0:00:02 > 0:00:03Welcome to The Repair Shop,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Anything could 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 > 0:00:16so we've become part of this throwaway culture.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It's all about preserving and restoring.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22We bring the old back to new.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Working alongside Jay will be some
0:00:24 > 0:00:27of the country's leading craftspeople...
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I like making things with my hands.
0:00:28 > 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 > 0:00:37every painting deserves the same.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41..each bringing their own unique set of skills.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43You're about to witness some magic!
0:00:43 > 0:00:44They will resurrect...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- ..revive...- Oh, yes!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51..and rejuvenate treasured possessions
0:00:51 > 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 > 0:01:00..bringing both the objects...
0:01:01 > 0:01:06- Oh, wow!- ..and the memories that they hold back to life.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Oh, thank you.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16In The Repair Shop today...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19for clock specialist Steve, it's a round of applause...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Oh, my goodness!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24..as he turns his hand to toy repair.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And there's a box of delights for ceramics conservator Kirsten...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Careful on the ceramics...- Yeah.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36..with a little help from woodwork wunderkind Will.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Whoa, yay!
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Well done.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51The Repair Shop team is no stranger to weird and wonderful items.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Just come round this way...
0:01:53 > 0:01:55And today is no exception.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And then over around there.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- That's it. Just there.- Right there?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Right here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Thank you.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10This iconic blast from the past is owned by Mike Pearce,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14who has come to see Jay and jukebox expert Laurence Richardson.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Hello, how we doing?- Morning.- You all right?- Yes, thank you, and you?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Yeah, not too bad. How can we help you?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- My jukebox has been delivered. - Oh, it's YOUR jukebox?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Yes, it is.- OK, come round this way...
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Thank you.- I think this is the one.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29So how long have you had this one, then?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Getting on 30 years.
0:02:31 > 0:02:3430 years? How did you get hold of it? Was it in a coffee shop
0:02:34 > 0:02:36or something, or has it come over for America?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38No, I've always loved them in coffee shops.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I wanted to buy a pinball machine which I had seen advertised.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Oh, right?- When I went to the gentleman's house,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45this was standing in the corner.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So in the coffee shops, there would have been a lot of these...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Yes.- Every coffee shop had one.- In those days, we didn't go to clubs,
0:02:50 > 0:02:51there's no such thing as that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53We all thought we were James Dean...
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- Oh, right!- We used to lean on it and see what the reaction was with
0:02:58 > 0:03:01the other people. And if the prettiest girl in the coffee bar
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- was... Like this. So that's when you play that one again!- Oh, OK!
0:03:10 > 0:03:15This is my glorious 1957 Wurlitzer 2104 jukebox.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Unfortunately, like me, it's getting old and it's deteriorating,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and it gradually ground to a halt.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25You have to remember with a jukebox, you've got these enormous speakers,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28so they reverberate. They become part of the room.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29It bounces off the walls.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Anyone of my age remembers music, this is how you would listen to it.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37It doesn't sound the same from a CD or an iPod or anything.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's not the same sound. It's a dear old friend.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I love it passionately. And it's so sad to see something
0:03:43 > 0:03:47which should give so much pleasure just sulking in a corner,
0:03:47 > 0:03:48poor thing.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- So, Laurence, what do you reckon? - Yeah.- Can it be done?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- Can we get this playing again? - Hopefully.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Have you worked on anything like this before?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57I have worked on a few of these.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59So, how often do these need a service?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Really, they need a service every year.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Every year?- But most people leave it a couple of years.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07And you've had this for 30... You've had it for 30 years!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11If you leave it with us, we'll get it fully restored and working.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Lights flashing, yeah?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Yeah. To see it playing again, that would make an old man very happy.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Miraculous. Thank you very much indeed.- No problem.- Thank you.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30If it IS restored, it would be the most wonderful achievement.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Once it comes to life with music and light, it would be sensational.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- What have you got to do? - Well, open it up, have a look at it,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40and then power it up and... keep your fingers crossed!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Power it up!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yes, just to assess what's wrong.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Have you ever had any problems with these before?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Yeah, you get problems, but... - Yeah?- I don't let them beat me!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Wurlitzer jukeboxes energised young people across Britain
