The Repair Shop Season 11, Episode 8: Episode 8

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Episode 1

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.

43 min

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Episode 2

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.

43 min

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Episode 3

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.

43 min

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Episode 4

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.

43 min

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Episode 5

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

43 min

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Episode 6

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

43 min

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Episode 7

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

43 min

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Episode 8

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

43 min

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Episode 9

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

43 min

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Episode 10

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

43 min

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Episode 11

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

43 min

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Episode 12

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

43 min

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Episode 13

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

43 min

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Episode 14

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.

43 min

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Episode 15

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.

43 min

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Episode 16

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.

43 min

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Episode 17

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.

43 min

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Episode 18

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.

43 min

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Episode 19

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.

43 min

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Episode 20

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.

43 min