Series 11
The Repair Shop

Series 11

2023 episodes

Episodes

1

Episode 1

Jan 2, 202343m

The team lovingly revives a 1950s alarm clock that hasn’t rung for decades, a metal horse statue holding memories of a dear dad and a 120-year-old piece of rugby history.

2

Episode 2

Jan 3, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team restore a tiny pair of baby boots, a hand-painted Venetian jewellery box and a well-trodden wooden tap-dancing mat used by identical twins.

3

Episode 3

Jan 4, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team transform a child’s bike symbolising young love, a fluffy toy that’s provided much-needed support and a lamp smashed into smithereens.

4

Episode 4

Jan 5, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team work their magic on a famous red book from the TV series This Is Your Life, a miniature sewing machine and a 1950s recording device.

5

Episode 5

Jan 6, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team revitalise a painting with woodworm, an Arabic musical instrument and a flying helmet owned by a trailblazing female pilot.

6

Episode 6

Jan 9, 202343m

A giant toy lion, a vintage cash register and an old harbourmaster's telescope are mended.

7

Episode 7

Jan 10, 202343m

The team restore a camera, a draughts board and a toy owned by author Dick King-Smith.

8

Episode 8

Jan 11, 202343m

The experts restore a 1960s lawnmower, a sporting trophy and a 40-year-old leather belt.

9

Episode 9

Jan 12, 202343m

The team restore a marching drum, a mug and a model windmill made by a much-missed father.

10

Episode 10

Jan 13, 202343m

The team restore a pair of football boots, a wooden jack-in-the-box and a lamp.

11

Episode 11

Jan 16, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team restore a beautifully decorated broken bowl, a miniature silver train spice box and a 1940s handcrafted leather football.

12

Episode 12

Jan 17, 202343m

Three highly sentimental heirlooms are thrown a lifeline, including an old fishing reel and a quirky leather footstool shaped like a pig.

13

Episode 13

Jan 18, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team transform a mother-of-pearl coin purse, a flamenco guitar and a 1950s London black cab taxi meter.

14

Episode 14

Jan 19, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team restore a Victorian portrait of a formidable woman, an old-fashioned Middle Eastern heating device known as a brazier and a pottery horse.

15

Episode 15

Jan 20, 202343m

The team put the spice back into a painted pepper mill, and the teddy bear ladies see double as they fix two wind-up toys gifted to identical twins.

16

Episode 16

Jan 23, 202343m

Jay Blades and the team restore a set of bells that once noisily warned people of a horse’s arrival, a 1930s toy car that comforted a wartime evacuee, and a mid-century chair.

17

Episode 17

Jan 24, 202343m

Art and industry come to the Repair Shop in the form of two ceramic doves believed to be linked to Picasso, an automaton depicting Victorian tradesfolk and a Welsh miner’s helmet.

18

Episode 18

Jan 25, 202343m

An eclectic mix of items are given a new lease of life, including two schoolboy scrapbooks made in tribute to Tolkien and a decrepit manicure set that survived the Liverpool Blitz.

19

Episode 19

Jan 26, 202343m

The Repair Shop is the current destination for some globetrotting items, including a 200-year-old guitar from Vienna, a trunk that has toured Africa and a vintage pinball machine.

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Episode 20

Jan 27, 202343m

The team tackle three unusual projects, including a chair in which JFK once sat, a Walkman and a Royal Navy hat box filled with romantic love letters.