0:04:55 > 0:04:58during the late 1940s and '50s.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Excited teenagers could select from up to 104 tunes,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07transporting them into the world of American rock and roll.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14ELECTRICAL BUZZING
0:05:14 > 0:05:16No. It shouldn't be making that buzzing noise.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19As soon as I press a letter and a number button,
0:05:19 > 0:05:24it should select the mechanism and it should start spinning round.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I'm going to manually flick a pin up,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30which is what the buttons do electronically.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33That will tell me whether the mechanism is functioning,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35whether this motor works.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41OK, it's going, but very slowly.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44The speed is telling me that the motor isn't functioning correctly.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46The motor feels a bit stiff,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48so I'd like to take it off and clean it as well.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52And then we need to see what it sounds like.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54But that's a while off at the moment.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10For craftspeople like Laurence, Jay, and the rest of the team,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13it's a pleasure to get their hands on these little pieces of history.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18They may arrive showing their years,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20but they leave with a new lease of life,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23to be enjoyed for generations to come.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The next guests are keen to restore their precious piece back to
0:06:27 > 0:06:31its former glory. Mary and David Shockley, and Freddie, the dog,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- from Wiltshire.- How are we doing?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Oh, fine, thank you.- Hello.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39It's a job for ceramics conservator Kirsten.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41That's great, lovely.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Oh, my goodness! Look at that.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48What have we got here. What can you tell me about this, please?
0:06:48 > 0:06:54Well, as far as I know, it was a ladies' Victorian travelling box.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It was given to me when I was about 10 or 11 years old.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- Yeah?- I understand that the panels on the front are hand-painted
0:07:03 > 0:07:06French panels, which is quite unusual.
0:07:06 > 0:07:12Because apparently, they usually just come with wooden fronts.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Oh, right. They're rather beautiful, actually, aren't they?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Beautifully painted.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Lovely colours. Has it always had that crack down...?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Yes.- It has.- It had it when I had it.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Right. I can certainly have a look at that for you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27That would be absolutely marvellous!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- OK, all right.- Thank you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39It hasn't been out of my sight for the 60 years
0:07:39 > 0:07:40that I've had it!
0:07:40 > 0:07:44So leaving it somewhere is quite a wrench!
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Will?
0:07:47 > 0:07:54- How can I help?- These apparently are, um, French painted panels.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58It's going to make my life a lot easier if it could come out of here.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- What do you think?- Right... Hmm.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Well done.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The painted tile is already cracked in two.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Careful on the ceramics.- Yep.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19It's up to Will to remove it without causing any further damage.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Whoa, yay!
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Well done.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32OK, so I'm just going to stick this final piece on here.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I tipped it onto its side,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39to...use gravity to help pull the two edges together.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44It should go together really nicely.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51There we are. So, I'm just going to leave that now...
0:08:51 > 0:08:52to go off.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09From treasure box to jukebox.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Laurence is trying to resurrect Mike's classic 1950s Wurlitzer,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17whose innards have remained untouched for three decades.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18I've taken the motor off,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and it's really difficult to turn the spindle,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23which is this piece at the end.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26That tells me that it's seized up inside.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33It should be nice and free, it definitely needs to be cleaned
0:09:33 > 0:09:34and be lubricated.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Oh, that's nice, isn't it? - Yeah, good, Jay.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Yeah, we're getting there. - Got the back open?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Got the back open.- Have you got it working?- No, not yet.- Not yet!
0:09:44 > 0:09:45So, what's the problem with it?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Well, the motor is definitely very slow...
