0:00:02 > 0:00:05Welcome to The Repair Shop At Christmas,
0:00:05 > 0:00:07where cherished heirlooms are brought back to life.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Oh!
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Overseeing the festive repairs is furniture restorer Jay Blades.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff
0:00:17 > 0:00:19and once it's broken, they just bin it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20But everybody has something
0:00:20 > 0:00:22that means too much to be thrown away.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24And that's where we come in.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Working on items with Christmas spirit
0:00:27 > 0:00:31are some of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Every piece has its own story.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37It's amazing to think that some of my work becomes part of that story.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40There's a feeling of anticipation when you take something to pieces,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43because you never quite know what you're going to find.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46As I'm doing this, she's actually really coming to life in my hands
0:00:46 > 0:00:50and I'm getting this sort of little fluster of excitement.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Each with their own unique set of skills.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's a real treat to be able to work on a painting like this.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58There are not that many of them around.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00They will resurrect,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- revive... - Now, that's Christmas red, isn't it?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- It is Christmas red. - ..and rejuvenate...- Oh, wow!
0:01:06 > 0:01:10..bringing the objects and their memories back to life...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Oh!- Oh, my goodness!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18..to make Christmas wishes come true.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I'm going to cry!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29# It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
0:01:29 > 0:01:34# Everywhere you go... #
0:01:34 > 0:01:36In the Repair Shop this Christmas...
0:01:38 > 0:01:40..five rusty sleigh parts...
0:01:40 > 0:01:44So, we have artistic licence to make this look
0:01:44 > 0:01:46like the best Santa's sleigh ever?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Yes!- ..four brass cogs...
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Put a disc on and let's see what happens.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54..three tissue patches...
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- It's like massage for paintings. - ..two donkeys' ears...
0:01:58 > 0:02:00This looks interesting.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I like the donkey, even though his ears are missing.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06..and a doll really needing TLC.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09This is well and truly stuck. My heart is going...
0:02:13 > 0:02:17But, first, hoping to recapture the magic of the family Christmases
0:02:17 > 0:02:21of yesteryear, Catherine Bridgwater from Leamington Spa.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Hello, you must be Catherine! - Yes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28She's hoping mechanical music box expert Stephen Kember
0:02:28 > 0:02:32will be able to restore this treasured family heirloom -
0:02:32 > 0:02:33a Polyphon,
0:02:33 > 0:02:39a Victorian precursor to the jukebox, invented in 1870.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Well, it's a beautiful thing.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43What's the history? How did you come by it?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Well, it belonged to my step-grandfather.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- And he apparently was given it in lieu of a debt.- Oh, right.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52So we don't know any more than that.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54And then it's come through the family.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57So handed down to my father and mother.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00And then when my mother died, my sisters and I inherited it.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Well, these were very popular in the late 1890s.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They were a very effective piece of home entertainment.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12But by 1910, this became redundant technology.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15When did it fail to function as you would like it to?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Well, it's just gradually got worse and worse.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Put a disc on, let's see what happens.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- We'll take that down. - Yes. What have you chosen?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25That's Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Pretty good.- That was one that was always played at Christmas at home.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- And then you...- Give it a wind.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- And sometimes it doesn't quite go. - Use some encouragement.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- There we go.- That's it.- And then...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45ONE NOTE PLAYS
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Will it start?
0:03:49 > 0:03:54TUNE PLAYS CLANKING
0:03:54 > 0:03:57The sprockets are slipping.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- It's trying hard, though. - It's trying hard, yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It's like a stuck record in there.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09Oh, well, we're off! If I remove the disc, then perhaps...
0:04:11 > 0:04:14..the mechanism might continue.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15- So, there we are, look at that. - TWANG
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- I've never done that before! - It's quite safe, it's all right.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21So, the penny's in each cradle there.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Yes, and then as it goes through, the penny drops,
0:04:23 > 0:04:24and drops into the drawer.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27So with an item like this, you must have a lot of memories.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Oh, yes, wonderful memories, especially of Christmas.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33One thing my father always used to do,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37if we were a bit late getting up in the morning on Christmas Day,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41he'd put Christians Awake on the Polyphon,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- and that always got us up and going out of bed.- Yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47So who else other than yourself is going to be happy
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- to see this restored? - Oh, my two sisters, definitely.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55They'd love to see it restored, especially in time for Christmas,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56playing the Christmas carols.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I've always felt a bit guilty about it being in such a state.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08And so being able hopefully to get it repaired for Christmas
0:05:08 > 0:05:12will be just wonderful. And I'm hoping that my sisters
0:05:12 > 0:05:15will really enjoy hearing the music again.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Phew, it's a big one, isn't it? - Yeah. Big and heavy.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- So what have you got to do to this? - We've got to stop that jittering.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25When you say jittering, you've got to make this play?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28And so you get continuous music rather than a lot of chomping about.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- OK. Let's get it to your bench then. - OK. No problem.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Right.- Tilt it back. One, two, three.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Cor blimey, it is heavy, isn't it?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39The Polyphon is a large disc-operated music box.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44It produces a tune when a clockwork mechanism rotates a perforated disc
0:05:44 > 0:05:47that plucks notes on a cone.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's this mechanism that musical box maestro Stephen
0:05:50 > 0:05:53is going to turn his attention to first.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56There'll probably be a few little corpses in here as well,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59the odd sort of spider and goodness knows what.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- It's remarkably clean, actually. - RINGING
0:06:02 > 0:06:05And each tooth is ringing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Now we can get to grips with the motor.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10A bit more unscrewing is required.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Despite the fact I've been doing this for sort of quite a few years,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16you have some feeling of excitement.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19There's a feeling of anticipation when you take something to pieces,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22because you never know quite what you're going to find.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25And there's a sort of little link between me and maybe
0:06:25 > 0:06:28the last restorer or the manufacturer.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30We're a few years apart, but we tread in the same path.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33So I do get a bit excited.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36There we go. Right, now,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38removal of the biggest oily bit.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Out it comes.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Oh, yes, there we are.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Right, true to form.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49We've got a little casualty there.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Yuck!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Next to arrive at the Repair Shop this Christmas,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Merlin Evans and his cousin, Emily,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04bringing with them a piece of family history
0:07:04 > 0:07:07with a distinctly holy theme.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11All right, let's see what we've got. Oh, now that's nice, isn't it?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Nice painting. Lucia, I've got something here for you.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The Repair Shop's art historian Lucia Scalisi
0:07:18 > 0:07:21is keen to explore this interpretation
0:07:21 > 0:07:23of the Madonna and Child.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Oh, this is absolutely stunning.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Stunning. This is quite a special piece.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Is it?- I've worked on something like this before in museums.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37They are quite rare. It's absolutely exquisite.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40This damage is not so exquisite.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42What happened? What happened?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44What happened?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48So, the thing to have when I was a boy was these little light sabres.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Me and my brother, I think, we were settling a score, and at one point,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54one of the light sabres went through the painting.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57I just remember looking at my brother just with wide eyes
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- and the fear of God in you.- Right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Ran away and didn't say a thing.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It was a few weeks before my mum noticed.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Really?! Oh, my goodness me, that is serious damage.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08This is Spanish Colonial,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11which means that it came from Central or South America,
0:08:11 > 0:08:12probably South American.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16And it's the Madonna and Child with angels in attendance.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20And the child is wearing the same fabric as his mum's dress.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It looks to me, it looks quite early.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I mean, it definitely looks sort of semi-Baroque.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Because what happened was the painters down there were trained
0:08:29 > 0:08:32by the Spanish colonialists, usually the priests were artists,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35and they would train the local indigenous people, the Quechua.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37So, how old is this thing, do you reckon?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- 18th century.- As old as that?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Yeah, mid-to-late 18th century. Yeah, I think definitely 1700s.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Was it your painting or was it the family's?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48So I've got an older brother, who I was fighting with,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and just before he was born,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53my dad bought my mum this painting for her first-born.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Oh, so the mother and child.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57So what does Dad think about this, then?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59My uncle Matthew died last summer,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02so I think it would be a nice symbol
0:09:02 > 0:09:04for all of us to have it back in its true splendour.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- That's a sad thing. - Yeah, we miss him.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10So you're having this repaired...
