0:00:02 > 0:00:05Welcome to The Repair Shop, where cherished family heirlooms
0:00:05 > 0:00:07are brought back to life.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Anything can happen, this is the workshop of dreams.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Home to furniture restorer Jay Blades.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Nowadays things are not built to last,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17so we've become part of this throwaway culture.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20It's all about preserving and restoring.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We bring the old back to new.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I like making things with my hands.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Whether it's a Rembrandt, or somebody's family piece,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38every painting deserves the same.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Each bringing their own unique set of skills.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43You're about to witness some magic.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46They will resurrect,
0:00:46 > 0:00:47revive...
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Oh, yes.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50..and rejuvenate treasured possessions.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55And irreplaceable pieces of family history.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Oh, my goodness me, it looks like it's new.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Bringing both the objects...
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Oh!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Oh, oh, oh, wow!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05..and the memories that they hold
0:01:05 > 0:01:06back to life.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Oh, thank you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22If you go down to The Repair Shop today, you may be in for a surprise.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Although it's no picnic for teddy bear specialists Julie and Amanda.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Whoa, whoa, whoa! What have you done?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Seriously? What have you done to it?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34You've taken everything out of George.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37And Steve has to steer an old banger back onto the road.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40So that hasn't worked either.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I'm going to try turning that down in the lathe.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44BELL RINGS
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Do you hear that?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- Hello. Are you all right? - Good morning, gents.- Good morning.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But first Jay, and Dom are poised with bells on
0:01:56 > 0:01:58for latest arrival, Ian Elliott.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- What is it?- What I have brought for your delight
0:02:01 > 0:02:04is an old museum sign.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08I come from a little fishing village in Cornwall called Polperro,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11which is the home of a smuggling and fishing museum.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15This sign we think dates back maybe 60, 70 years to when the
0:02:15 > 0:02:17museum first came into being.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21It was recently discovered in an antique shop in Wales by a village resident.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- In Wales, all the way up...? - In Wales, exactly, bizarre!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We've used some of our community funding in our little village
0:02:27 > 0:02:30to bring it back to where it belongs.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32As you can see, it's a little bit tired,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34it needs a bit of tender loving care.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37It's a bit of living history and we would love you to work your magic
0:02:37 > 0:02:41and it go back to use outside our beautiful harbour-side museum.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44It looks good. It's a beautiful thing.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- This would have all been hand-painted.- Yes, it was.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51What's the story behind the bells, then? Why has it got bells?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54The man who created the museum many decades ago,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57he used to have this sign standing on a metal pole.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Luckily, in the museum itself, we have a postcard, which I've brought with me.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02If you look at that postcard,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05you can see that's the original museum owner.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09The sign is on a metal pole that's got a castor at the bottom of it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13And he used to wheel it around the harbour making the bells jingle,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- a mobile billboard in effect. - That's going to be a good one.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- It's going to look great. - It needs a little bit of TLC, but what would you like us to do?
