The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 11 - Episode #7.11 - full transcript

Welcome to The Repair Shop where
precious but faded treasures...

This is bad.

I don't think I've ever seen a
chair quite so broken as this.

..are restored to
their former glory.

That's lovely. Isn't it?
That's lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jade Blades...

Bringing history back to life is

what makes
The Repair Shop so special.

..and a dream team of
expert crafts people...

Amazing.
It's a bit like brain surgery.

Go on!



..come together to
work their magic...

Yahoo!

When you look at something
that looks so hopeless like this,

it makes me even more
determined to get it back.

That's teamwork.

..employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations...

It is a privilege to be able
to do something for somebody

that means so much to them.

..preserving
irreplaceable heirlooms...

To bring those pieces back to life

is just the most wonderful thing

and I'd like to do it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Whoa!



..the memories...

I'm so happy to see it.

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

It's made it all worthwhile.

In The Repair Shop today...

..it takes extreme measures...

..for toy restorer and David to fix

a mechanical mystery.

We're not going to hurt you.

It'll be all right.

I should be in scrubs.

It really is surgery on it.

And leather expert Suzie
moves mountains

to rescue a souvenir

from the Alps.

It's actually my heart is sinking.

The inside here looks
like charred wood.

This is probably some of the worst
damaged leather I have ever seen.

ROOSTER CROWS

But the first arrivals, a mother and
daughter, Jackie and Katie Brackey

from the east coast
of Northern Ireland.

They're hoping for the revival
of something very close

to their hearts

and granting their wish will fall

to skilled upholsterer
Sonnaz Nooranvary.

Hello.

Hi. Hi.

Come on in.

Now, this is a beautiful chair.

I've never seen anything
like it before, ever.

Where's this from?

It was bought by Robin, my husband's

great, great, great-grandfather.

Wow! That is a line.

It came from the great exhibition
from 1851.

Right. All manufacturers
of different crafts

put an exhibition on
to show what people could do.

And it stayed in the family
all that time? 167 years.

That's incredible.

So where's your husband?

Unfortunately, my husband
passed away in 2017

because of aggressive Alzheimer's.

Sorry to hear this.

And this chair was so special to him

because it came through since
he was tiny,

his mum nursed him in it,

we nursed our kids in it.

When Robin was ill

I gave it to Katie to take
to her house

so that she could look after him

while I got some respite.

You nursed him at home?

Yeah, we used the chair.

I would read to him while he sat
in the chair and listened to music.

What would the music do to him?

Music calmed him and
just made him and the smile

that would go on
his face was just wonderful.

This chair meant so much

because he knew it
from his childhood.

He sat in it, when he
was sick he was in it.

He knew it with his mum.

What would you like us to do
to it cos it's so important?

Do you know what Robin
would have loved?

To have seen it in
its original state.

Yeah. The way it
was at the beginning,

because we haven't a clue.

OK. And neither did he.

I do know it's missing
a number of nuts.

The square nuts actually Dad
made. Did he? These ones were lost.

They can go because
if you rock back too far

you gouge a hole in the wall!

THEY LAUGH

So, replace the nuts.
Yes, if he could.

Dom... Ah, yeah. ..he knows
a thing or two about metal

and I think he's going
to love this chair.

Did it originally have
this corduroy on it? No.

You're smiling. I know! Do you
have something to do with it?

My first attempt at
re-upholstering, right? Oh, right.

I think it should go.

It would be lovely to see
what you can do with it,

but you won't be able
to destroy its soul.

No. That's the thing. Even, you
know, getting rid of Mum's corduroy,

the soul of it will not go,
and that's the bit that Dad's in.

Yeah. If I get a little
down or a little nostalgic,

I'll go and sit in the chair
and put one of his vinyls on

and sit and listen to the music.

The chair feels like it's
cradling you, like he's holding me

when I'm sitting in the chair,
as I was when I was a kid.

It's something so special. Mm.

And when was the last time
you sat in this chair?

I haven't sat in it since he went.

Oh, wow. Would you like to sit back
in it, though?

Yes, but not at the minute.

No. Not at the minute.

No...

It's his chair.

So, our job is to bring
back his soul... Yeah.

..so you can... Yeah, just his soul.

So, hopefully, you can
sit in the chair, then.

Yes, I'd love to.

OK, we'll try and fulfil that wish.

