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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Repair Shop Season 8 Episode 14 - Motor Bike Saddle Bags
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Motor Bike Saddle Bags

    S8:E14

    The team restores some leather saddle bags, a barometer and a stained glass panel.

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  2. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 11 - Gramophone
    8.7/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Gramophone

    S2:E11

    Gramophone expert Tim Weeks tackles a portable Peter Pan gramophone that has seen better days. No longer able to spin records, will Tim be able to fix it so that it can play music once more? Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary and carpenter William Kirk team up to mend a child's rocking chair. With a little care and attention the chair is mended, polished and re-covered and fit to sit in once more. Meanwhile, resident clock restorer Steven Fletcher turns his hand to mending a broken vintage cash register that has been in the owner's family business for generations.

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  3. The Repair Shop Season 10 Episode 15 - RAF Dress Boots
    8.7/10(10 votes)

    #3 - RAF Dress Boots

    S10:E15

    Jay Blades and the team revive an African-Caribbean doll, a pair of RAF dress boots and a ring crafted from steel by a German prisoner of war.

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  4. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 2 - Vintage Telephone
    8.6/10(36 votes)

    #4 - Vintage Telephone

    S1:E2

    In the repair shop today, furniture restoration dream team Jay Blades and Will Kirk work their magic on a much loved Arts and Crafts piano stool that has been badly damaged by a dog without a bone. Clock restoration expert Steve is called up to work on a vintage telephone. And antique projector specialist Richard Rigby restores a collector's item that casts its spell over everyone in the repair shop.

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  5. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 6 - Ceramic Plaque
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    #5 - Ceramic Plaque

    S1:E6

    In the repair shop today, three cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Art conservator Lucia Scalisi rescues a painting that has been in Patricia and Ivor Sansom's family for decades and holds many special memories of a lifelong love story. Ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay reunites the broken pieces of a beloved painted plaque that was dropped and shattered over 45 years ago. And furniture restorers Will Kirk and Jay Blades bring a Japanese lacquered jewellery box that had suffered in the hands of burglars back from the brink.

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  6. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 12 - Victorian Lamp
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Victorian Lamp

    S2:E12

    Soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell take two well-worn teddy bears under their wing. Big Ted and Little Ted have spent nearly a lifetime together - their childhood owners, Jill and Edwin, met as teenagers, fell in love, married at 23 and spent the next 40 years together until Edwin's death four years ago. Now Amanda and Julie must restore the well-loved bears, to reverse the years of wear and preserve the happy memories of a lifetime of love. Meanwhile, metal expert Dominic Chinea works his magic restoring a rusting old Victorian lamp that has stood witness to many happy family events over the 50 years it has stood in owner Jeremy's garden.

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  7. The Repair Shop Season 3 Episode 1 - Pocket Watch
    8.6/10(33 votes)

    #7 - Pocket Watch

    S3:E1

    Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress.

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  8. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 7 - Village Clock
    8.5/10(33 votes)

    #8 - Village Clock

    S1:E7

    In the repair shop today, the team are on a secret mission to restore precious family heirlooms, two royal Worcester vases from the early 1900s that are the prized possessions of Graham Kellie's wife Shirley. Horologist Steven Fletcher and expert metal worker Dominic Chinea pull forces to fix a titanic timepiece - the Cirencester village clock which hasn't ticked for many years. And the team work together to mend a piece of farming history, a severely rusted 19th-century hay press.

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  9. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 12 - Painting
    8.5/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Painting

    S1:E12

    Whether rare antique or common keepsake, the repair shop team restores those family heirlooms with sentimental value beyond compare. Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi faces a serious challenge when presented with a perforated painting by celebrated British artist Fred Appleyard. Furniture restorer Will Kirk has to think outside the box to solve a homemade riddle with over 100 pieces. And a family heirloom with huge sentimental value needs the prowess of ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay.

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  10. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 6 - Rosewood Table
    8.5/10(26 votes)

    #10 - Rosewood Table

    S2:E6

    Furniture restorer Will Kirk takes on a rickety, water-damaged rosewood table, but the extent of the damage leaves him with a tough decision to make. Resident clockmaker Steve Fletcher turns his hand to getting an antique French steamboat ship-shape again after it was found buried on a beach over fifty years ago. And after many hours of stitching and sewing, soft toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell reunite a much-loved but threadbare panda bear with its owner Jill, for whom the bear holds many cherished memories of her late father.

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  11. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 7 - Dennis Fire Engine
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Dennis Fire Engine

    S2:E7

    Clockmaker and former retained firefighter Steve Fletcher gets the chance to work on a toy replica of an early Dennis fire engine. But this is not an ordinary child's toy; this one-off piece was built by one of the mechanics at the real Dennis fire engine factory. Ceramics restoration expert Kirsten Ramsay pieces together a beautiful Japanese Imari bowl that has been smashed to bits, and reveals the gruesome purpose behind its design. And the whole Repair Shop team comes together to save a weathered piece of Dorset history - a unique village sign, made up of metal, wood and ceramic parts all originally created by craftspeople who lived in the village.

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  12. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 11 - 1970s Bowl
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #12 - 1970s Bowl

    S1:E11

    The Repair Shop has the tools and the talent to deal with any restoration challenge no matter how big, how small, how old or how new. In this episode, horologist Steven Fletcher gets a Victorian cuckoo clock singing again. Ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay attempts a seamless repair on a 70s bowl, and furniture restorer Will Kirk navigates a 200-year-old sea chest.

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  13. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 15 - Toy Boat
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Toy Boat

    S1:E15

    Expert at tackling the problems others fear to fix, no restoration project phases the Repair Shop crew. Today on board the good ship Repair Shop, a customer has a knotty nautical problem that leaves furniture restorer Will Kirk all at sea. Jay Blades and Tim Weeks face the music to a get a vintage gramophone looking and sounding like new, which calls on all of Tim's 50 years of experience. And soft toy specialists Amanda and Julie take on a young lady suffering the effects of years of love and affection.