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Hopefully, yeah.- ..or you want it repaired for your mum?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Yeah, absolutely. She deserves it, after this many years.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20This has been a long time coming to pay for our mistakes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And then once it's done, we can deny it ever happened!
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Well, thank you for bringing it in. - Thank you.- I appreciate it. Cheers.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- It was a pleasure.- I'll give it my best.- Thanks very much.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31- Thanks, guys.- Take care.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35His mum, you know, thinks the world of him.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38And just going to the effort of getting something done like that,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I think she'll be really touched.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Ah, you know, my mum's my world, you know,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44she's forgiven me for everything wrong I've done in life,
0:09:44 > 0:09:45which is huge.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And then on top of that,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49she's always very supportive and very kind.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50So it's the least I can do.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- OK, you got the easel?- Yes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Cool.- Once the painting is out of its frame,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Lucia can begin to repair the damage.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01First, preparing the canvas around the hole.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05I'm applying acid-free tissue, which is very fine tissue,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09just to the edges of the tear with isinglass,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11which is a water-based adhesive,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14which will make it easier to remove later on.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16And this will protect the paint layer
0:10:16 > 0:10:18when I'm working on it from the back,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21because we want to keep as much of the original paint as possible.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30So I think what I might do now is work with a little bit of heat,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32very gently, not much pressure.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The heat from Lucia's spatula relaxes the torn fibres
0:10:36 > 0:10:40in the canvas so the ragged edges lie flat.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42It's like massage for paintings!
0:10:49 > 0:10:53The barn's already bustling with festive assignments.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57But a huge Christmas project has just landed outside the workshop.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- LAUGHTER - Oh, wow, brilliant!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- How are we doing? You all right?- All good.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06We're going to get it up on there and have a proper look, yeah?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Joe and Emma are hoping metalworker Dominic Chinea
0:11:10 > 0:11:12and furniture restorer Will Kirk
0:11:12 > 0:11:16can help spruce up their traditional Swedish sleigh,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20which they use to raise money for charity in the Essex town
0:11:20 > 0:11:22of Leigh-on-Sea.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24So, tell me about this, why have you got this?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26It's like an age-old tradition with local charity groups,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30we go around the roads with Santa on top, raising money,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- knocking on the doors. - Whereabouts did you buy it from?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- I mean, is it English...? - We bought it in England.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It was advertised as a Scandinavian sleigh.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? - It is, a really nice thing.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And it looks like something that probably
0:11:44 > 0:11:46looked really nice when it was actually made in the beginning.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- A bit worse for wear.- So, what do you want it looking like?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Do you want it looking in this same kind of green,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53or do you want it vamped up a bit?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- You're the experts! - So, we have, would you say,
0:11:55 > 0:12:00artistic licence to make this look like the best Santa's sleigh ever?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Yes!- Yeah? Amazing.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07During Christmas, what more could we want apart from a sleigh to work on?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Take care.- WOMAN:- Thank you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13This sleigh dates from around 1900.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It would have been used as a family vehicle in rural Sweden.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Although pulled, rather disappointingly,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21not by Rudolph, but by a horse.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23This is all bent at the top there, see.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25That is metal. But it's really tricky,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27because lots of the metalwork's
0:12:27 > 0:12:31actually been painted over in that faux...wood paint.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34There's lots of bits of filler and old repairs.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- What are we working with here? We've got wood...- Metal...
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Paintwork.- And the nice paint. Yeah.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Team effort!- Team effort. I don't know where to start!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Dom takes charge
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and begins to strip the sleigh down to its individual components.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I'm just working my way around now,
0:12:59 > 0:13:00loosening all the nuts and bolts
0:13:00 > 0:13:03that are holding all the steelwork to the sleigh.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05This is an old thing, over 100 years old.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And over the years, it's been all different bolt sizes,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11thread sizes, even the heads of the nuts did change.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Obviously, being made in Sweden,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I'm not entirely sure what they used,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18so I'm having to try and fit the correct spanner to that,
0:13:18 > 0:13:19which is quite time-consuming,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21but it's just the only way to do it properly.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Great.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The work is now split into metal parts for Dom
0:13:33 > 0:13:35and wooden pieces for Will.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37But whatever the material,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40they are both transformed the same way -
0:13:40 > 0:13:42hours and hours of sanding.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Only once the surfaces are clean and smooth
0:13:48 > 0:13:51can the festive paint job commence.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53So, the paint that I'm using is enamel paint.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It's quite good, because it is really durable and hard-wearing,
0:13:57 > 0:13:58which is what it needs,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01because having some of the children and Santa in here as well,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04it gives it that extra piece of protection.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09This is one of the biggest challenges the Repair Shop
0:14:09 > 0:14:10has ever faced.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14And to create a sleigh Father Christmas would be proud of,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Dom and Will have a huge amount of work ahead.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31There's a notable buzz in the Repair Shop this morning.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Hello, guys, how are we doing?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Foreman Jay wants to make sure
0:14:35 > 0:14:39the experts get their own little piece of Christmas cheer.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40So I know we are all busy people,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43but I wanted to do something nice for Christmas.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44We've got Secret Santa going on.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46So, in here, I've got all your names.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48What I want you to do is pick a name out,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50then you're going to make something for that person.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52You can't tell anybody who it is you've got.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54You know what I'm saying, Will?!