It's a very special chair.

I'm so excited to see
what's under that cover.

Yeah, you're not the only one!

It's going to be a
voyage of discovery.

Thank you so much. No worries.
You guys take care now. OK?

Take care. Bye. Bye-bye.
Thank you, bye. Bye. Bye.

Beautiful memories aren't
just carried in that chair.

It just really reminds
me of my dad so, so much.

He loved the chair, but
he always wanted to know

what it would have
looked like... Yeah.

..had it been at the very
beginning of its life.

It's going to be very
strange not to have it around,

but I definitely feel it's worth it.

Now, that is special.
Yes, Jay! Oh, it's beautiful.

I knew you would be
interested in this.

What we need to do with this
is get it right back to

the original design - how would it
have looked in a great exhibition?

That's what I want to know. It
sounds like I've got homework to do.

Well, both of you got some
homework to do. Yeah. Yeah?

Good luck. Thank you. All right?
SHE CHUCKLES

This chair is an adventurous
upholsterer's dream

to restore, particularly back
to its original state.

So, when this chair
was made, in 1851,

the padding definitely would
have been made from horse hair

and over the years, as it's gone
through its transformations,

that horse hair's
been changed to foam.

So...I am definitely

going to re-upholster this pad

using the original
horse hair techniques.

I'm going to continue to strip all
of this upholstery and fabric off

and then I can get the foam to Dom.

DOOR CREAKS

The barn's next arrival
is Rosie Silk from London,

with a dearly loved curiosity.

It's crying out for the attention
of restorers of all things musical,

David Burville.

Hello! Hello. How are you doing?
Very well, and you?

I'm very good, and what
have we got in the basket?

This is Bear.

Ooh! Here we are.
Out you come. Oh, wow!

I always love an item that makes
you smile and that is just perfect.

He's very loved.

It belonged to my dear old mum.
OK, and Mum's name is?

Vi. So, where did Vi
get this from, then?

Dear old Mum loved animals.

She fed all the local strays,
she took in cats and dogs.

Yeah. But she also used
to go round junk shops

and buy broken ornaments.
Yeah? Little animals... Right.

..with ears missing
or tails missing.

Did she fix them, then?

Occasionally, but otherwise,
they would just be in a cabinet

and she gave them a home.

Aw! So, she, like, adopted
these little figurines, then?

Yeah, she adopted them,
she loved them.

And on one day in
the very early '70s,

she saw Bear in an antique shop.

Yeah. It was love at
first sight for her.

Yeah. But he was so expensive,
much more than the few bob

she ever had to spend.

So, she went to see her
bank manager and got a loan

for home improvements
and immediately went back

and bought Bear... Cor!
..which improved the home.

THEY LAUGH

So, was Bear...was he
broken as well, then?

This is exactly how he was bought.

The musical box bit, which...

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

Oh, here he goes!

..works.

But the rest of him doesn't.

He definitely looks well-loved!

He is well-loved, he is
well-loved, indeed, yeah!

Yeah. His head moves.

OK. So, Mum always wondered
if he was meant to move

when the music played.

Having his head move like that,
it looks like he should be

operated by something, doesn't it?

Yes, yes. We just don't know.
No. He's a mystery.

She bought him broken for a
lot of money but loved him.

So, what was Mum like, then?

My mum was a big, bigger
than life character.

She was very sentimental,
huge loving heart.

Yeah, aw! And she always wanted
to rescue and look after things

that others didn't love.

She left school at 14 and then
as soon as she was old enough,

she joined up during the war -
the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

She was in Fields and Ops.
Right.

She was the person relaying the
information to the plotters,

pushing the little
aeroplanes on the big map.

Yeah. She loved her war years.

We used to say,
"Don't mention the war!",

cos she'd always talk about it.

THEY LAUGH

How come you've got Bear now, then?
Well, Mum passed away in 2010.

OK. And he came to me.

And I look at him and think,
it would be nice to have him

working properly... Yeah.
..for my old mum.

Yeah. Yeah. Rosie, thank you
for bringing Bear in. Yeah.

And making me smile.

Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you. You take care now.

You're welcome. Bye-bye.
Take care. All the best.

When I look at Bear, I see my
mum very proudly clutching him

when she bought him and
she loved him dearly.

If Mum knew I was here today,
she'd say, "Oh, jolly good show!

"Oh, fantastic, darling.
Well done."

