Episode
The Repair Shop: Episode 2
Overview
The team rescue a jacket worn by a beloved search dog involved in the Lockerbie disaster, as well as tackle a pair of rugby boots that helped England win the Women’s World Cup.
Details
- Series
- The Repair Shop
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2025-01-15
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
Episode 2 is Episode 2 in Series 14 of The Repair Shop. It aired on 2025-01-15. The runtime is 58 min.
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Episode 1
The experts join forces on a much-loved Syrian rocking horse left behind by a family unable to visit their war-torn country. And a dilapidated ice cream trailer is revived.
Episode 3
A blind photographer’s cosy and comforting boots are restored to their former glory, and a school clock gifted by Florence Nightingale is revived, including a full facelift.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4
The team salvages a vintage rugby shirt worn by a Welsh professional in the 1960s, whose daughter-in-law had tried to freshen it up before framing it but had a laundry disaster.
Episode 5
The team revives a torn, nicotine-stained, lace dress that provided creative inspiration for a talented artist and a battered drum that was once the heartbeat of a Cornish festival.
Episode 6
Childhood memories are restored alongside items such as a storybook made by two loving parents and a tweed flat cap that belonged to a bricklaying father who died far too young.
Episode 7
Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople, bringing loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. A heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture.
Episode 8
The team revives a dilapidated carved village sign that has stood pride of place in Broome, Norfolk since the turn of the millennium, along with a handmade organ crafted in Basra during World War I.
Episode 9
The team restores a zoetrope - a groundbreaking form of Victorian entertainment and a precursor to moving film – along with a pair of dilapidated designer chairs.
Episode 10
The team joins forces to revive a suit of armour that belonged to actor Joss Ackland. And the restoration of a pair of line dancing boots sees the experts’ rhythm put to the test.
Episode 11
No stone is left unturned in restoring an Onyx ring back to its former glory, and a vintage mechanical doll, seemingly beyond repair, is brought back from the brink.
Episode 12
Horologist Steve Fletcher takes on a cleverly designed accessory with a unique purpose, while Mark tackles a vintage projector holding long-buried family memories of life in Uganda.
Episode 13
The team completes a father’s unfinished project holding precious childhood memories, the Bear Ladies work on a treasured doll with a history from the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Jayesh restores a moth-eaten fez for a Tommy Cooper fan, and ceramics expert Kirsten revives a very unusual piece of family history relating to a prisoner-of-war.