0:03:21 > 0:03:25In essence, we want you to future proof it and allow it to
0:03:25 > 0:03:28provide decades' more service to our little village community.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Brilliant, thanks a lot. - Cheers, guys.- Nice to meet you.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Thanks, guys. Thank you.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39We were very lucky that one of our residents stumbled across the sign,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42so I think there's great excitement in our community and we're
0:03:42 > 0:03:46looking forward to seeing what the boys can work with their magic.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- This one's going to be a busy one, eh?- It's a big one.- Yeah.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Caught it just in time, the sea air's not been very kind to it.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Some of the small details, these rings are about to break through.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00We do need to get the bells off because in this picture they
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- look quite shiny.- They do.- They look like brass, or something.- Yeah.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- They're definitely shinier than this, anyway.- Definitely.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16The best plan of attack for this particular sign is going to be,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19we just need to strip it down, get all the individual components
0:04:19 > 0:04:21off, get all the old, flaky, rusty paint off.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26This is a job that will test all of Dom's restoration skills - from
0:04:26 > 0:04:27metalwork to sign writing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31I'm just tracing over the remains of the letters,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34trying to save as much information as we can from the existing sign
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Some of the letters are almost illegible now,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39so much paint and detail has gone.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I'm just picking out the elements that I can that are still there.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I can tell on closer inspection that the sign
0:04:46 > 0:04:48has all been painted by hand originally.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Unfortunately, the paint on this part of the sign is
0:04:51 > 0:04:54so far gone we're going to have to save what we can with the
0:04:54 > 0:04:57tracing and just sand it off and start again.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It's a shame but it's essential.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11The Repair Shop team rescue all manner of objects from the ravages
0:05:11 > 0:05:15of time, from reviving pieces of history for whole communities,
0:05:15 > 0:05:21to repairing tiny yet treasured reminders of family days gone by.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- Please to meet you.- Likewise.- I'm Liam.- I'm Jay. What have you got?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I've got a little clockwork car.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27- A clockwork car?- Yeah.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Don't even talk no more, you've got to go and see Steve,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- he's the man for clockwork.- Cool, thanks very much. Cheers.- Steve.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Hi, Liam.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Next to arrive with a childhood treasure in need of
0:05:37 > 0:05:39a full service is Liam Bruce.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- It's missing the key.- Right.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47It's missing the cable which connects the car to the little steering wheel.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Tell me about the history of this?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I got it off a neighbour when I was about eight years old.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I believe her brother brought it back when
0:05:55 > 0:05:57he was serving in the forces in Germany.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Right, OK. - That's all I know about it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05This was the first sort of remote control car but not that remote.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- Not that remote.- This is obviously where the cable went in.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yeah, I think you can see it on the box.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Here you've got the three steel wheels.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- You've got a rubber wheel, that's the drive wheel.- OK.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- And then the steering wheel.- Yeah.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Have you tried winding it up at all?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- No, I've never wanted to do it just in case... - It all goes whizz-bang?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Yeah, and bits all over the place.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33I've got a hopeful feeling that the clockwork part of it might be all right.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Just got to find a key and then we've got to find some way of
0:06:37 > 0:06:42making a flexible cord that goes down to that so you can steer it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45It would be amazing to see it doing what it's supposed to do.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- OK, leave it with us and fingers crossed.- OK, lovely.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57It would be fantastic to have it working again to show my children.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I'm really excited to come back and hopefully see it running.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04It'll be the first time I've ever seen it run, anyway.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Now I have to find a key for it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16That's a perfect fit.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Right, let's see if it works.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22That's working really well.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Getting the car going is just the first job.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Steve also needs to get it to steer.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31What I'm going to do is make up a cable that will go through this hole
0:07:31 > 0:07:35here and when that's turned that's going to turn this wheel here.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39So next for Steve, find out what cable options
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The Repair Shop has to offer.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Don't be looking in Kirsten's stuff now, she's got all ceramic stuff.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47You must have something, Steve.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54I've got this net curtain wire and what I'm going to do is strip the
0:07:54 > 0:07:57plastic from that and make up the two ends for that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01With his improvised steering solution,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Steve's on a home straight but when it comes to the decades old
0:08:04 > 0:08:08miniature steering wheel he may be back to the starting line.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Under an eyeglass I can see that it's made out of a zinc-based alloy
0:08:14 > 0:08:19and it's absolutely cracking up all over the place.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It's crazed all over
0:08:21 > 0:08:25and I think really this
0:08:25 > 0:08:28is not going to work.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Undergoing his own MOT,
