The Repair Shop on the Road: Glasgow
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm, Monday, March 16 on BBC One London (1)
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Glasgow
Season 2, Episode 1
Dominic Chinea steps inside Glasgow's Britannia Panopticon, the world's oldest-surviving music hall, to help piano technician Jamie revive a 1904 Nilson pianola with roots in a New York speakeasy. Will Kirk is in Inverness to collect Debbie's handcrafted chess-set, a family heirloom that's requires Kirsten Ramsay's expert touch if it's to be played with again
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Antiques/Collectibles
Leisure Hobbies
Cast & Crew
Bill Paterson
(Narrator)
Will Kirk
(Presenter)
Dominic Chinea
(Presenter)
Dave Martin
(Series producer)
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb
(Executive producer)
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
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.
Will Kirk
(Presenter)
Dominic Chinea
(Presenter)
Dave Martin
(Series producer)
Sandy Watson
(Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb
(Executive producer)
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