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- OK.- So I've taken it apart.- What's that part?- That's the transformer.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- That's power, then?- That's power.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55And then that's the mechanism?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57This is the brain, if you like.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- This part.- Right, OK.- And it's not getting the signal from the button.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02When you press the buttons, it's just buzzing.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06It should click a pin up to make it rotate to select the record,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- and it's not doing that. - I want to get this going, man.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Yeah, OK, OK!- Are you going to do it, are you going to do it?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Yeah, I'll do it.- All right, I'm not going to stand over you
0:10:13 > 0:10:16cos that's the worst thing. Put too much pressure on you.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- You're in control, ain't you? - I'm in control.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So, we've given this a clean-up.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36And it's running much freer now.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Should be fine to go back in.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I love restoring jukeboxes
0:10:40 > 0:10:43because there's something different to do every day,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48and there's real satisfaction when you've restored something that
0:10:48 > 0:10:50most people think looks ready for the tip.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55The end result's just stunning.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Now I'm going to put the amplifier and power supply
0:11:00 > 0:11:01back into the jukebox.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Hopefully, it will have speeded up the motor, the drive motor,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07so it functions properly.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's made a clunk...
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Yup, the carousel's turning much faster now.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20So it should stop when it gets to this pin.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It should lift the record up.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Which it's doing...
0:11:27 > 0:11:30ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYS
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Now the Wurlitzer is starting to get its mojo back,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Laurence gives it a well-earned drink.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Right, it's time to get the button bank out now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57This 1957 Wurlitzer 2104 is one of the most collectable from the era.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Fully working models can change hands for several thousand pounds.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05All of the contacts look really dirty.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I'm going to completely clean everything there,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and then hopefully the signal will go through
0:12:09 > 0:12:12when you press the buttons to start the jukebox working.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Right, I'm putting the button bank back in.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27MUSIC: Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- MUSIC SLOWS TO A HALT - Ooh.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Put an end to THAT party, didn't it?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42It sounds all right. Like, everything is rocking and rolling.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Yeah, it's selecting really well.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- But you don't look happy. - No, well... I am happy.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- What's left?- I think the sound could be a bit better, so...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I think that needle's worn out.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I don't think that's been changed for a while.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54So that will make it sound good?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Mike's going to come in and lose his mind! It'll take him right back.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59He's going to have the leather jacket on, the quiff. So basically,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01we've got to get this sorted.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03What else have you got left to do? Cos he's coming today,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- he's got to pick this up.- Is he? - Yeah, he is!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08We need to give it a good clean. The screen's really dirty.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I could take care of that. Once you let me know when I can...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13He's going to be made up, Mike's going to be made up.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- But listen, we've got to get this going.- Yeah, we will.- Call me!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Right, OK. Thanks, Jay.- No problem!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30No challenge is too big...
0:13:32 > 0:13:37..or too small for the expertise and experience of the Repair Shop team.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Yet the objects that arrive...
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Ooh!- Oh, yes!
0:13:42 > 0:13:45..still have the capacity to surprise and delight.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Oh, wow!
0:13:47 > 0:13:49And none more so than the next offering,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53brought by Peter Veal from south-east London.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Hello.- Hi, there.- What have you got in there, then?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- So, we have a monkey. - A monkey?- Not a real monkey.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Not a real monkey...- No.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02What we've got is a toy monkey.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I spent quite a few summer holidays
0:14:05 > 0:14:09in Montrose in Scotland with my best friend, James, and his grandmother,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12who was an amazing woman. She'd lived all over the world,
0:14:12 > 0:14:13and when she died, I was asked,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15"Would you like anything to remember her by?"
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Right.- And the monkey, to be honest,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20was the only thing I remember from this amazing room full of toys!
0:14:20 > 0:14:24The first time I saw it, it actually moved, it's supposed to work.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26But since I inherited it, and I think that was in '91,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- it's not moved a muscle. - It's not moved, no?- No.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36This slightly scary simian was produced by Japanese toymakers
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Bandai in the 1950s, which makes him between 60 and 70 years old.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- How do you operate it?- You just
0:14:43 > 0:14:48press the lever and it moves its face, and it claps the cymbals.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50So all of this moves up and down?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52You can kind of re-enact it by doing...