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Dom has stripped down the smugglers museum sign from the Cornish fishing village.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44To help get it back up to scratch,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48he's reeling in some extra Repair Shop expertise.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Steve, do you have a minute?- Yeah. - I just wanted to talk to you about the bells, really.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Hoping you can help us, if that's all right.- Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57There's a few some small, little bits.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59This one, the top of it's torn through,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01you can see the damage there.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- It's all twisted around. - It's actually snapped.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm hoping you can rebraze the brass.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Are we cleaning the whole lot? - I'd love to be able to clean them.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11In the original postcard we had, they were shiny.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Have you got a special potion for that?- I have, yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- A clock-cleaning potion.- Brilliant.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- See you in a moment.- Thanks, Steve.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25While Steve works on the bells, Jay's going to provide the whistles.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28In this case, researching how to replace two flamboyant
0:09:28 > 0:09:31tassels that used to hang from the sign.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Where's the letters gone? - Gone. They've gone.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Unfortunately we had to sand it all off.- You got rid of the letters?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- We did. We had to.- How are you going to know where to put the letters on?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47This is our reference to putting it back on.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49How many coats of this have you got to do?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51This is the first coat, it'll have another coat just on the white.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It'll look really good.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57I've been searching for tassels and what I've found is I'll probably be able to make my own.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Really?- Those ones in the picture they looked about that big.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- I'm going to give it a go. - In the red and yellow?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Red and yellow, it's got to be done, hasn't it?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Anyway, Jay, I've got to get on, paint's going to dry.- Yeah, yeah.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Let me get on with the tassels. - Thank you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It's all about the tassels.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I've never made a tassel before in my entire life.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24There's a first time for everything.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I've looked online to figure this out.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29A little nine-year-old has taught me how to make a tassel.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33So who said an old dog can't be taught new tricks?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36I'm going to go on with a chinagraph pencil
0:10:36 > 0:10:39and redraw in any little bits that aren't quite there.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I just want it to be as accurate as it can be to what it used to be.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47The trick is to keep on weaving to give the tassels some volume
0:10:47 > 0:10:51and I've already got 70 metres on here, 70 metres on there.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55140 altogether and hopefully that will give me the body.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01The paints I'm using for this are specific sign writing paints.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04They're thick paints. We've only really got one chance at this.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Once it's on, it's on.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17The main focus in here is going to be areas like this where the
0:11:17 > 0:11:19thin parts at the very end of the twirls,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21where the corrosion and rust has eaten through.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25We'll just be replacing that metal and making it solid again.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Hello.- Hello, there.- How are you? - Very good, thank you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Next to drop by the workshop is George,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57along with concerned owner, Sally Aspinall.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01George has seen better days so it's up to The Repair Shop emergency
0:12:01 > 0:12:05bear care team, Julie and Amanda, to give him a new lease of life.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Hello, George. - George is my teddy.- Right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- I'm the youngest of six daughters. - Right.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15He's basically being passed down and I'm the last in the line.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18One day, I'd like to pass him on.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19He's such a super thing.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22He's always been there. He's always there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- You just want him to be there some more, then?- Yes, that's right.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Do you know anything about him, sort of history wise?- Not really.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30My eldest sister was born in 1941.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34OK, so your date wise, around 1940s, is absolutely right.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- He's Irish.- Irish?- Oh!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- He was made in Ireland.- How do you know that?- I didn't know that.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Ah.- Cos we're the experts.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45That's true. You know about teddy bears.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48The significant thing that we kind of see, if you like,
0:12:48 > 0:12:53the ears are very high on the corner of the head here, very flat.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58And the more triangular-shaped head is another thing that's very
0:12:58 > 0:13:00significant for the Irish teddy bear.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I'm a bit surprised.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06During the war, because we couldn't trade with Germany, who made
0:13:06 > 0:13:10an awful lot of teddy bears, a lot of Irish teddies came over to
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- the UK.- Which would explain it, OK.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16He's got no pads on his feet. I tried as a child to repair his paws.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- You stitched this up? - Yeah, terrible, my stitching.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23You can see remnants of what was originally there.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26We will match as best we can there.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28The fact that you've turned his paws over,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31you have actually saved all the fabric.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- That's good.- That's really good.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37He is quite bare in places but that adds to the attraction of him.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- You like him.- He's been played with.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42I remember when I was younger that he had, not a squeak,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- but he had a growl. I remember it working.- Right.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Now it doesn't work. - What did the growl sound like?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51He's quite deep-sounding, he's not like a modern-day squeak.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It was deep, like a "rrrrrrr".
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Like that, yeah.- That was lovely.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I would like him to have his growl back and eye.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Basically rectify some of the work that I did when I was younger!