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- Yes.- Right, Secret Santa! - So, in the spirit of Christmas,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I think it's ladies first. Here you go, Will!
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I'm only joking.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- What are you doing?!- What?!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I'm just seeing where the bits of paper are!
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Put your hand in there!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20So, are we all happy with who we've got?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23All right, back to work, then!
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Music box expert Stephen has disassembled the Victorian Polyphon.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38On closer inspection of the mechanism,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41he may have pinpointed why it's having trouble starting.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44This is a funny shaped gearwheel.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It's a bevelled gearwheel.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51And that might account for the fact that it's a bit of a slow starter.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56So I'm used to seeing gearwheels that look like this.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00If I hold the two up, they are a different shape.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's a different profile.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I'd be more happy if this is installed rather than this.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09So, let's see if it works.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I'll pop it in there. Put that in there.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13We're on new territory here.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16So, we'll put a bit of pressure on the main spring,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and we'll see what happens.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20And away it goes!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The motor may be whirring away nicely,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26but without attending to the battered brass discs
0:16:26 > 0:16:29that play the tunes, the Polyphon will remain silent.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33With his eye on the countdown to Christmas,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37it's Jay's job to make sure all the repairs hit the deadline.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- So, how are you getting on? - I'm very pleased.- OK.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42But we've got to create some music now.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46The position of each one of these protrusions gives us a note.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51- OK.- The protrusions have to be upright, not bent forward a bit,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53not bent sideways a bit, because that'll jam the machine.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56So, if I'm going to have to straighten those,
0:16:56 > 0:16:57I can't do it with my bare eyes,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I've got to have some magnifying glasses?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00I have the very things here.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04You can have the J90 Dame Edna power glasses,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08and I've selected a little tortoiseshell.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- That's magnified, isn't it?! - Yes, they're special strong ones.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Oh! All right, cool.- Yeah.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16And then I'll need... Oh, wow!
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Look at that!- OK, here we go, then.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23How about that one, what does that look like from your direction?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Does it need a bit of a tweak?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Is it this one you've got your finger on?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- No, no, that one there.- This one?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- It's slightly bent, you see. - I see it, I see it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34That's it. We're getting there.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41JAY MUMBLES
0:17:41 > 0:17:44They're good on the close-up, but not far away, are they?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45No, hopeless. Twist it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- What do you reckon?- I think we're actually approaching perfection.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07Restorations and covert Secret Santa projects are underway
0:18:07 > 0:18:09throughout the Repair Shop.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Lucia is getting to grips with the Madonna and Child painting.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16She is applying a patch to the back of the canvas
0:18:16 > 0:18:19to erase any trace of the youthful misadventure.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22So that's a very weak little patch.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It's going to hold that tear together.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Now to carefully remove the protective tissue
0:18:27 > 0:18:28from the edges of the tear.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Now, because it was isinglass, it's water-soluble,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34so I should be able to get this off with my favourite...
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Spit, and just roll over.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41No pulling, just roll it off very gently.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And then we'll see the full extent of the tear.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I'm very pleased. It's lined up very nicely.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It's absolutely even.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53With the painting in one piece again, Lucia now cleans the surface,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55which has accumulated years of dirt,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59dulling the colours and obscuring the detail.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And she's revealing some fascinating history.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04When you're cleaning, you actually
0:19:04 > 0:19:06spend a lot of time looking very closely at the surface,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and it gives you time to contemplate what's going on there
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and what the artist used in terms of materials.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13For example, we've got Prussian blue,
0:19:13 > 0:19:17which are elements of jewels in the Madonna's dress.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And that is one of the very few datable pigments.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23It has an exact date of when it was actually made - 1704.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27And what we see in this fantastic painting,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and why we know it's Spanish Colonial
0:19:29 > 0:19:34is because the Quechua artist has actually introduced a Quechua person
0:19:34 > 0:19:36in the face of the Madonna.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39The angels aren't. The angels are very European in their looks.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41But the Madonna and the child
0:19:41 > 0:19:45are definitely native people of the South Americas.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It's wonderful. Every picture tells a story. It's really great.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Now it's clean, Lucia can fill the damaged area.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57The next step is to varnish the painting,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01which will consolidate the surface and reveal the colours
0:20:01 > 0:20:03to their fullest.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And I do a cross, take another dip of varnish,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08and then I go out.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09It's a bit like a Union Jack, really.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17But you can see just brushing that out, it's fantastic.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23It looks beautiful.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26You start to see the radiating light behind the Madonna.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30You know, she's basically hovering forwards in the air,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34and you can really see the Indian quality to her face.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's a real treat to be able to work on a painting like this.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39There aren't that many of them around.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The next customers to arrive are Patricia Hall
0:20:45 > 0:20:46and her daughter Alison...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Good morning. Welcome to the Repair Shop.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- You must be Patricia?- Yes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53..here to consult toy restoration duo
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00This is Betty, my precious dolly.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Oh, she's beautiful. I can see why you treasure her.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Can you tell us when you got her? - Christmas 1939.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12I was a little evacuee from London and this war broke out.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15They said they'd got to get all the children out of London.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19We went off one morning and, as I say, we didn't go back home.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25The Government evacuation scheme began in September 1939
0:21:25 > 0:21:28after the outbreak of the Second World War.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Children from British cities
0:21:30 > 0:21:34were moved to rural areas to protect them from bombing raids.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Over 800,000 children were torn away from their families,
0:21:39 > 0:21:44some not returning to their homes and loved ones for six years.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47We finished up being sent off to Bedfordshire
0:21:47 > 0:21:49and it was just coming up to Christmas.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52We finished up with this delightful family.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- This was your Christmas present? - Yes, yes.- Oh, wow.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Obviously I was thrilled to bits with her.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00She was all dressed up in this beautiful little red cape,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03little white socks and plastic black shoes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- I think she's pretty. - Absolutely. No, I totally agree.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- So she holds some very special memories.- Oh, yes, yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14They welcomed me in, made such a fuss of me.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17It was lovely, actually. I was part of a family again.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- That's lovely. - She's the only thing I've ever kept.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25She's never been away from me. She sits in a chair in the bedroom.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27So you're used to seeing Betty all the time as well.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Yes, she is always sat in the chair,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32because by the time I was old enough to even go on it,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34she was already damaged a bit.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36So I knew I was never allowed to touch.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38She's obviously got some damage here.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42This is just... I mean, after 78 years, it's amazing it's not worse.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It'd be amazing if she could even look a little bit better.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Bless her.- Will you let Alison cuddle her, then, maybe?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
0:22:53 > 0:22:54- Well done.- Thank you.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Having Betty back at Christmas time, well, I'd be thrilled to bits.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03My mum's my hero.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06For her to have gone through everything she's gone through
0:23:06 > 0:23:10and to be who she is, it's just outstanding.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What a lovely lady.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18We've got our work cut out here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20My main concern at this stage, we've got to get the head off,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23cos obviously we don't want to do any more damage
0:23:23 > 0:23:24than there already is.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27But I think once we've done that, I'll take the head and arms
0:23:27 > 0:23:29and you will have the body and legs.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Yeah. We have a plan.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Before Betty Doll can get better, she's going to look a lot worse.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Julie and Amanda have got to take her apart
0:23:41 > 0:23:44so they can work on her individual components.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46The last little stitch.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50There she is. Betty minus her legs.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54That includes removing the 78-year-old stuffing.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58There we go! I can't believe all that went inside her.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I think I've got the more nerve-racking job,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03because I'm not 100% sure at this point
0:24:03 > 0:24:06how easy it's going to be to get her head off.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10I think it's a combination of glue and stitching.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's quite tough. This is well and truly stuck.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15That sounds promising.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Oh, it does, but... My heart's going!