Now, he is well cute.
He's fantastic, isn't he?

Absolutely wonderful!

That big key there,
that plays the music?

Yeah, that one plays the music.

So what works his body
and his head, then?

Well, I reckon that
looks like a key.

So, that probably will wind up his
body, then, or his head, yeah?

Yeah. So, we've got to
take him all the pieces... OK.

..and then see what's jammed
up and see what's missing

because this is obviously
not working properly

and he actually feels as though
he's got a little bit of damage...

On the top of his head, yeah? Yeah.

Well, Rosie's mum done a brilliant
job of looking after

all those animals and ornaments.
Oh, yeah.

All you've got to do is save the
bear, haven't you? Absolutely.

All right? Absolutely. Great.

I suppose he would be
classed as an automaton,

although his movements
are fairly limited,

but his head should rock.

So, the first thing I'm going to do
is I'm going to take his head off.

See if I can undo this.

So, he's got a lead weight
on the bottom of his neck

to act as kind of a pendulum.

It looks like there's a little
connection attached to the clockwork

mechanism that should be
powering his head.

What I've got to try
and do is get that out

and see what damage there
is to it and see why his head

hasn't been moving.

Just going to undo
the key off the back.

With any luck...

Ah, that's good!

It's really, really sticky
and that's probably why

it's not been working.

That wants a good clean and
then hopefully that should

make his head wobble.

Having stripped all the 1970s
seating off the Victorian

rocking chair, Sonnaz has been
preparing to make the first

of many layers for
the horse hair cushion.

But before she can get
stuck into her reupholstery,

the iron frame needs to go to
Dom, so he can transform it

back to how it looked
at the Great Exhibition.

Dom! Hey! Look what
I've got for you!

Whoa, you've been busy. Yes.
Look at that!

You know what? I've been
doing my homework... Have you?!

..as Jay requested, yes. Great!

And look, I've managed to
find this picture. Wow, yes.

That's what we're aiming for.

I feel like maybe we've
aligned our research

because leather is what
I had found as well. Perfect!

Did you discover anything,
underneath all of that '70s fabric?

What I discover, Dom, was that
it's completely out of square.

Oh... Yeah. Oh, is it, really?

So, I hate to add
more work to your list.

Leave it with me.

I will try my best to straighten
it all up and get it all ready.

Thank you! All right. Bye.

My list of jobs is
getting bigger and bigger.

These bars run throughout the
chair and the nuts on the end

bolt it all together.

The problem I've got is I'm
missing about five of these

beautiful brass nuts.

I definitely can't go and
buy a new one of these,

so I'm going to
have to remake those.

The nuts and bolts of this
is going to be quite tricky.

Inside, Sonnaz is now ready
to begin the laborious process

of stuffing the inner cushion
she's made from cotton and hessian.

What's always amazing with
horsehair is how much you need

to create even a semi-firm pad.

Certainly one of the top
tips that I was given is

if you think you've got
enough stuffing in there -

stuff it some more
because you probably haven't!

HE GROANS

Straightening the bent pieces
of the hefty iron frame

will take some serious hard work.

That's what I like to see.
Look at that! That is nice.

Lovely, isn't it? Yeah,
yeah. Apart from this end.

I think that's probably
the worst bit of the damage.

So, these two have got a match up?
Literally.

That hole needs to
line up with that hole. OK.

So it's quite far off!

This flame's really, really hot,
so it's not going to take too long.

You'll see this glow red. That's
got to move a lot of distance.

I tell you, that's why you're here.
I'm the muscles, you're the brains.

Ooh!

It's all right, Jay. Done.

OK? All right. See, it's
better. It's better now.

Yeah... It's getting
close now. That's...yeah.

Already, in that short amount
of time, we've managed to get

all of this back, up to
there's now is really good.

Are you happy? I'll be happy
when that bolt goes in!

HE LAUGHS

OK!

Oh, man! Straight in.

Brilliant!

I'm making a mould, basically,
with this special casting sand

that I'm just packing in
around the four original nuts

for the iron rocking chair and
we're going to make some new ones.

This is how these would
have been made originally.

They would have been cast.

I'm trying to replicate the every
little bit of detail on these

original nuts, you know, where
they've been slightly rounded off,

and worn and chipped and dinged.

By packing this sand in nice and
tight, it's going to make a relief

of all of that texture
on the original pieces.