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Oh, bless you.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08If you leave it with us, we'll get him growling again and looking
0:14:08 > 0:14:11back to how he should be looking.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Do look after him, won't you? - Of course we will.- That's lovely, thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17It's a pleasure to do him for you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I look forward to seeing him when he's done. Thanks very much.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Bye, then.- Bye.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I'm feeling apprehensive already,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28very much, leaving him in there, but to have him repaired would be
0:14:28 > 0:14:32absolute fantastic, to bring him back to life and particularly for
0:14:32 > 0:14:35him to get his growl back, which I've missed over the years.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38This is one of the kinds of repairs and restorations that we get
0:14:38 > 0:14:40very excited about.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44He's obviously very valuable to his owners and very precious.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Definitely.- We need to stabilise what's going wrong with him already.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Yeah.- And make sure it doesn't deteriorate any further.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- OK, we need to get this over to your bench, then.- Yeah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55I'll get George, not this.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- George. - George, the Irish teddy bear.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00There we go. All right?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Gently ease the body open.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11OK, then I'm going to gently remove...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I think I'm going to need some pliers. It's quite tight in there.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We can see now he's got wood wool in his tummy.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24This filling called wood wool is very often what people think
0:15:24 > 0:15:27is straw and they say, "I've got a straw-filled teddy bear."
0:15:27 > 0:15:30They can hear it crunching under their fingers when they
0:15:30 > 0:15:32squeeze it but it is actually wood fibre.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Sorry, this is just taking a little longer because George doesn't
0:15:36 > 0:15:38want to give up his growler.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40This might get a bit gruesome, actually.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44There you go.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46That explains why it's not working.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49You can see that it's collapsed in there.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Inside the centre's a reed.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56The weight should move up and down, freely inside this cardboard
0:15:56 > 0:15:59tube as you turn it and, obviously, it doesn't any more.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07While George starts his treatment, the smugglers museum sign is
0:16:07 > 0:16:11almost ready to be discharged home to Polperro in Cornwall.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Now the next step of the process is to just attach all the bells.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I heard the bells.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23They look amazing. Brilliant.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27They're all lacquered so it should protect them from the weather.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29That's really good.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31OK.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33BELLS RING
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Are you having a party without me?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Yeah.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- Oh, the missing piece. - I know I'm tall, but, come on, don't take the mickey.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- How can I get up there?- Hang on, wait.- Have you got a ladder?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54No, no, no, no.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- We have the technology, bear with me.- Here we go.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It might take a couple of days, lads.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02It might take a couple of days. Keep it still.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I must say this is the piece de la resistance.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Look at it.- It's got a bit more presence than when it arrived.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11If that doesn't draw your attention, I don't think anything will.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15You can even do that and keep the wheels where it is.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Was that intentional?- Yeah.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19OK.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23When the tour bus goes past...
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Look, look, keep on looking.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27For the slow readers, yeah? Is that what that's for?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Now back to its eye and ear catching best,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35the sign is ready to be returned to Ian and back into service on
0:17:35 > 0:17:37the narrow streets of Polperro.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39There's great excitement back in Polperro.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I think it's going to be intriguing to see whether the team have managed
0:17:43 > 0:17:47to work some magic on what was a pretty dilapidated, old piece of ironwork.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- Good to see you.- Nice to see you again.- Nice to see you again. - How are you doing?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Morning, my friend. How are you? - I'm very good, sir.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- I'm really intrigued. I'm itching. - I'll go and get something for you.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Thank you very much, indeed.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I think there will be a queue of people awaiting my return tonight.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I can hear it, I can hear it before I see it.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Oh, my lord.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Here we go.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07How cool is that?!
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- It'd get attention now, wouldn't it? - Oh, my God. I'm loving it large.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12I'm loving it large.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Hey.- How's that?
