The Repair Shop


9:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Saturday, January 24 on Quest (17)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 11, Episode 13

Jay Blades and his team of experts restore a coil purse for a wedding. Originally given to Barbara by her grandmother when she was a child, the purse made of pearl, silk and leather is in a frail state. Barbara is hoping Suzie can repair the item so her daughter Zeffy can carry it down the aisle as her 'something borrowed'. Julyan Wallis takes on the challenge of a damaged flamenco guitar originally owned by Josefina's father who escaped the Spanish Civil War with it in the 1950's. After joining a Flamenco group Josefina has performed all over the world and would love to be able to play her beloved father's guitar once more. Mother and son Jean and Ian enter the barn with a taxi meter from the 1950's that came from their husband and father Cyril's cab


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Antiques/Collectibles General Leisure Hobbies

Cast & Crew

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Jay Blades (Presenter)
Bill Paterson (Narrator)
Suzie Fletcher (Contributor)
Brenton West (Contributor)
William Kirk (Contributor)
Dominic Chinea (Contributor)
Julyan Wallis (Contributor)
Steven Fletcher (Contributor)
Emma Walsh (Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb (Executive producer)
Paula Fasht (Executive producer)
Ben Borland (Director)
Tanveer Bari (Series producer)
Claire Egerton-Jones (Series producer)

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Did You Know..

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Jay Blades (Presenter)
Bill Paterson (Narrator)
Born: June 03, 1945 in Glasgow
Best Known For: A number of small-screen TV roles.
Early-life: Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.
Career: Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.
Quote: "I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living."
Trivia: Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.
Suzie Fletcher (Contributor)
Brenton West (Contributor)
William Kirk (Contributor)
Dominic Chinea (Contributor)
Julyan Wallis (Contributor)
Steven Fletcher (Contributor)
Emma Walsh (Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb (Executive producer)
Paula Fasht (Executive producer)
Ben Borland (Director)
Tanveer Bari (Series producer)
Claire Egerton-Jones (Series producer)