The Repair Shop - Season 5 - Eps 14: Smuggler's Telescope
The team takes on a tippling stick thought to have belonged to George V, a nearly 200-year-old telescope that needs the eye of optics expert Richard Biggs, and a Victorian high chair that transforms into a rocking chair. Brenton makes a start on the tippling stick with some help from Will to apply a bit of polish. Brenton then makes a silver quaffing pot to hold a dram of the whisky that the tippling stick holds. Will then focuses on the high chair that transforms into a rocking chair. After making a new top piece for the missing back he enlists the help of Dom to tidy up the transforming mechanism and Suzie who makes a new padding for the back and seat. Meanwhile Richard starts work on the old smuggler's telescope with some help either some soldering by Steve.
About The Repair Shop
Title: The Repair Shop
First Air Date: 2017-03-27
Last Air Date: 2025-10-29
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.9/10 (from 28 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 16
Total Episodes: 342
Network: BBC One BBC Two
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Ricochet
Synopsis
The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.
Cast
Bill Paterson
Self - Narrator
Lucia Scalisi
Self - Expert
Dominic Chinea
Self - Expert
Steven Fletcher
Self - Expert
Brenton West
Self - Expert
Pete Woods
Self - Expert
Julie Tatchell
Self - Expert
Will Kirk
Self - Expert
Suzie Fletcher
Self - Expert
Sonnaz Nooranvary
Self - Expert
