The Repair Shop

About this Broadcast

Season 6, Episode 5

Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms back to life. The first arrival is Suzanne from London, who hopes that mechanical expert Steve Fletcher can bring a decorative wind-up bird cage that once belonged to her late mother back to its former glory. Church wardens Brian Tidswell and David Dickinson bring in a selection of carved angels for wood restorer Will Kirk to repair. Finally, an old Georgian peat bucket and a surgeon's leather case are restored by experts Dominic Chinea and Suzie Fletcher

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Cast & Crew

Jay Blades (Presenter)

David Burville (Contributor)

Dominic Chinea (Contributor)

William Kirk (Contributor)

Steve Fletcher (Contributor)

Suzie Fletcher (Contributor)

Brenton West (Contributor)

Bill Paterson (Narrator)

Rob Butterfield (Executive producer)

Hannah Lamb (Executive producer)

Emma Walsh (Executive producer)

Tanveer Bari (Series producer)

Helen Page (Series producer)

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Did You Know..

Jay Blades (Presenter)

David Burville (Contributor)

Dominic Chinea (Contributor)

William Kirk (Contributor)

Steve Fletcher (Contributor)

Suzie Fletcher (Contributor)

Brenton West (Contributor)

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.