When I remove those nuts, it all
holds its shape and I can pour in

the nice molten brass.

All I'm going to do now
is heat up scraps of brass

to about 900 degrees.

They'll become molten and that
will allow me to then just pour

that molten brass
into these little holes.

Wow, that is hot!

It's the moment of truth.

I'm going to pull one out now
and see what it looks like.

Oh, brilliant. Look at that!

That compared to the original,
bang on, I could not be happier.

All that's really left to
do now is put it in the lathe

and just drill the inside out.

Now is the anxious time of seeing
if the chair bolts back together.

Now that she's created a
cosy cushion for its owners

to sink into, it's time
for Sonnaz to start on

the most important layer of all.

There's something very satisfying
about working with leather.

Just the texture of
when you're marking on it,

when you cut through it,
it's so soft and supple and lovely!

Next to the repair shop is
Maureen Robinson from Southampton.

She's brought along a symbol
of an enduring friendship

for the attention of leather
expert Suzie Fletcher.

What have you got for me today?

You're going to
have to wait and see.

It's going to be here in a minute.

Oh, bless her. Hello! Hello.

How are you?
I'm very well, thank you.

It's lovely to see you. Likewise.
Lovely to meet you.

There is something for us in
the box, isn't there? There is.

It's a rather dilapidated cowbell.
BELL TINKLES

Oh, it's a cowbell. I was just
about to say you've got a big dog!

THEY LAUGH

Look at the size of that!
Where's this from, then?

Did you buy this? It was a
present bought for me by a friend

about 50 years ago.

OK. She had just come
back from the Alps and, um,

she bought a cowbell back
for herself and this for me.

So, who was this really
good friend of yours

that brought you the cowbell?

So, my friend's name is
Martine and she's French

and we met initially as pen friends,

and we did these sort
of exchange visits.

She would come and
stay with my family,

I would go and stay
with her family. Yeah.

And the lovely thing is that our
families became friends as well

and were very close.

Did your family know how
to speak French? No, no, no.

So, Martine's dad, Michel,
didn't speak a word of English.

My father's idea of speaking
French is stick a "cion"

on the end of any old words!

THEY LAUGH

OK. But they had...they got
along like a house on fire,

they really did, and we
still do see each other.

She was my bridesmaid.
Oh, how lovely is that?!

And, of course, I was at her
wedding. That's beautiful.

It represents, for me,
a lifelong friendship.

Why do you want to
get the bell fixed now?

Well, I told you that my dad
and Michel were good friends.

Yes, yeah.

So, in...erm...

In the height of the pandemic
this year, my father caught Covid.

Oh...

And died.

And then, just a few weeks
later, of natural causes,

Martine's father died as well.

No. So, um, a very
sad time for both of us.

Mm. Yeah.

That's why it's...this became a
bit symbolic for me at that time,

about, you know, it was
seeing something mended.

Yeah. Mm.

Were you there for
each other at the time?

Yeah.

It could have been a lot better
if it hadn't been for lockdown

and goodness knows what else.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

What would you like Suzie
to do to this cowbell?

Well, I'd like her
to weave her magic.

Oh! Um, if you can.

I mean, I probably should
have treated the leather

with more respect.

It's spent quite a lot of its
time sitting on my fireplace,

just by the side of the fire.

OK. You was worried then!

THEY LAUGH

And I'm not quite sure how,
but in the past few weeks,

what was a crack has now become
something a bit more serious.

Yeah. Yeah.

It looks quite thick, Suzie.
It's thick, is it?

it is very, very thick.

I think I do need to hear it ring.

BELL RINGS

Wow! Now, you wouldn't lose
a cow with that on, would you?!

No! This is a hefty
piece of kit, isn't it?

It is, yep. I've got some ideas.

I've got no doubt at
all you'll do your best.

Maureen, thank you for
bringing it in. Thank you.

It's been lovely to meet you all!
OK, see you soon. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye. Bye!

When Martine gave me the
cowbell, I think I must've been

about 17 or 18.

It's quite special seeing
something rejuvenated as a tribute

to our lives and the whole
family's lives together.

And it's weird that it should
be in a cowbell, but, you know,

we've all got our
eccentricities and I'm, you know,

up there with all of those!

BELL JANGLES SOFTLY

Just looking over
the condition of it,

actually, my heart is sinking.