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- what you're doing there.- Right.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It can be terrifying for young children...
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Yeah, I bet it is!- I have a big print of it in my house,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and my niece came to stay at Christmas and she said,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03"Can I have another room?"
0:15:03 > 0:15:05We had to remove the picture from the wall.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I've done a lot of toys, I haven't done one of these, so...
0:15:08 > 0:15:09His name is Mungo, by the way.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Mungo the monkey, I don't know why. - Mungo the monkey?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13How fast do these go when they're...
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- When it is working? - I don't remember the speed!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19What do you want, hertz or per second, what do you want(?)
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I wondered whether it just goes like this or whether it goes like that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Yeah, the faster of the two. - The faster? All right.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Well, I think this is a job for you, Jay.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Is it?- Taking off the clothes...
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Steady on! Taking off the clothes of a monkey!?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Yeah.- Yeah, because we've got to stitch them back, haven't we?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- No, that one's glued.- It is glued. - If you leave it with us,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42we'll definitely get back to you once we've got him working again.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- OK.- Is that all right?- All right. - Thanks very much. Thank you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Thank you.- All right. - Thank you very much. Thanks a lot.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Well, Mungo's in quite a sorry state, to be honest.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55He's looking worse for wear.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58He's aged worse than me, I'm happy to say!
0:15:58 > 0:16:04So if he could look almost as good as new, um, that would be amazing.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07So, I've got to take this to my bench, get the clothes off...
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- OK, all right. - I'll see you in a bit.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20This is what it must feel like to get your chest waxed.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Almost there.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I think we've got lift-off!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28He was resisting. He hasn't had his clothes off in many years!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Oh, was he?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- I suppose he hasn't!- And he could feel the chill in this building.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Yeah.- And then...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Well done, you! - See, if you can get...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- I can't get this off. - No, I don't think you need to.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I think the less we have to take off, the better.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45So the shoulders... I think this whole back bit just comes out,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- doesn't it?- Yeah, no. It does. Yeah, no, that's perfect. Thank you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Leave that with me.- Yeah.- And... - You'll get him working, yeah?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- All right!- Hey, hey! - What's that?- Bye!
0:16:55 > 0:16:57There you go. See you later, mate!
0:16:57 > 0:17:00While Steve gets to grips with Mungo,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03the jukebox is almost ready to return to active service,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07complete with new needle and working lights.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09For the final touches,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Laurence is calling in some Repair Shop reinforcements...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Right, Jay? Can we get these windows clean?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- How dirty are they? - They are filthy, mate!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20They are, aren't they?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- It's had a hard life.- A hard life!
0:17:24 > 0:17:25That's good stuff.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Yeah, it bit of vinegar, don't go amiss with that...
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- IN AMERICAN ACCENT:- Gary, come and have a look at this!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Unbelievable. - Put on my favourite song!
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Aw, it stinks!
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- Is that vinegar?- Yeah.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Ugh! Come on, guys, I want to listen to music.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYS
0:17:42 > 0:17:45With the Wurlitzer sparkling once again,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Mike is back to be reunited with this most-treasured piece
0:17:49 > 0:17:50of musical memorabilia.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Hearing the music coming out of my Wurlitzer again would take me
0:17:54 > 0:17:56straight back to the 1950s.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The sounds will be the same, it would look the same.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02And the feeling will be the same.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Thanks, mate.- Right!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- There he is. How we doing, Mike? - Hello again, Jay.- You all right?