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  14. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 8 - Shoe Stretching Machine
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Shoe Stretching Machine

    S2:E8

    Resident horologist Steve Fletcher works on a clock that was fashioned from the propeller of a plane that crash-landed in France during World War I. Passed down through the injured pilot's family, Steve must get this piece of history working for future generations. Metal expert Dominic Chinea brings his skills to bear on a rusted and seized-up shoe-stretching machine, one of the few reminders of owner Maggie's parents and their shoe shop. And stained glass expert Matthew Nickels takes on a tricky challenge - restoring two badly damaged windows which were rescued from a Victorian variety theatre shortly before its demolition.

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  15. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 9 - Boulle Work Clock
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Boulle Work Clock

    S2:E9

    Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident clockmaker Steve tackles an intricate Boulle-work clock that hasn't ticked for over 15 years. Soft toy restorers Julie and Amanda take on a jumbo-sized project in the shape of a threadbare, but much loved, wheeled elephant. And woodwork specialist Will get to grips with one of the Repair Shop's oldest ever assignments - a 300-year-old Georgian desk that is showing its age.

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  16. The Repair Shop Season 3 Episode 6 - Art Deco Lamp
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Art Deco Lamp

    S3:E6

    Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms back to life. Steve Fletcher and Kirsten Ramsay turn their skills to fixing an art deco lamp in the shape of a lady.

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  17. The Repair Shop Season 4 Episode 1 - Skeleton Clock
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Skeleton Clock

    S4:E1

    The team take on an antique skeleton clock, a giant teddy bear and a beloved transistor radio with huge sentimental value to its owner.

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  18. The Repair Shop Season 4 Episode 6 - Pinball Machine
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Pinball Machine

    S4:E6

    The team tackle a 1930s pinball machine, an antique weather device and a rocking horse that holds huge sentimental significance for its owner.

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  19. The Repair Shop Season 5 Episode 5 - Boxing Gloves
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Boxing Gloves

    S5:E5

    Master saddler Suzie Fletcher rescues a pair of tired and torn boxing gloves that once belonged to the owner Andy’s uncle, who died tragically as a young man. Andy is keen to have the precious keepsakes restored for his father as a surprise. Natural history conservator Simon Moore is faced with a huge challenge when he takes receipt of an unusual cigarette box, crafted from an ostrich egg shell. It was a gift given to owner Trevor’s grandfather during the Second World War, when he was stationed in the Far East. And metalworker Dom is delighted to work on a 1950s toy bike that was gifted to the owner’s brother by none other than Laurel and Hardy during a performance in their home town.

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  20. The Repair Shop Season 5 Episode 22 - World-Travelled Stowaway Bicycle
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #20 - World-Travelled Stowaway Bicycle

    S5:E22

    The team rejuvenates a jukebox owned by widower Geoff, a stowaway bicycle that has travelled the world, the oldest item to be restored - a lantern clock and a compass from the lifeboat that saved the lives of members of the owners family.

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  21. The Repair Shop Season 6 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Episode 2

    S6:E2

    Jay Blades and the team take on a long-lost wartime dolly, a fishing tackle box, a leather kit bag and a school plaque.

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  22. The Repair Shop Season 1 Episode 9 - Grandfather Clock
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Grandfather Clock

    S1:E9

    Today in the repair shop, horologist Steve Fletcher and furniture restorer Will Kirk bring a grandfather clock out of retirement. It has been in the family for four generations and now resides with proud owners Ian and Linda Murphy, who long to hear it chime again. Ceramicist Kirsten Ramsay rescues a Royal Barum ware vase from a crack of doom. And the repair shop teddy doctors perform life-saving surgery on a much-loved bear who, after a run in with a puppy, now has only one ear and one arm.

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  23. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 1 - Violin
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #23 - Violin

    S2:E1

    Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Resident antique photography expert Brenton West brings his expertise to bear on a camera that survived the First World War but hasn't taken a picture in over a hundred years, while leather expert Suzie adds a surprise touch that leaves the camera's owner Phil lost for words. Furniture restorer Will Kirk and horologist Steve Fletcher joins forces to get a 20th-century designer wooden screen back on its feet. And violin restorer John Dilworth works on a treasured instrument that spent World War II in Auschwitz concentration camp.

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  24. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 4 - Music Box
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Music Box

    S2:E4

    Musical box expert Stephen Kember and furniture restorer Will Kirk join forces to tackle a very special music box damaged by a bomb during the Blitz. Unfortunately the box's owners, who were in the house at the time, were killed by the blast. Now their descendant, and custodian of the box, Roger wants to restore the box so he can hear the same music the family members he never knew used to listen to. Stuffed toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell take on one of their toughest assignments yet - A stuffed toy lamb, torn apart by a real dog and now consisting of just a head and four legs. And metal worker Brenton West restores a treasured pair of fire tongs, designed and built by the owner's own great-grandfather, back to working order.

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  25. The Repair Shop Season 2 Episode 10 - Ceremonial Helmet
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Ceremonial Helmet

    S2:E10

    Blacksmith Matthew Boultwood takes on a piece of British military history - a ceremonial helmet from one of the oldest regiments in the army, the Life Guards. Furniture restorer Will Kirk tackles a small chest with big problems, which tests the full range of his wood-working skills and techniques, from turning and carving to reconstructing and repainting. And clock specialist Steven Fletcher joins forces with toy restorers Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell to bring an extremely rare Victorian clockwork rabbit back to life.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Motor Bike Saddle Bags" is the best rated episode of "The Repair Shop". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/2021. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Gramophone".