This is probably some of the worst
damaged leather I have ever seen.

The inside here
looks like charred wood

and I'm certain that
this will fall apart

if I move it too much.

What I have to figure out
is how am I going to reinforce

all of this leather
without taking anything apart?

I think the first thing I need to do
is start dry cleaning the insides,

get all the dust out
and any loose flaky dirt

because I'm going to have to
go in with a leather filler

and I want to make sure
that I get a really solid bond.

Freed of their grime, on
David's workbench are the music box

and the mechanism that
should make Bear's head move.

Now I just need to give them
just a little bit of a brush up

with a wire brush and then
they're ready to go back

into the bear.

But before Bear can get
singing and dancing again,

David needs to investigate a
bump on his papier mache skull.

I'm just using
an artist's palette knife,

just to get underneath the fur.

Fortunately, I only need to remove
the fur from the back of the head.

That will give me access
so that I can reach the front.

It's really nerve-racking.

I'm actually...I'm actually...
I can feel myself shaking

a little bit whilst I'm doing
it because I don't want to

damage the fur.

I should be in scrubs doing
this because it really is a bit

of surgery on him.

And I'm just going to
use this to gently cut

into the paper mache.

We're not going to hurt you.
It'll be all right.

SAW WHIRS

Right, I'm through.

It looks like he's actually
had a lump come out of his head,

so he's going to need quite
a lot of paper mache-ing.

He's had quite a whack on the head.

Fortunately, the fur has
actually kept its shape

because it's gone
a little bit stiff.

So, I can actually re-paper mache
back to the shape of his fur

and not change his original shape.

That's really firmed it up,
and I'm really, really pleased

with the way that's come out.

I'm getting quite
attached to this little guy.

He's got quite a cute little face.

Now that Bear's got
less of a sore head,

his tired coat could
receive some attention

from the barn's
soft toy specialists.

Amanda? Yes.

Could I have a hand for a minute?

Oh, hello!
We've got this little chap.

Oh, look, he's got a lovely face.

He's a little bit worse for wear.

OK. So I was wondering if
I can pass him over to you?

Absolutely. Come on, Bear.

His head... So cute!

He just needs a general
clean up, doesn't he? Yeah.

Super! Thanks ever so much.

VACUUM HUMS

On Sonnaz's bench,
the transformation

of the Victorian rocking
chair is almost complete.

I've got to possibly the most
exciting stage of this chair

and that is buttoning
through the centre.

I'm going for this diamond shape
and these buttons are basically

going to make it look plump
and full and inviting to sit in.

Instantly...

..you can see how
it's going to look.

Looking at the pad on the
frame now, I'm just so thrilled.

I'm so excited to see what Jackie
and Katie think of the chair.

The memories and the feelings
that they have towards this chair,

I can feel myself getting excited
as I'm kind of nearing the end.

This rocking chair had cradled
a family for four generations,

but a 1970s makeover detracted
from its handsome Victorian design.

Jackie and Katie never
saw it in its heyday,

but for them, it will always be
a link to the husband and father

they lost three years ago.

I have been thinking about Dad
more and missing him more.

So, to be able to have the
chair back and to sit and listen

to the vinyls like he's here
again, that would be just...

I'm just so excited!

And I'm excited for her because I
know how much Katie has missed it.

Hi!

Hi. How are we doing? You OK?

Excited! You excited?
Really excited. Very excited.

You did ask us to restore it back
to how Robin would have wanted it.

Yeah. And that's back
to its original. Yes.

I can't wait. Just so excited.

Sonnaz, do us the honours.

Oh, my God!

That's fantastic!

VOICE BREAKING:
He would just love that.

He would've just loved that.

SHE CRIES SOFTLY

I could just see him sitting in it.

It's beautiful.
It's absolutely wonderful!

Wonderful.

Sorry. There's words,
but they're not coming out.

It's totally different,
but it's the same...

..soul.

It is absolutely stunning.
Thank you.

Is there any chance
we could sit in it? Of course!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, yes, look, there it goes.

Oh, wow. Such comfort!

Oh!

It's been a real joy to work on.

And I can speak on behalf
of Dom because the metalwork

and the research he found out about
the chair is just second to none.

Thank you for giving it new life.

More than welcome.
Thank you so much. OK?

Take care. See you. You too.
Take care. Safe journey.

Bye-bye. Bye. Bye.

