The Series

* Genre: Reality
* Directed by Ben Borland
* Starring: Jay Blades, Will Kirk, Steve Fletcher, Dominic Chinea, Suzie Fletcher, Amanda Middleditch, Kirsten Ramsay, Lucia Scalisi, Julie Tatchell, Brenton West and Tim Weeks
* Narrated by Bill Paterson (Series 1, 5-Present) and Robert Pugh (Series 2-4)
* Theme music composer Ian Livingstone
* Executive producer(s) Carla-Maria Lawson and Emma Walsh
* Producer(s) Emma Walsh, Ian Sizeland and Alex Raw
* Location Weald and Downland Living Museum
* Cinematography Neil Kent
* Running time: 30 minutes (Series 1) or 60 minutes (Series 2-5)
* Production company Ricochet
* Original release: 27 March 2017 – present

***The Repair Shop*** is a British television series made by production company Ricochet that aired on BBC Two for series 1 to 3 and BBC One for series 4, in which family heirlooms are restored for their owners by experts. Furniture restorer Jay Blades acts as the foreman.

## Theme

Each episode follows professional craftsmen from around the country who restore family heirlooms that have sentimental value for their owners. Heirlooms are found mostly through social media, and their owners are not charged for the restorations.

## Notable artists

Episode 4 of series 1 featured a painted ceramic jug made by Picasso contemporary Jean Lurçat.

Episode 12 of series 1 features a painting by British landscape artist Frederick Appleyard. Brought in by Appleyard's descendant —his great-grand-nephew— the heavily damaged painting was restored by Lucia Scalisi.

Episode 8 of series 4 featured a painting by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu, owned by a friend of the artist, which was restored by Lucia Scalisi.

In episode 16 of the same series, she restored an oil portrait by C.J. Frost, at the request of its owner, the sitter's son.

In series 4, episode 22, a miniature by Sarah Biffen was restored, by Scalisi and paper conservator Louise Drover .

## Filming

*The Repair Shop* is filmed at Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The Court Barn is the principal setting, though some repairs are carried out in the Victorian smithy and nearby wagon shed.

## Experts

### Regular

* Dominic Chinea, metal worker
* Steven (Steve) Fletcher\*, clock restorer
* Suzie Fletcher\*, leather worker (\*Steven and Suzie Fletcher are siblings)
* Will Kirk, carpenter and cabinet-maker
* Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell, toy restorers
* Kirsten Ramsay, Sussex-based ceramics conservator
* Lucia Scalisi, painting conservator
* Brenton West, silversmith and antique photography specialist

### Guest

* Tim Gunn, Bicycle Restorer.
* Sarah Hatton, Willow Artist
* Walid Saad and Joujou Saad, Antique typewriter restorers
* Stuart Black, firefighting historian
* George Blackman, antique typewriter restorer
* Matthew Boultwood, blacksmith
* John Dilworth, violin restorer
* Neil Fairley, vintage electronics repairer
* Catherine Guilder, historian
* Geoff Harvey, pinball machine restorer
* Stephen Kember music box specialist
* David Kennett, luthier, guitar restorer
* Graham Mancha, furniture restorer
* Matthew Nickels, stained-glass worker
* Sonnaz Nooranvary, upholstery restorer
* Guillaume Pons, ceramics restorer
* Laurence Richardson, jukebox restorer
* Richard Rigby, antique projector specialist
* Alastair Simms, master cooper
* Rachael South, London-based furniture caner
* Richard Talman, master goldsmith
* Roger Thomas, accordion specialist
* Tim Weeks, gramophone specialist
* Hannah Weston Smith, furniture restorer.

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