0:24:18 > 0:24:22While Amanda and Julie have their hands full with Betty,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Jay's got a project of his own on the go.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27What I'm doing is I'm making my Secret Santa.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I've got to wait for the paint to dry.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31The reason why I'm whispering is
0:24:31 > 0:24:33because it's for someone in the workshop.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35They're just over there. Shh.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42In the metalwork shed,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Dom and Will are toiling away on the Scandinavian sleigh.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47How are we doing, lads?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Mind your head on that.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53That's all wet up there. That's all of the steel parts for the sleigh.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55It's wet, Will!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58So, Will, how are you getting on, mate?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Not bad. So the inside of the sleigh's been sanded and painted.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Yes. Green. - Green, which is this green here.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Nice. Is that dry, yeah? - Yeah, yeah, go on.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But the outside, Dom and I have decided to paint that red.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Oh, that's nice.- A bit Christmassy, a bit festive.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Yeah, yeah, cool.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Whilst you are here, maybe you'd like to, er...
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Get on the tools! - ..get on the tools.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26- OK, cool.- So, we've got this wonderful, vibrant...
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Wow. That's Christmas red, isn't it? - That is Christmas red.- Nice.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39WHISTLING
0:25:39 > 0:25:42So, guys, do you reckon we should give this sleigh a name?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- What do you reckon? - What, like a boat?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Yeah, that's it. - What would we call it, though?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50That's a good question.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Help me out.- I don't know.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55It's from Leigh-on-Sea, so what about Leigh?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Leigh? Leigh-on-Sea is spelt L-E-I-G-H.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02- L-E-I-G-H.- Actually, if you put an S in front of...
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- The first initial...- Leigh... - Yeah, clever!
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- It's...- Sleigh.- ..sleigh. - So what, S-Leigh?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- S. Leigh.- I like it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Next into the Christmas Repair Shop,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24a trio bearing gifts for ceramic conservator Kirsten Ramsay.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Hello. Come in.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30This looks interesting.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Baby Jesus.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34We've got a rather sad-looking donkey.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36What a lovely nativity set.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Where are these from?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39They're from our school,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42which is Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- OK.- We can see that they've been slightly damaged over the years.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49What's the actual history of these pieces?
0:26:49 > 0:26:54The school became a school in 1971.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Prior to that, it was a convent for about 100 years,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01until the nuns left Brighton because they thought it was too racy.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- OK.- So we understand it's part of...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08We think it's part of the original set from the convent.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12So, looking at them, they look to me like they are made of plaster.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14They're painted plaster.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- OK.- Which I would have thought was sort of 1920s,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20'30s, that sort of era.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22So maybe that does fit in, ties in.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Yeah, date-wise.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Do you have any favourite pieces, or...?
0:27:27 > 0:27:28- I like the donkey.- Do you?
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Even though his ears are missing. I still like him.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- And yours is? - I like Mary and Jesus.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Jesus has got no hands, though, has he?
0:27:38 > 0:27:39- See that?- Goodness.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43I don't suppose you have the arms or the hands, do you?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Unfortunately, no. No, we don't know what happened.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Well, I mean, this will be an absolute pleasure to work on
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and get ready for your nativity.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- So, thank you for bringing them. - BOY: Thank you. GIRL:- Thank you.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Thanks very much.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- That's nice, isn't it? - It's absolutely lovely.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Look at this.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I feel proud of our nativity set.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13It is the centre of our Advent celebrations and our fundraising.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14We raise a lot of money,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17we do a lot of good for the local homeless charity
0:28:17 > 0:28:19and having it back looking its best
0:28:19 > 0:28:22will just make us feel even that bit prouder.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Making it new will make it a memory for the next generations
0:28:26 > 0:28:30that come to the school and it's something that makes everyone happy.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34So what are you going to do to these guys, then?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36So I think the main thing, actually,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39which is going to transform them is to give them a really good clean.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41They've got quite a lot of chips and things.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46I think the main things that I see really are the ears on the donkey
0:28:46 > 0:28:48and obviously little baby Jesus, some new...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- He needs some hands, doesn't he? - Yes, hands and arms.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52It's going to be an absolute pleasure to work on.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- It's going to be a joy?- I can't wait! Do you want to give me a hand?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07There's nothing I like more than sitting cleaning objects.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12You get an opportunity to really look at how the pieces are made.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15You get to see all the sort of tiny details
0:29:15 > 0:29:18that normally just would be missed.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23You know, the faces are quite exquisite.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26The colouring is absolutely beautiful as well.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27So this is lovely.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40With the Polyphon nearly playing again,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Stephen just needs to make a few finishing touches.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46And Will is on hand to lend his woodwork expertise
0:29:46 > 0:29:48to the lock in the coin box.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53It would have had a nice little finished area there, a little disc.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55But it would have been a light wood,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57made of the same materials as the other embellishments,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00but stained to look walnut.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04The clever bit is putting the keyhole in the middle.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Now, I've worked on a few of these before
0:30:06 > 0:30:10and I know that they can be really tricky to drill into.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12They have a tendency just to split out.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Why do you think I'm giving you the job?