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- I'm good, thank you. - OK, are you ready for this?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Laurence is smiling, that's good enough for me!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Yeah? Here we go, here we go.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Oh, that is beautiful!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Isn't that the most beautiful thing?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Laurence, you're a star, thank you so much - and thank you, Jay.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- It's amazing what he's done on this. - Never looked this good before...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- No?- Nope. That is wonderful.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38So, does it take you back to the coffee shop days?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Sorry, that's where I WAS!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Oh, is it? I should leave you there, we should go, then!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Yeah, exactly.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47She's exactly as they should look.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Yeah? I tell you what the best thing to do now is play a song.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57That's the first time for a few years too.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Here comes the magic bit...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06MUSIC: At The Hop by Danny And The Juniors
0:19:06 > 0:19:08That sounds good!
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Is that all right?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15'The sound, something else with the giant speakers,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19'took me straight back to the '50s, the coffee bar days.'
0:19:19 > 0:19:23And we'd play all the early rock and roll records.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Wonderful sensation.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32It looks so beautiful, that it can't have looked that good since 1957!
0:19:36 > 0:19:39So, Mike, are you happy with the job that Laurence has done?
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- I know he's standing there!- Happy's not the word. I'm ecstatic about it!
0:19:43 > 0:19:44It is absolutely wonderful.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47No, I didn't expect it to come up as well as this.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48I'm pleased with it.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Honestly, it just looks so nice, sounds so nice, and it looks right.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54That's the important thing. And it feels good, too.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Yeah, it does.- You're an absolute star, thank you so much.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- That's OK.- Press a number...
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- It's very clever.- It's very clever!
0:20:05 > 0:20:09MUSIC: Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Laurence and Jay have done the most spectacular job on it.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It's beyond my expectations, for sure.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23It is back to how it should be - it's living, it's breathing,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25it's a real thing again.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28It will be cherished and be given the future that it deserves.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37But The Repair Shop can't stop to party for too long.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Steve's got monkey business to attend to.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Most clockmakers do repairs to all sorts of things,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47because we're sort of the last resort in a lot of cases,
0:20:47 > 0:20:52so we get a lot of mechanical toys to mend, especially vintage ones.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56This happy chappie has been popping up in popular culture
0:20:56 > 0:20:59since it was first manufactured in the 1950s,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03making appearances in Rebel Without A Cause, Toy Story 3,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and even The Simpsons.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09The clapping monkey has become an enduring childhood image.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14I'm following the wires around, to check to see where they are, and...
0:21:16 > 0:21:19..I've actually identified a loose wire just here.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Ooh!
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Oh, brilliant, we've got life there!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Oh, my goodness! - HE LAUGHS
0:21:36 > 0:21:38You got him working, then?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Well, I'm holding a wire in place at the moment.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- He's a mad little monkey, isn't he?- He is.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46What are you holding together, just a bit of wiring?
0:21:46 > 0:21:50I've got this wire that's loose in there - can you see this wire here?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- There we go.- Oh, as soon as it touches that, yeah?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, it's all right.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59And then you've got to solder in there, but how you going to do that,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- without getting this...? - I just, I'll just...
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I've got to move that out of the way, so I don't burn it or melt it.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- And that's it?- Well, no.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Then, then there's this lever, this little button on top,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- that's then supposed to... - What, on his head?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Yeah.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- Oh, wow.- That then changes its action.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21I think - and I don't know this - I think it stops the cymbals
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and then it makes a noise and its lips go up and down
0:22:25 > 0:22:26and eyes go in and out and things like that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Is it?- So, yeah, watch this space.- OK.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42There's this button on top here.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46I was hoping that this would actually engage
0:22:46 > 0:22:50the mechanism to alter the...
