Episode
The Repair Shop: 100-Year-Old Surveyor's Theodolite
Overview
Jay Blades and the team tackle a surveyor's theodolite, an ice cream bell and a football.
Details
- Series
- The Repair Shop
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 2020-09-17
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
100-Year-Old Surveyor's Theodolite is Episode 33 in Series 5 of The Repair Shop. It aired on 2020-09-17. The runtime is 43 min.
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