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- If you give me the key and I'll get started on this.- Thank you.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- Excellent. Thanks a lot.- See you. - See you later.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24It's quite tricky.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Now, I'm just going to slide that into there.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Stephen, meanwhile, rebuilds the mechanism.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36A bit of a crunch moment, this.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38We're going to see if the coin chute
0:30:38 > 0:30:42is going to switch the motor on and off. So fingers crossed.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Ha-ha! There you go. It started first time,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50which it didn't do before.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58As finishing touches are applied...
0:31:00 > 0:31:03..Catherine arrives with her sister Anne,
0:31:03 > 0:31:05who shares the fond memories of the Polyphon
0:31:05 > 0:31:08being played at Christmas in the family home.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Hello, Catherine. How are you doing? - I'm fine, thank you.- All right?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- Hello again.- This is my sister Anne.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Hello, how are you? - I'm fine, thanks.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- Hello, Anne, I'm Steve. Nice to meet you.- Are you Steve?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Are you the repairman?- I am, yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22So, are you ready to see this?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Yes.- Excited.- Excited.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Do the honours, Steve, go on.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30OK, here we go, then. Right.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- There we are.- Oh!
0:31:33 > 0:31:38And of course the main purpose of this is to produce music.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Yes.- Who's going to do it?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44I brought some pennies with me in case you didn't have one!
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Oh, no, this is a penny. Would you like to do the honours?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Shall I do the honours?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I haven't done this for a long, long time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- I'm so excited.- You ready?- Yes.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Oh, here it goes.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01IT PLAYS: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Oh...- I'm going to cry.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22You've done well. Well done.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31THEY HUM ALONG
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- LIGHT CLATTER - There goes the penny!
0:32:40 > 0:32:45# Glory to the newborn king. #
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- Absolutely brilliant.- Good, wasn't it?- Absolutely brilliant.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Oh, yes. It's just moved me so much.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59Because the last time I heard it playing, I think, was about 1985.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- As long as that?- Yes. Yes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:08So...it just brought so many memories back of my dad playing it.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10It sounded more beautiful than I remembered.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Yes, absolutely.- Yeah?- Oh, yes.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I've still got tears in my eyes!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Yes, same here. Same here.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Well, it's a special sound, isn't it?- It is, yes.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23And everyone who hears it always remembers it and asks about it,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26and if we've still got it and if it's still working.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28And if it's still working, yes.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- Well, it is now.- It's wonderful. Thank you ever so much.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34It's been an absolute joy to work on this one.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- Would you agree, Steve?- I would. It's a privilege, thank you.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Well, thank you so much.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40- Merry Christmas.- And to you.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42And a happy New Year. OK?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Yeah, Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas, Steve.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- Thank you ever so much.- Thanks. - It's wonderful.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Being able to play it all the way through
0:33:51 > 0:33:56- without having to wind it halfway and hearing that penny drop.- Yes.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I haven't heard that properly
0:33:58 > 0:34:00for a long, long time, so I was overwhelmed.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Yes, I was, too. Very emotional.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06It's very precious to us, isn't it, the Polyphon?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I think it's going to be a really magical Christmas this year.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- Yes.- And the grandchildren will be able to hear it as well,
0:34:13 > 0:34:14which is marvellous.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- It'll be lovely, won't it? - Really good.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30The next stage of the sleigh repair requires some serious heat,
0:34:30 > 0:34:33so it's over to the Repair Shop forge.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35So this is the front grab rail from the sleigh.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37And I think it's really important that this is symmetrical.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40At the moment, it's not. It should be nice and curved like that,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42and there's quite a bit of damage here.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44So I've brought it into the forge,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and we're going to heat it up and try and wrangle it back into shape.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Dom draws a chalk outline of how the grab rail should look
0:34:53 > 0:34:56with the help of blacksmith Martin.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58And then turn it right over.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- Um...- It's way off, isn't it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- Right back to here.- And it's got bent from right back here.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06In my head, I would start in the middle and work out.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09You're absolutely right. So we start from what we know,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- and then we work along and file it all the way down.- Exactly.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19So the grab rail's in the fire now, it's heating up.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21So we have to act quite quickly.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Once this comes out the fire, it's going to be cooling instantly,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26the cold anvil, the cold air, it's all...
0:35:26 > 0:35:29And then it becomes harder to move, so...we need to act quick.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49That's really good. I'm really pleased.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I honestly didn't think we'd get it looking that symmetrical again.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54And it's straight.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57While Dom's feeling the heat...
0:35:59 > 0:36:02..Will concentrates on the finer work of the sleigh.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06So what I'm doing now is pinstriping the front of the sleigh.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10It's really tricky, because this brush here is so delicate.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's really good for getting the nice pinstripe lines,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15but you almost have to hold your breath whilst painting it,
0:36:15 > 0:36:17because it takes...
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Takes a lot of patience and...
0:36:23 > 0:36:25..a very steady hand.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28With Will suitably occupied,
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Dom's starting work on his Secret Santa project.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35So, I picked out Will, which is great.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I'm really looking forward to making him his present.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38I thought I'd do something different.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Instead of making something out of metal,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42which is what he's probably expecting,
0:36:42 > 0:36:43I'm going to knit him a scarf.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45He's always saying he's really cold and always moaning,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47so I thought this would be a really good present.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Practical as well, he can use it. It's just going to take a long time,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53and I'm definitely not the fastest knitter.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Meanwhile, a delivery for Amanda and Julie.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It's a bit early for presents, but this is in a good cause.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Hi.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Ooh!- I believe it is for you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13So, what is this for? Is this for the sleigh?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Maybe.- Maybe.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18They have their own little contribution plan.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Oh! Ooh!
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- That's looking good.- Look at that.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29- It's quite big, so don't drop it on the floor.- My gosh.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31It's like a poncho!
0:37:31 > 0:37:32- That's lovely.- Perfect.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Across the barn, Jay has also pulled the Repair Shop's clockmaker
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Steve Fletcher onto Team Sleigh.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Having fun?- Yeah, real good fun.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- These are the bells for the sleigh, then, yeah?- Yeah.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- Let's see?- That's right. That sounds right, doesn't it?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- That does sound right.- They're going to hang on the side.- Right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52And they sound like jingle bells?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- They do sound like jingle bells.- Yeah.- All right.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- How did you do them, then? - So I've got these discs,
0:37:58 > 0:38:03- drilling a hole in them.- OK.- And then punching them in this former,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05and that's what comes out.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- That to that?- Yeah. - That's quite cool, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13While Steve is focused on his jingle bells,
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Kirsten is working on her secret Santa.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18- WHISPERING:- I've got Steve.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22So he's quite tricky.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I wasn't sure whether to do something ceramic-y, but actually,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I've decided to go with something Scandinavian
0:38:28 > 0:38:30because of my Norwegian background.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33So in Scandinavia,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35there's quite a lot of little Christmas people
0:38:35 > 0:38:37which are called Nisse.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40You find them all over people's houses tucked in corners.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44And I thought I'd make a little Nisse.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- Do you want to have a go?- Of course! So I can just bash away, yeah?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Yeah. Don't hit your fingers.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Never.- I'd laugh...
