Episode
The Repair Shop: Series 11, Episode 21
Overview
A handbag repair for a 1960s typist who played a part in trying to make Britain better, and a toy tractor that belonged to a farmer who died in a tragic accident at work.
Details
- Series
- The Repair Shop
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2023-08-21
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Series 11, Episode 21 is Episode 9 in Series 12 of The Repair Shop. It aired on 2023-08-21. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 8: NHS Special
The team celebrates 75 years of the NHS by reviving items that include a hospital food trolley and a patient diary belonging to writer Michael Rosen.
Episode 10: Series 11, Episode 22
The experts revive a beloved but rickety old ironing board and a badly broken cupboard that was originally made for a young European couple for their marriage.
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Episode 6
A seized-up ventriloquist’s dummy with no strings attached gets a much-needed makeover, and a Roman-style leather chair undergoes a triumphant transformation.
Episode 12: Series 11, Episode 24
The experts revive a 100-year-old shipping log charting the bravery of a seafarer during World War II. And a tiny table with rickety legs is put back on its feet.
Episode 5
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage brings his treasured harmonium, holding memories of his late father, to be revived. And an early sculpture by an eminent Czech artist is restored.
Episode 13: Series 11, Episode 25
A prankster postman’s brass horn is revived along with a historic 1920s tiny teddy bear that doubles up as a perfume bottle.
Episode 4
The team repair a microscope that belonged to a pioneering scientist, a pair of boots that protected a prisoner of war during WWII and a bench that needs a complete overhaul.
Episode 14: Series 11, Episode 26
A wooden desk used by a leading member of the Suffragette movement is given a new lease of life alongside a mannequin from an East End tailor’s shop bombed in the Blitz.
Episode 3
The team set to work reviving a painting from Bermuda, a crumpled terrarium damaged in transit, a precious clay keepsake of a baby’s footprints, and an arctic thermometer.
Episode 15: Series 11, Episode 27
The barn’s to do list includes a metal breadcrumb maker with memories of a childhood in Uruguay and a beloved stuffed toy lamb in need of a full mutton makeover.