The Repair Shop: Favourite Fixes

Season 1

2024 · 7 episodes · 6h 46m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   30 Oct 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four favourite fixes related to childhood, including a toy rabbit belonging to Dick King-Smith, author of the story that became the film, Babe.

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   2. Episode 2

   13 Nov 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four favourite musical fixes from the past, including an original marching drum belonging to a Scottish brass band that started out in 1883.

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   3. Episode 3

   6 Nov 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on favourite fixes related to World War II, including a doll believed to have been made by a young woman who joined the Women's Land Army aged eighteen.

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   4. Episode 4

   27 Nov 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces on four of the barn’s most unusual fixes, including a hovering vacuum cleaner, a Victorian lightning machine, and a giant stuffed animal.

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   5. Episode 5

   4 Dec 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson looks back at four favourite sporting fixes from the past, including a 120-year-old rugby league cap given to a Yorkshireman who played for his country.

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   6. Episode 6

   11 Dec 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson looks back at some favourite toy fixes, including a cuddly keepsake that’s provided comfort for both a father and son, and a tinplate rocket in need of a boost.

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   7. Episode 7

   18 Dec 2024 · 58 min

   Narrator Bill Paterson reminisces about four favourite art keepsakes from the past, including a pair of 1970s pop art boots so funky even Elton John grabbed himself a pair.