Episode
The Repair Shop: Mantle Clock
Overview
Jay Blades and the team restore a ship-shaped clock, a ceramic night light, a 1960s skateboard and a teddy that accompanied a young man through life-changing surgery.
Details
- Series
- The Repair Shop
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2021-05-05
- Runtime
- 57 min
Episode context
Mantle Clock is Episode 3 in Series 8 of The Repair Shop. It aired on 2021-05-05. The runtime is 57 min.
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Episode 2: Seized-up Roundabout
Jay Blades and the team restore a sit-on roundabout, a Texan side saddle, a WWI dominoes box and a mechanical teddy gifted to an adopted girl on arrival in the UK.
Episode 4: Grandma's Running Shoes
Jay Blades and the team takes on a pair of running shoes used in Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics, a photograph of an ANC activist, a cherished clarinet and a push-along donkey.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Charles II Portrait
Jay Blades and the team tackle a historic portrait, an engagement ring, an ornate chest from Oman and a toy donkey that links a twin with the brother she lost aged 21.
Episode 5: Painting of Queen Henrietta Maria
Jay Blades and the team tackle a rare historic painting, a vintage sewing machine, a Beatles souvenir from the Swinging Sixties and a splintered stained-glass window.
Episode 6: Dolls Amy and David
Jay Blades and the team restore two very well-loved dolls, a drum kit with magical memories, a painted German toy box and the oldest item ever to enter the barn.
Episode 7: Diana the Doll
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved doll, a metal guitar, a symbolic sculpture and a suitcase that accompanied an army officer as he journeyed through Africa.
Episode 8: Symbolic Seascape
Jay Blades and the team restore a significant seascape painting, a doll belonging to a refugee child from Bosnia, a farmer’s vintage seed-sower and a Parisian plate.
Episode 9: Stone Bird Bath
Jay Blades and the team restore a crumbling bird bath, a harmonium in need of a tune up, a document belonging to a survivor of the Titanic and a 1950s bear in need of TLC.
Episode 10: Barber's Chair
Jay Blades and the team restore a barber’s chair, an Iranian musical instrument, a roulette machine and a carousel horse.
Episode 11: Chesterfield Armchair
Jay Blades and the team restore a Chesterfield armchair, a brass keepsake box and a silver bracelet.
Episode 12: Pottery Vegetable Patch Signs
The team restores handmade pottery signs, a wooden horse and cart toy, and a footie trophy.
Episode 13: Grandmother's Midwifery Bag
The team restores a wooden toy yacht, a pre-NHS midwifery bag and a mechanical toy bear.