The Repair Shop at Christmas
In the Repair Shop this Christmas, the team take on a bike, a treasured but tired harmonium, a clockwork train set and a beloved 80-year-old bear.
Christmas has arrived at the Repair Shop. Jay Blades and our team of passionate and skilled craftspeople are beavering away like busy Christmas elves repairing and rescuing beloved festive treasures.
A rusted, dilapidated Chopper bike brings brothers Glenn and Andrew to the barn. Once one of the most coveted Christmas presents of the 1960s and 70s, this nostalgic blast from the past needs a complete overhaul so the brothers can relive the excitement of one special Christmas morning.
Next up is a treasured but tired harmonium, once the centrepiece of a Welsh family’s festive celebrations. Now broken and battered, it has stood silent for years. The team pull together and bring the family to tears when they hear it play their favourite Christmas carols for the first time in decades.
Eighty-eight-year-old Beryl brings in a threadbare bear, a reminder of wartime childhood and lost loved ones, and the team also tackle an iconic 1960s clockwork train set with a busted motor and missing wheels. A sprinkle of Repair Shop magic gets the train chugging around the tree in time for Christmas.
The Repair Shop at Christmas is a festive fairy tale celebrating the season of joy and giving, proving that 'make do and mend' is still a philosophy to live by after all these years.
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Trailer: The Repair Shop at Christmas
Duration: 00:20
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:02Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
00:03The Ronettes
Sleigh Ride
00:06Elvis Presley
Santa Claus Is Back in Town
00:08Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
00:16Eric Chevalier
Christmas Waltz
00:22The Beach Boys
Little Saint Nick
00:28Keane
Allemande
00:29The Willis Clan
Now Or Never
00:42Kim Weston
Wish You A Merry Christmas
00:44Vince Guaraldi
Christmas Time Is Here
00:54Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
00:47Eric Chevalier
Bright Emotion
00:57Otis Redding, Booker T Jones
White Christmas
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jay Blades |
| Narrator | Bill Paterson |
| Series Producer | Emma Walsh |
| Series Producer | Tanveer Bari |
| Series Producer | Helen Page |
| Executive Producer | Hannah Lamb |
| Executive Producer | Rob Butterfield |
| Production Company | Ricochet Limited |
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