0:38:54 > 0:38:56If it went!
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- OK. And then...?- That's it, yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I do like this.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- This is therapeutic, isn't it? - It is really therapeutic.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09So, when do you know when to stop?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Because I could just do this forever.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Shall I leave you to it? - You can have a break now.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- I'll take over.- OK. See you later!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- I'll be back in a mo. - Take your time.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Don't worry about it. I've got this covered.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Over on Lucia's workbench,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35having closed the tear on the Madonna and Child picture,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38she must now flex her skill as an artist
0:39:38 > 0:39:41to blend in the missing area of the repair.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47After carefully mixing colour to match, it's time to take the plunge.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49So you can see it's actually quite transparent, this,
0:39:49 > 0:39:53it's not knocking the white out very much, but it's the tonality
0:39:53 > 0:39:54of the colour is quite good.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I just want my greenish raw umber, that's it.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59My favourite pigment. I'm dotting it on
0:39:59 > 0:40:02because I don't want one flat coverage.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I actually want quite a broken surface.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I want the light to reflect off it in a broken way.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Not one solid colour.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12So that's starting to disappear.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- So, how's it going? - Yeah, good, nearly ready.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Nearly ready to go.- Merlin's mum's painting is finished, then, yeah?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Yeah, it is. It's got to be refitted in the frame,
0:40:26 > 0:40:27which maybe you can help me with.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Now, that looks beautiful. You can see orange in there.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Now, the other thing I can see is these rays coming out the back.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Yeah, these rays have become much more prominent now
0:40:35 > 0:40:38because the dirt has gone. But, you see, what happens is,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40when there's a damage like there was here,
0:40:40 > 0:40:41your eye is always attracted to that.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45The damage, yeah. The focus now is what is meant to be the focus.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Madonna and the Child.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Yes.- It's proper special, but we have to put it back in its frame,
0:40:49 > 0:40:50- don't we?- Yeah, we do.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Merlin brought his mum's painting to the Repair Shop
0:40:55 > 0:40:57on a Yuletide mercy mission.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01He needed to fix the damage he and his brother caused decades ago
0:41:01 > 0:41:05in time to present it to his mum at Christmas.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10So Lucia worked her magic, repairing the tear and restoring the painting,
0:41:10 > 0:41:14revealing the Madonna and Child in their full glory again.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Hi.- Nice to see you again.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Ooh!- Hi, Lucia.- OK, Merlin, you're going to have to help me with this,
0:41:20 > 0:41:22because I want you to help me lift the cloth up
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and away from the surface.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- SHE GASPS - Look!
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- That's amazing. - Wow. Look, it's completely gone.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32So much brighter as well.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35My brother's back in town in a few weeks, so for her sake,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- hopefully we'll get along. - Any sharp objects around?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- No light sabres! - No light sabres, yeah.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43But there's so much more detail. Do you agree?
0:41:43 > 0:41:44I don't think I even noticed
0:41:44 > 0:41:46that there was the stuff down there before.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47There was a lot of dirt on there,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51but it's had a surface clean and a re-varnish as well.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55And, also, the hole is invisible, which is incredible.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58It's great to see it back in good condition, but I'm sure, yeah,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01my mum will be over the moon and I can put this chapter behind me
0:42:01 > 0:42:03and I'll be a good son again.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06That's good. I mean, it's a fitting subject for Christmas anyway.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- Absolutely. - So that's an extra treat.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Everyone will have Christmas lunch sitting right next to it.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14So just no more sharp objects next to it.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- No more fighting! No more fighting.- Is that cool?
0:42:17 > 0:42:18No promises!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Yes, exactly.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22So, thank you for bringing it in.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Thanks, Jay.- OK?- We appreciate it. - Yeah, no problem.- Thank you, Lucia.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- A pleasure.- Amazing, thank you. - For saving my bacon.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37The Repair Shop team pull together
0:42:37 > 0:42:40as toy restoration experts Julie and Amanda
0:42:40 > 0:42:45give a 78-year-old doll called Betty a new lease of life.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I have managed to clean Betty
0:42:48 > 0:42:50and I'm really pleased with the way that she's come up.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Now I'm able to address this crack,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55which is the big concern.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59So I'm making a composite of fine sawdust and glue,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02which is what the original mould would have been made of.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05It would have been formed in the mould,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08a two-part mould, then when dry, a bit like an Easter egg,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11put together and glued in place.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16At the moment when I squeeze her head together around that crack,
0:43:16 > 0:43:19there's movement and that's what we must stop.
0:43:19 > 0:43:24Until we've completely filled this hole and the glue has dried firm,
0:43:24 > 0:43:26I'm not going to know for sure.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38Meanwhile, clockmaker Steve has a plan for his Secret Santa.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Basically, I've been given Julie...
0:43:41 > 0:43:44..to make a Secret Santa present for,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47and I've got an idea what I'm going to do.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51I've got a box of wheels and what I plan on doing is taking...
0:43:54 > 0:43:59Taking a few of them, polishing them up and making a necklace,
0:43:59 > 0:44:02and I've looked on the internet...
0:44:02 > 0:44:05..at teddies, and I never thought I'd hear myself say that!
0:44:06 > 0:44:09And I'm going to - on the string of wheels -
0:44:09 > 0:44:12I'm going to have a little teddy hanging from the middle one
0:44:12 > 0:44:16even though I've never made a brass teddy before.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I'm quite excited about this as well.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24I'm going to make Betty all-new body parts.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26This is the better of the two legs.
0:44:26 > 0:44:31Patricia had covered them in stocking fabric,
0:44:31 > 0:44:33which had preserved enough of her legs
0:44:33 > 0:44:36for me to be able to use them as a template, which is really good.
0:44:38 > 0:44:43I'm now just filling with a really fine acrylic filler.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47Fortunately, I was able to use some of Lucia's.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Once I've got that smooth, I'll be able to start
0:44:49 > 0:44:52matching the paint colours, which I'm quite looking forward to.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57Here I have Betty's original body parts.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Patricia, she has such an attachment to Betty,
0:45:00 > 0:45:03we thought it would be really nice to keep these original pieces,
0:45:03 > 0:45:06so I've made this little pouch here.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09When we eventually get to put Betty doll back together,
0:45:09 > 0:45:13we're going to put this inside her tummy and Patricia will know
0:45:13 > 0:45:16that she's still got all the original parts inside there.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22She's coming along really well.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24It's amazing, just with that first coat,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27how much better this is looking.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Little girls of this era would have only had one doll.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33You know, she loved her, she had to look after her,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35otherwise she wouldn't have got another one.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36She was lucky to have this one.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39And now we live in this sort of throwaway society
0:45:39 > 0:45:42that the children have so many toys, so many toys,
0:45:42 > 0:45:45which makes these all the more special, doesn't it?