0:18:14 > 0:18:18I'll give it a little bit of a test run, just up there and back down.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Let me have a go so you can see it. There you go.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24CHUCKLES
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Brilliant! Brilliant.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Absolutely fantastic.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Are you happy?- I'm euphoric.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- That's better than I could have dreamt of.- Excellent.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42That is going to be something really quite special.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- That will now serve many decades to come.- Yeah.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50It's eye-catching, it appeals to all the sights and senses,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51it's fantastic.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55There is a warm welcome and a cold beer awaits you all in the
0:18:55 > 0:18:58most picturesque fishing village in Cornwall.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I like to hear that.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02We've got to shake on that, it's a deal. I'm there!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You've got to get in there quick.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Honestly, that's brilliant. It's nice, glossy, clean, shiny.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12The Cornish sunshine will glint off that.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Brilliant.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19During the summer months it will be coming out and about,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21it'll be wheeled around our harbour.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25We'll have a succession of hunky, young men who will be chosen to wheel it around
0:19:25 > 0:19:29and it'll bring a smile to people's faces, I'm sure.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Good one, eh?- Yeah. Free beer. - Tell me about it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38We've got another job to do, now. Let's crack on.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Back inside, George, the much-loved Irish teddy bear, is one step
0:19:45 > 0:19:48closer to getting his eye, growl and paws back.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53George's owner had turned the end of his hand over because his paw
0:19:53 > 0:19:55pad had deteriorated
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and so to stop his stuffing coming out,
0:19:57 > 0:19:58she kind of turned the end of the paw.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00So now we can see the length of his arm
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and it's quite nice because you can see the shape, as well.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07These bears had quite a point and that is all still complete,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09which is really good from our point of view.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Look at that, it's all there. - Perfect.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15I'm stitching the new paw pads into position.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18In a moment, I'll be able to turn this one inside out and then I'll be
0:20:18 > 0:20:19stuffing the leg.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Then we've just got the other arm and the other leg to do the same
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and we'll be able to fasten them back onto the body.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Whoa, whoa, whoa! What have you done?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Seriously, I thought you were just fixing the arms and...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34No, seriously. What have you done to him?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- You've taken everything out of George.- Yeah, poor old George.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42We decided the best option for George would be to actually
0:20:42 > 0:20:47set new paw pads in like when they were first, when he was first made.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- OK.- We can't do that unless we can get inside and turn the pieces
0:20:52 > 0:20:54inside out.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I'm with you because you're going to stitch it from the inside?
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Yes, that's why he's looking a bit worse for wear at the moment.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What about his noise inside?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05She's quite adamant that what she wants him to growl again.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- OK, so this is the one that we removed.- It doesn't make a noise.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It doesn't make any noise and there is not a lot we can do with that.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16So this is the replica one that we're going to put in instead.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18BLEATING
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- CHUCKLES - Stop it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- That sounds like a sheep. - Yeah, a lot of people say that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28It's the noise that a baby bear makes when he's calling his mummy.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Oh, is it?- Yeah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Oh, now see, it is going to be muffled, isn't it?- Yes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Because you're going to have all the wadding, the stuffing around him.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40You guys know what you're doing. I'll just leave you alone.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I might have to take this. I'll borrow that, actually.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- We know where it's gone. - Thank you.- Bye.- Bye.- Bye.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Steve is back at work on the antique remote-control car.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01He still has to solve the broken steering wheel issue before
0:22:01 > 0:22:06its owner, Liam, returns to pick up his precious childhood toy.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I've found a pocket watch button.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13What I'm going to do is add it to the other side
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and use a bit of brute force.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22So that hasn't worked, either.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I'm going to try turning that down in the lathe,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27see if I can make that fit.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31He's not ready to give up just yet.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Hello, Liam.- Hi, Steve. How are you? - Good, thank you.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I'll just get your car for you.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Right, the good news is I've found a key and...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- ..it winds up beautifully. - Excellent.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57And it works.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01So if I just turn that on.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Superb.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06It's actually working.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- The bad news...- OK. - ..this unit here.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- The steering wheel is a zinc-based alloy.- OK.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- It's gone rotten, basically. It's gone very crystallised.- All right.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- It's cracked all over.- OK.- There's no way I can repair that.- OK.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30So instead what I've done, I've made a unit that you can use
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- for steering the car.- OK.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36You pop that onto the top there
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and then twiddle the top of that
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and what it does is
0:23:40 > 0:23:43turn the wheel one way or the other.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46It works a treat, doesn't it?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Turn it on.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- There we go.- Excellent.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55That's fantastic.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58- I'm very pleased.- Thank you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Plus I didn't have to take the car apart.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- That's even better, isn't it? - Yeah, it is, yeah. - It just wound up and went?- Yeah.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Working on this car, it reminds me of a car that I had when I was
0:24:08 > 0:24:11a very tiny child that was very, very similar.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16I can remember spending hours around the parquet floor with the car.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- There's the key. Don't lose the key. - Definitely not. I'll guard that.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- The cable.- Thank you very much.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- There we go.- That's brilliant. - Thanks for bringing it along.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- Thank you very much for hard work. - You're very welcome.- Thank you.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30What Steve's done with the car has blown my mind, really.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I've never seen it working before.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It brings back a lot of childhood memories for me and I'll be
0:24:34 > 0:24:37able to pass that on to my children and pass the car on to my
0:24:37 > 0:24:41children, as well. I'm really over the moon with it, fantastic.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Meanwhile, the last few missing pieces of treasured
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Irish teddy George are being stitched into place.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Oh, blimey. This is the precious moment, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- You've just put a needle through his head.- Yeah, delicate surgery going on here.- He can see again.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04He will be able to in just a moment, yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Have you taken him down the gym, or something?- Yeah.- Wow!
