The Repair Shop - Season 7 - Eps 1: Matchstick Model Ship
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Wood whizz Will Kirk takes on the huge responsibility of restoring a model ship that was carefully handcrafted out of matchsticks by a beloved father who died when his children were still small. This is one of the only possessions that owner Lesley has from her dad, whom she lost when she was just seven. Metal expert Dominic Chinea and furniture upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary join forces to restore a machinist's chair that links a lover of needlework with her seamstress grandmother. Owner Tara never met her grandmother but was gifted the chair when her grandparents passed away. Ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay turns her hand to papier mache when she restores a black and white dog that has spent decades in his master's hallway, reminding him of his long and exciting career in the music industry.
About The Repair Shop
Title: The Repair Shop
First Air Date: 2017-03-27
Last Air Date: 2025-03-26
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 26 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 15
Total Episodes: 323
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
Steven Fletcher
Self - Expert
Dominic Chinea
Self - Expert
Brenton West
Self - Expert
Chris Shaw
Self - Expert
Pete Woods
Self - Expert
Julie Tatchell
Self - Expert
Amanda Middleditch
Self - Expert
Will Kirk
Self - Expert
Suzie Fletcher
Self - Expert