Oh, bless her! Quality.
That's quality!

My brain had to catch up with
the fact that that was our chair.

It's stunning, but it's still got
so much character and soul to it.

I can tell you now, Robin would
have appreciated every minute

that was spent on that. Yeah.

He's looking down at us
and he's watching us all.

He's sitting in the chair,
sitting in my chair right now.

Want to go and get it back!

As one rejuvenated
leather item heads home,

Suzie still has a long way
to go with the cowbell's collar.

Now rid of its flaking debris,
she could knuckle down

to the many repairs it needs,
starting with the cracks and holes.

The leather filler that
I use is made up of leather dust

and it's basically shavings
from where I've run leather

through my splitting machine.

It just takes off a very
thin layer and we get this

lovely dust left behind.

As it's made up of leather
fibres, it does, in fact,

add some strength
back into the leather.

But although this
glue looks really white,

the beauty of it is as
it dries, it becomes clear.

Because there is multiple cracks
and crevices that I need to fill,

this is going to take a lot of time.

Well, I've got the
filling done and it's dried.

It really does look a lot
better than I was anticipating

because the cracks and
crevices were so deep.

I'm going to move on now
to reinforcing this area

where the leather strap goes
through this beautiful brass buckle.

The issue I have here,
if I try to manoeuvre it

to come out of this buckle,
I'm certain it's going to break.

The best thing I can do is try
and line it actually in situ

using vellum, which is a
very, very paper thin leather

that used to be used as a parchment
paper for important documents.

What I like about it is even
though it's like tissue paper,

it is incredibly strong.

I've got the inside
of the cowbell lined now

and now here's the part
I've been working towards

and that's repairing
this significant break.

So what I'm going to do is wedge
down with a very sharp scalpel,

each side of the split,
and then overlap them slightly.

OK, now I can go ahead and
use a really strong contact glue

to join the two sides.

And now I'm going to marry
them together like that.

Now I've got that join together,
I'm going to start pasting

the vellum strips over the join,

and that will give that
extra security I need

to hold that join together.

I'm really relieved
that that's done.

The whole structure of
the leather actually feels

an awful lot more secure.

I can now get on with
the cleaning process.

BELL CLANGS SOFTLY

Also, almost out of the
woods is the musical bear,

now back in the hands of David.

I must say, the teddy bear ladies
have done an absolutely amazing job.

He really does look much, much
happier and much, much cleaner.

I think he's ready
to be reassembled now.

The first step is to
put back the mechanism

which was supposed to rock his head.

I'm going to start by
just reattaching the rod

that links to his head, and
then we're onto the tricky bit.

The mechanism is
almost too wide to go in,

and then I've got to try
and align the mechanism up

with the keyhole.

This is a real struggle.

HE CHUCKLES

There's not a lot of
space inside the bear.

So, I'm just tightening it now.

So that's the key actually
screwed on to the mechanism.

Ah, that's a huge, huge relief!

So, he's tick-tock
mechanism is back in,

so it's just a case of
reassembling everything.

This is a little bit tricky
because I've got to hook

his mechanism rod into
the side of his head.

Just hoping that he does
what we think he's going to do.

GENTLE TICK-TOCKING

Ah! That seems to be
doing what it should be!

I'm the first person for...

..decades to have seen him do that.

Quite an amazing feeling, actually.

Owner Rosie has returned to reclaim
the bear rescued from a junk shop

shelf by her late
mother in the 1970s.

I'm feeling a little
bit nervous, very excited.

We'd always wondered if
he actually did anything,

so it'd be fantastic
to see if he actually is

a mechanical bear in any way.

Here she is. Hello, Rosie.
Hello! How're you doing?

How you doing? How nice to see you.
Good to see you, good to see you.

Well, I'm pleased to tell you that
your bear has been behaving.

And he's in one piece?

Hopefully! Well, wait and see.

So, have you missed him?
Very much.

There's a very empty
space where Bear always is.

A bare space for Bear.

So, you ready?

SHE INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES

Yes.

Dave, go on. Right.

SHE GASPS

Oh, look at him!

Hello, you!

Oh, bless him,
his little eyes shining!

Missed it so much!

THEY LAUGH SOFTLY

Oh! Is he wound up?
Yes, yes, he is, yes.

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

And if you'd like to give
his head a little tap...

A little bit more.