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Betty was originally stuffed with wood wool.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51All the early toys, they used wood wool.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53It's going to get a bit messy. I get covered.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55I'll look like Worzel Gummidge by the end of this.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58Just every time you pull a bit out, it goes everywhere.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01You can feel when it's right because it starts to get firm.
0:46:01 > 0:46:02There's no point putting wood wool in it
0:46:02 > 0:46:04and just leaving it all soft and squishy.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06She wouldn't have been soft and squishy.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08She was a firm, good firm dolly.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13As I'm doing this, she's actually really coming to life in my hands
0:46:13 > 0:46:16and I'm getting this sort of little fluster of excitement.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Because I'm just imagining what Patricia must have seen
0:46:21 > 0:46:24on that Christmas morning when this doll was brand-new.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27I just... I'm a little bit emotional, actually.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Over on Kirsten's workbench,
0:46:37 > 0:46:42she has her hands full with a very important Christmas visitor.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47So I've been really looking forward to working on little Jesus here.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50He's in a rather sorry state at the moment.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53The obvious thing is that he's missing his hands,
0:46:53 > 0:46:56so I'm going to try and make up some new hands.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01Before I start modelling anything on a piece,
0:47:01 > 0:47:07I sort of have a look and see if I can find helpful references,
0:47:07 > 0:47:11and in this case, I haven't got any hands, but I have got feet.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13And as you would expect on a baby,
0:47:13 > 0:47:16they're rather sort of sweet and podgy,
0:47:16 > 0:47:21so I'm going to have a look at those and sort of try and make hands
0:47:21 > 0:47:24that match the feet, really.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38The modelling material that I've used has now gone completely hard
0:47:38 > 0:47:41and I'm able to start sort of improving on the shape.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50The other sort of quite major repair
0:47:50 > 0:47:54is to make up the broken donkey's ears,
0:47:54 > 0:47:58so I've made up some modelling paste.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06It's just a really nice part of the job, this.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09It is quite challenging, but it's one that I really enjoy.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13It's just the sweetest donkey.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16It's got such a gentle face.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17It's really lovely.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25While Kirsten labours to get her repair finished...
0:48:29 > 0:48:33..things are rather more boisterous in the metalwork shed.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Dom is piecing the newly painted metalwork of the sleigh
0:48:36 > 0:48:40back together with a little help from Will.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43- Next are the skis.- Ah. One of these?- Yes.- Whoa!
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- In there?- Yeah, that's it. Are you lined up?
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Look down there, is it?
0:48:49 > 0:48:53- No, a bit more.- That should be it. - It's not!
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- How's that?- Yeah.- Yeah. - Perfect.- OK.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59As the reassembly of the sleigh continues,
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Julie and Amanda have put Betty the doll to one side
0:49:03 > 0:49:06while they whip up some cosy seat covers.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08It reminds me of like an Arctic sort of look about it.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10It's got that Lapland sort of...
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Yeah. Those boys have been doing all that grafting and sanding
0:49:14 > 0:49:16and doing what they do and we've got is this lovely cosy job.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18I've got the heavy end, haven't I?
0:49:18 > 0:49:22- I don't think you have.- I've got all the seats and chairs on my end.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28THEY EXHALE
0:49:28 > 0:49:29- BREATHLESS:- Quite a thing, isn't it?
0:49:34 > 0:49:36When the sleigh arrived at the Repair Shop,
0:49:36 > 0:49:40it was decidedly lacking in Christmas cheer.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Dull, bent, rusted and chipped.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47But the whole team has transformed it
0:49:47 > 0:49:50into a sleigh that Father Christmas can be proud of.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53- Hi.- Hi. How you doing?
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Joe and Emma are hoping it will be the prize attraction
0:49:57 > 0:49:59during their festive fundraising.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02This has been a massive team effort here.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04And we just want to say that we've enjoyed this thoroughly.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05So thank you for bring it along.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08And if you don't mind, you're going to grab one side
0:50:08 > 0:50:11- and we'll grab the other side and unveil it. Yeah?- Yeah.- You ready?
0:50:11 > 0:50:13I don't think you're ready yet. Are you ready?
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- Very ready.- This is killing me.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16Is it? OK, cool.
0:50:16 > 0:50:17Let's go for it.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22- Oh, wow. - It does look amazing, doesn't it?
0:50:22 > 0:50:25- It's so cool. Oh, look, you've got little bells on the back.- Yeah.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28This is going to be so cool going through the streets of Leigh,
0:50:28 > 0:50:30it really is. It's going to really make a lot of difference
0:50:30 > 0:50:33to a lot of people. I'm actually...
0:50:33 > 0:50:37I'm a little bit speechless. So, yeah.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39Oh, look, it's even got Leigh here, Joe.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41That's such a nice touch, isn't it?
0:50:41 > 0:50:44And it's nice to have the red down here with the green as well.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45It'll look good with Santa's suit.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47It's not what I expected, is it, yeah?
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- No, it really isn't.- It's good. It's good, though.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52- It's good, yeah?- In a good way, yeah.- You've not done bad.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55- So, do you want to give it a go? - Yeah.- Go on, then.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58I think it might... If it can hold up to my weight,
0:50:58 > 0:51:01- I think it can hold up to Santa's weight.- Yeah.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03That's quite comfy, actually.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Oh, yeah. The big man's going to love this.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08You've done an absolutely fantastic job. I'm well chuffed with this.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- It's been a pleasure to be working on.- Brilliant. Thank you.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14A good Christmas present, yeah? Thank you for bringing it in.
0:51:14 > 0:51:15- Thank you very much, guys. - Thank you.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19- Merry Christmas.- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas, guys.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26The sleigh is set to make a lot of children in Leigh-on-Sea
0:51:26 > 0:51:28very happy this Christmas.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33But hoping to rekindle some past magical memories
0:51:33 > 0:51:35are Julie and Amanda.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39They're carrying out surgery on a very important wartime present.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41We need another pair of hands, don't we?
