The Repair Shop

A hand-carved Spitfire; a much-loved leather pouffe.

Today in the Repair Shop, the team restore a much-treasured family portrait, a precious vintage fountain pen, and a 130-year-old tiger automaton that has lost its growl.

A pair of albums charting Scott's expedition to the South Pole, a traditional Asian board game and a much-loved magic trick are restored by the team of experts.

Craftsman David Burville takes on the repair of a little clockwork tractor; Barry Phillips fixes an old military compass that has seen service in both world wars.

The repair of an old wooden barber's chair; a magnificent clock; a metal box that is coming apart.

The team restore a broken and battered set of bagpipes, used by a piper who served in the Royal Scots; a silver Eisteddfod crown; a quirky tortoise-shaped bell, that sat for years on the counter of a family-run butchers' shop.

Clockwork maestro Steve Fletcher finds himself working on a remarkable train set designed and built by the celebrated cartoonist and inventor Rowland Emmet; furniture restorer Will Kirk takes on the challenging repair of a wooden nautical ditty box.

Music box maestro Stephen Kember is on hand to welcome an unusual item into the barn: a wooden bench from Switzerland. While Stephen tackles the musical mechanism, furniture restorer Will Kirk takes on the challenge of reviving the woodwork.

Will brings a mid-century coffee table back to life; Steve collaborates with Amanda and Julie on a wind-up toy panda dating from the 1960s; Dominic gets a rusted coconut scraper back into service.

Suzie and Lucia save a piece of family history in a 1948 commemorative cricket ball; Dom and Will team up to restore a boat steering wheel; Kirsten, Amanda and Julie piece together a Portsmouth mascot that was first pinned at a FA Cup final in 1939.

Suzie restores a World War II soldier's blood-stained leather satchel; Steve repairs a Victorian clock; silversmith Brenton works his magic on a bronze sea serpent pen holder.

Dom restores a former fairground family's watering can with help from Brenton; Suzie and Will tackle a miniature camel saddle from Malaysia; Amanda and Julie repair a 100-year-old RAF mascot bear to honor a brave airman and father.

Jay Blades and the team bring more treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life; ceramic conservator Kirsten Ramsay carefully restores a cherished but chipped piece of 1960s pottery.

The team take on a beautiful, carved walnut piano stool, a defunct speedometer from a 1920s vintage car, and a wicker baby crib that has been at the heart of a family for generations.

Richard puts the sparkle back in a tiny bird brooch cherished by four generations; Amanda and Julie take a handmade rag doll from shabby to shipshape; Will and Brenton revive a well-traveled trunk that's journeyed 6,000 miles.