0:25:07 > 0:25:09He's got abs.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11He is really quite fit.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14He's unbelievably toned up.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16He is feeling...
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- He feels good, doesn't it? - Oh, George, well done, son.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23OK. What's next on here?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Right, so Julie's going to give him a really nice clean
0:25:27 > 0:25:28and pamper session.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32- He's got his eyes back.- Yeah. - He's been down to the gym.- Yeah.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Now he's going to get a spruce over. A little spa.- Yeah.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I'll leave you alone with George, then.- See you later.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45What we have to be careful of,
0:25:45 > 0:25:50we don't suck the eyes up into the Hoover. That wouldn't be good.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- I've got you a nice bowl of bubbles. - Oh, lovely.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- There's no liquid in there, it's just bubbles.- OK.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59If you need me to foam up some more, just say.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I probably won't because he's not got a lot of fur, bless him.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08We have to treat this as a vintage fabric and try and prevent it
0:26:08 > 0:26:11from disintegrating any further.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16We use mild soap suds, not a strong detergent.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19We massage gently into the fur.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- I have your rinsing flannel there. - Thank you very much.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- There you go.- Thank you.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31After George enjoys some well earned pampering from Julie and Amanda,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34he ready to be reunited with his owner, Sally,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38and to be passed on to future generations.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40George means everything to me.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I've had him since I was a baby and he has come down the family line.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46We've been missing George very much since he's been away.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I'm feeling really excited but I'm also really
0:26:49 > 0:26:52a bit nervous because I'm not sure what he's going to look like.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Hello, Sally.- Hi.- How are you doing? - I'm good, thank you.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- Are you all right?- Yes, thank you. - So you've come along for Irish George, is that right?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- Indeed I have, yes.- If you hold on a minute, I'll just get him for you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07With the teddy care team away on urgent bear business,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Jay's on hand to chaperone the reunion.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- You're looking after him very carefully, I can see. - Very carefully.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- So are you ready to see this? - I'm quite nervous.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Right?- OK.- Here we go.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Oh! Oh, wow.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30My gosh. He looks fantastic.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Doesn't he?- Yeah, he does.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37He looks so good and now I remember as a child these pads.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- The pads.- The pads.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40GEORGE "GROWLS"
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- That's it.- That's the one, yeah?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44That's it.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Oh, that's amazing.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Because it's not a high-pitched squeak, it's a lower one.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I'm really surprised.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Quite shocked in a way that they've brought him back
0:27:54 > 0:27:57in just such good condition. Wow!
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Thank you so much, I really appreciate it and so will the family. Thank you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Oh, to hear his growl again was fantastic, it was really good.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I could remember how it used to sound and the experts have got it
0:28:09 > 0:28:10absolutely right.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12He sounds the same as he did.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It's almost like he's talking to us again now.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I definitely feel I've got George back, definitely.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Join us next time as more treasured possessions are revived
0:28:24 > 0:28:28and their precious memories restored in The Repair Shop.