0:51:41 > 0:51:43- I think we do actually, yeah. - We do, yeah.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45We're only going to get that one go at this.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48We've got to get it in the right place before the glue goes off.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50- If you could hold, support her head? - Yeah, I've got her head.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- And I'll just line it up like that. - And you're going... Right.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56I'll just hold it till the glue goes off.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58- OK.- She's going to have a little bit on her chest there, Amanda.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Is there any way we can get rid of that before it sets?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Oh, Betty, come on.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10- We did it.- Good or not good? - I'm thinking positive.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- Good.- Yeah. - That's good.- Looks good from here.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Well done. I'm glad I could be of help.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Yeah, you came in just at the right time.
0:52:25 > 0:52:31It was Christmas morning in 1939 when four-year-old evacuee Patricia
0:52:31 > 0:52:34unwrapped Betty for the first time.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Betty's always been there.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38A part of my life. I'm quite worried about her.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41I'm wondering what she is going to look like when I get her back.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43I'm really excited to see Betty again,
0:52:43 > 0:52:45so I'm like the five-year-old at Christmas
0:52:45 > 0:52:48waiting to see what's under the tree, basically.
0:52:51 > 0:52:52- Hello, Patricia.- Hello.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Take a seat. So how're you both feeling?
0:52:54 > 0:52:56Apprehensive. Excited.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58A mixture of feelings.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01If it's any consolation, we're feeling similar.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05- So are you ready? - Go on, then. Go on, then.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07- Oh, my...- Oh, my goodness.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Oh, my goodness.
0:53:09 > 0:53:10- Oh, wow.- Oh, wow.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16She's fab. She's beautiful.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17Oh, thank you.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Hold her.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22- Oh, wow.- God.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26- Just look at her. She's got legs again.- I know, she's amazing.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28That's her original dress.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29Oh, thank you so much.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Did you try and keep as much as original as you can?
0:53:34 > 0:53:39All the pieces of her that were torn and worn over the years,
0:53:39 > 0:53:41they're all in a little pouch inside her tummy.
0:53:41 > 0:53:46- Oh, wow.- So every bit of her is here.- It's still here.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Thank you. Thank you both so much.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Thank you. Absolutely fantastic.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53- She looks amazing.- Does she look like how you remember her?
0:53:53 > 0:53:55The face is identical.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57There's nothing different about that face.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- Oh...- Which is beautiful.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- Well done.- Yeah, I never thought she'd look like that again.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04- Yeah.- It's a wonderful Christmas present
0:54:04 > 0:54:05and more than I'd ever expected.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- Look at that. - Oh, my God. Can I cuddle her?
0:54:10 > 0:54:14I was going to say, Alison, you can cuddle her now.
0:54:14 > 0:54:19- No!- I'll cuddle you, then, instead. - Oh, she's beautiful.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22She was always beautiful in my eyes anyway.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25- JAY:- So, Merry Christmas.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27And I hope you enjoy her for many more years to come.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30She's lovely.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Betty will be in pride of place this Christmas
0:54:33 > 0:54:35when all the children come.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36She's always part of the family, anyway,
0:54:36 > 0:54:39but she'll be taken where she can join in a little more this year.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44With Betty on her way home for Christmas...
0:54:45 > 0:54:48..it's up to Kirsten to complete the last item
0:54:48 > 0:54:51in the Christmas Repair Shop.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53So, just putting the final touches here
0:54:53 > 0:54:57on the nativity set for the Cardinal Newman School.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00I know that they're going to be needing these pieces back
0:55:00 > 0:55:03soon for Christmas, so I'm almost there.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06Just a few more little bits to do and then I'm finished.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17- Here we go.- Is that the last one, yeah?- It is, yeah.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19- They're looking good. - Thank you, Jay.
0:55:19 > 0:55:25Everyone, come round and grab a glass of mulled wine.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27- They look really good. - So Jesus has got some hands.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31- He has, yes.- And the donkey has some ears.- Yes, yeah.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Which is your favourite, Kirsten?
0:55:33 > 0:55:37I'm... Easily the donkey. I absolutely love the donkey.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42- Well done. Well done.- Thank you. Thank you very much.- Well done.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44I prefer this one here. He's got, like, the same chiselled jaw.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50The final repair complete,
0:55:50 > 0:55:53the experts can at last down tools
0:55:53 > 0:55:56and unwrap some handmade gifts of their own.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- Ooh!- Oh, my word.
0:55:59 > 0:56:04- There's something on the end. Hang on, hang on.- Oh, look at that.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07- Oh, wow.- Look at that.
0:56:07 > 0:56:13- It's lovely.- I think it was either Jay or Will.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15- It was me, actually. Yeah. - Oh, thank you.- You're welcome.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Well, I love it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Oh, wow. Oh, look at the spanner!
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Oh, that's really nice. Thank you.
0:56:22 > 0:56:27- Ooh.- Handmade box. Tissue paper.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30- Lots and lots of... Oh, my goodness!- Oh, wow.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35That is amazing. I absolutely love it.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Thank you.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41MUSIC BOX PLAYS
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Oh, look.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47Oh, my goodness.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49God, I'm absolutely blown away.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Oh, wow. That's a winner.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55- Oh, no.- Who's it from, Steve?
0:56:55 > 0:56:58- Have a guess.- I suppose I have to own up to it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02Well, if I work it out.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Process of elimination. - I've worked it out.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07I think I've worked it out. But it's... But it's soft.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11- It's suspiciously soft.- Oh, my God. - Come on, let's see it.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16- Ooh!- I'm really confused.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19I've got no idea.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24It can't be one of the... No.
0:57:24 > 0:57:29- Who's done that, then? - Don't look at us. We've done ours.
0:57:29 > 0:57:30- There's only one person...- Dom.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33- You didn't make this, did you?- I did, yeah. Yeah.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36- Really?- Honestly, yeah. - Are you being serious?- Yeah.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40You're such a liar! Did you? Honestly?
0:57:40 > 0:57:42- Yes.- Did you really?- Yeah.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48- Did you really?- Honestly, it's taken ages. It's taken so long.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51- Thanks, Dom.- Dom, how do you know how to knit?
0:57:51 > 0:57:53My mum taught me years ago.
0:57:53 > 0:57:54I'm completely shocked.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04- Dom...- Oh, no, don't start, because you'll start me off.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10- Well, I am speechless. Thank you, Dom.- Good.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11- Let's make a toast.- Yeah.
0:58:11 > 0:58:12First of all, to Dom's knitting.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16- ALL:- To Dom's knitting. - Cheers. Thank you.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20- Well done. Everybody, well done. - Yeah.- Been a brilliant Christmas.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22- Thank you.- Thank you all. - Merry Christmas.- Merry Christmas.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- Merry Christmas.- And to many more. - Absolutely!- Yeah, many more.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Cheers.