0:22:50 > 0:22:53eyes and the lips.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55The lips are supposed to open like this,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58and the eyes are supposed to bulge out.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03And I think it's had quite a bash in its past.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08There are levers really bent and broken in here,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11but I'll have a look at it and see what I can do.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17While Steve goes like the clappers to bring Mungo back to life,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Kirsten is applying some blue-sky thinking to the treasure box.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27So, I'm just sort of finishing off this plaque from the treasure chest.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I'm hoping that it's going to look really, really nice
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and that the owners will be very happy with it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45All that remains is for Will to carefully reattach the door
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and Mary, along with her husband, David,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52can be reunited with the box she has loved since she was ten years old.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- How we doing?- Very well, thank you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57With Kirsten off on a Repair Shop mission,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59it's over to Jay to do the honours.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- You ready for this?- I am.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Wow.- Oh gosh, that's beautiful.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Hasn't she done a lovely job?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Brilliant! You can't see the mend at all.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Oh, it's absolutely brilliant, and it's come up beautifully.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19My mother would be thrilled to see it like that, as well.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21And I hope to pass it down the generations.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- That's good.- Because I've got a daughter and a granddaughter,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- which would be lovely. - Yeah, that would be.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It's absolutely fantastic.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33- Yeah?- Yes, I can't thank you enough for doing it.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38'I couldn't believe my eyes.'
0:24:38 > 0:24:41That crack has been there ever since I owned it,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46and to see it gone is absolutely marvellous.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It makes it so much more complete.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55The treasure box is going to be kept now in the lounge and not
0:24:55 > 0:24:59in a wardrobe in my bedroom, and put it on display,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01so that everybody can admire it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09If there's one project in The Repair Shop that's in danger of driving
0:25:09 > 0:25:10everyone bananas...
0:25:12 > 0:25:16..it's this one, Mungo the musical monkey.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- All right, Jay? - How you doing, Steve?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Yeah, he's ready to... He's ready to be redressed.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Redressed! - Yes.- OK, let's have a look.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37He ain't been to the dentist for a long time, though, has he?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- He hasn't been to the dentist for a while.- You sorted him out.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- He could do with a gold tooth in there.- He could, actually.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I might have to put one in there for him!
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I'm not an expert at dressing a monkey, so I'll leave that to you!
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Yes, please!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Cheers, Steve.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Steve's done a brilliant job in getting Mungo working again,
0:26:03 > 0:26:08so the only thing that's left for me to do is basically glue him
0:26:08 > 0:26:11so he doesn't stretch his fur.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20There we go, Steve, one fully dressed monkey.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21He's got his dignity back, then.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23He has a bit, he has.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- Waah!- I know, the batteries are in!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Turn him off, mate, turn him off!
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- He's a bit scary.- Yeah, you've done a great job there, well done.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Restored and re-dressed...
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- How we doing?- Hello again.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43..Mungo can be returned to owner Peter.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Hello, Peter, how are you? - All right, you?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48A reminder of childhood memories of holidays in Scotland,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51with his best friend and his grandmother.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53There we go, all tucked up nicely.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57How long is it since you saw him doing anything?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Er... 1988, so what's that...? - '88, oh, my word!- 29 years?
0:27:00 > 0:27:06Gosh! Right, once upon a time he used to open and close its lips
0:27:06 > 0:27:11and the eyes used to bulge out, and he used to make a noise, as well.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13But at some stage in its life,
0:27:13 > 0:27:18it's had a wallop or two or three, or maybe a lot more wallops on it,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20and is beyond repair, really.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24But what you remember happening is happening now.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Hey! He didn't go THAT fast!
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Very good, thank you. I've never seen him twirl on his bum like that.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36No.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Well done.- So, yeah, all good.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- May I?- Yes, sir, absolutely you can, yeah.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50I can't stop it...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Oh, it's exhausting!
0:27:53 > 0:27:54- Thank you.- To tell you the truth,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57I'm quite chuffed that he's leaving the workshop.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I haven't had a good night's sleep since he's been here!
0:28:01 > 0:28:02I'm feeling very happy,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04because I honestly had given up on him
0:28:04 > 0:28:07ever being a working monkey again.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It feels very nice that Mungo's been brought back to life,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12because it connects me with the memories again
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and I can't wait to show James, because I think that...
0:28:15 > 0:28:18the memories will come flooding back for him, as well.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Join us next time, as more treasured possessions
0:28:25 > 0:28:27are brought back to life.