MUSIC BOX CONTINUES TO PLAY

Oh, look at Mum's bear!

Oh!

He's like a metronome, isn't he?
Yeah, yeah!

Oh!

I thought if your mum had
never seen him working... No.

..then how long he'd not
worked is anybody's guess.

I don't know. It could be decades.

We would were suspicious,
but we didn't know... No.

..if he was going to move or not.
No. Yeah, yeah.

His secret's out. Yes!

He's all clean!
The teddy bear ladies,

they did a beautiful job on him.

Oh, thank you!
You're welcome, it was great fun.

Oh, he's a very happy bear.
Yes. And I'm a very happy person!

Thank you guys so much.

I can just hear my old mum saying,
"You dear, dear boys!"

THEY LAUGH

Aw!

Oh, my heart's pounding,
it really is pounding.

You think Mum would be happy?

My mother would be
absolutely thrilled to bits.

I'll put him in a
little box for you.

Mum's bear.

To see that bear
looking so wonderful

and...oh! So happy looking.

And then when he started
to move in time to the music,

it was just as he's meant to be.

How my dear old mum
never really saw him

but had always hoped he would be.

So, I'm thrilled bits with myself.

There we go. So kind of you.

Thank you. Bless you. Let me
get the door for you, Rosie.

Thank you.

Well done you, eh?!
Good, wasn't it? Quality!

Nearly ready to go home
is the Alpine cowbell.

Suzie's work is done, but the
final task requires the skills

of big brother Steve.

Hello there.

Unusual request - a cowbell.

Before I give it back,
I was wondering,

can you do anything to polish
up the brass buckle and the bell?

Oh, yeah, definitely.
Leave it with me. Cheers.

I'm just covering the
leather up with clingfilm

because Suzie would kill me if
I harmed her leather in any way!

Yeah, that's going
to come up really nice.

That's going to look great.

This symbol of a lifelong
friendship arrived at the barn

tarnished, dried out and broken.

Maureen's returned
to collect the item,

gifted by her teenage
pen over 50 years ago.

I have been thinking about the
times that we used to spend together

and all the fun that we had.

And it's quite special to know
that birth, life, death -

we've been there together with
each other and the cowbell has been

with me through all of that,
but it hasn't had all the love

and attention it
should've had over the years.

Hello. Hello!

How are you doing?
Very well, thank you.

It's lovely to see you both.
Likewise. Yes.

So, it is a special
occasion, isn't it?

Very, very curious...to
see what it's going to be

underneath the blanket.

You ready?
You're excited, aren't you?

Oh, I'm always, always
excited at this time.

Yes, always.

So, I'm itching to show you
what I've been able to do.

I just don't want to keep
you in suspense any longer.

So kind! Right, here goes, then.

Oh, isn't that beautiful?!

Shiny, and you've
managed to mend it.

SHE LAUGHS

BELL RINGS

Yeah, it still rings!

Look at that. Beautifully,
beautifully done.

It was definitely in a lot worse
condition than I thought

when you initially brought it in.

When I got it back to my bench and
had a look, I thought,

my word, this is a...
What've I done?!

THEY LAUGH

This is going to
really stretch me.

You've put a lot of work into
that and I thank you sincerely

for everything that you've done.

I do have to mention, Steve.

He very kindly polished
up the bell and the buckle.

Thank you, Steve.
You're very welcome.

But Suzie did all the hard work!

THEY LAUGH

You just did the shiny bits.

Thank you.

So, did Martine know
that it was broken?

She knew that I was
going to get it repaired.

So, yeah, I'll have to
make the video call now

and show her what
what's become of it.

And every time I look at it,
I shall be thanking you

for the work you've done on it,
Suzie, thank you.

Thank you for bringing it in.
Thanks. Thank you.

OK, thank you.
All right, you take care.

Thanks so much. No problem.
Goodbye! Bye-bye.

I feel that I've
fulfilled a responsibility.

We've gone from a time when
we were quirky kids together

and all through all that
respectability thing

and I can read all
through the cowbell.

I had neglected it, and I don't
want to neglect the friendship.

Now that the
cowbell's been repaired,

it's had a really good effect.

Join us next time, as more
timeworn keepsakes are restored...

Oh, that's really good news.

I've just found a found
a bent tooth.

..and forgotten memories revived...

This is what I used to do.

That's fabulous!

..in The Repair Shop.