The Repair Shop

Jay Blades and his team of experts return to save more precious possessions

Jay Blades and his team of experts return to save more precious possessions.

Put your phone on silent, get yourself a cuppa and commandeer the sofa for half an hour of feelgood TV, as furniture restorer Jay Blades opens his doors to leading craftspeople who will revive damaged family heirlooms.

Timepiece expert Steven Fletcher gets to grips with a highly ornate Boulle-work clock that hasn’t ticked a tock for at least 15 years.

And furniture restorer Will Kirk tackles one of the Repair Shop’s oldest assignments: a 300-year-old Georgian desk that’s been through the wars and is really showing its age.

As ever, it’s a strangely moving experience every time one of these inanimate objects gives up its stories