Wed, Jan 26, 2022
Jay and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. There is an exciting challenge for furniture restorer Sonnaz , when she is given the opportunity to work on an iconic piece of Danish design known as an egg chair. Christine Langton and her daughter Kate deliver an armchair designed by Arne Jacobsen. Husband Maurice loved this chair and sat proudly in it throughout his life. Next to arrive is Nick Wimshurst, with a remarkable item invented by his great-great-grandfather. The instrument has been in Nick's family for over 135 years, but he has never seen it work. He is hugely proud of his forefather's invention and feels compelled to find someone to help get it up and running again. Steve draws on all his know-how, and what he remembers from his school physics lessons, to enable lightning to strike once again. It's a first for master hatter Jayesh when Ross Brown visits with his grandfather's sailor's hat. Alf was a Royal Navy stoker, working in the vessel engine rooms, and served throughout the Second World War. He had quite the tale to tell his family when he returned safely after an attack from a German U-boat and was a true hero to a young Ross. Ross is putting all his faith in Jayesh to perform a minor miracle to erase the ink, while retaining the hat's characteristic wear and tear. And John Marshall wheels in the most extraordinary bicycle for experts Tim and Dominic to work on. Known as a bucking bronco bike, it has no pedals or chain but relies on the rider bobbing up and down to power it. Needless to say, both Tim and Dom are delighted to get cracking on this unique renovation project.
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
Gramophone Expert Tim Weeks tackles a portable Peter Pan gramophone that has seen better days. No longer able to spin records, Will Tim be able to fix it so that it can play music once more? Meanwhile Will and Sonnaz take on the repair and restoration of a child's rocking chair and Steve gets an old cash register from 1913 to sort out and make good.
Mon, Aug 13, 2018
Resident clock maker Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that has come all the way from Holland and which spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress. Metal worker Dominic Chinea and master cooper Alastair Simms get an ancient butter churn turning, and churning, once again. And leather expert Suzie Fletcher lovingly restores a trunk made by Louis Vuitton and which is showing the signs of the years it spent travelling the world with owner Tom's great grandfather.
Tue, Mar 28, 2017
Furniture restorers Jay and Will attempt to work their magic on a much-loved Arts and Crafts piano stool damaged by a dog. Richard Rigby restores an antique projector. Clock expert Steve repairs a vintage telephone.
Tue, Apr 4, 2017
Horologist Steven Fletcher and expert metal worker Dominic Chinea restore a village clock. The team work together to repair a piece of farming history - a hay press. Two Royal Worcester vases also feature.