is hosted by Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis, a newscaster and TV Presenter, and had its second season in 2023.[57]
Notes
1 2 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.
1 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.
1 2 3 Series 12 officially started 22 March 2023 half way through Series 11 despite 20 more episodes were commissioned. However "Series 11, Episodes 21 to 30" aired from 21 August to 1 September 2023 before commissioning 10 more episodes running between 9 and 20 October 2023, then "Series 12, Episodes 9 to 11" aired on 13, 20 and 27 September 2023 before commissioning 3 more episodes. Series 12 does not officially end until 10 January 2024.
↑ Series 13 originally was going to commission 40 episodes but the number of episodes for Series 13 had been decreased to 25 episodes instead due to overlapping transmissions between series 7 and series 12 and due to the trial of Jay Blades.
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