The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 28 - Episode #7.28 - 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 returned to their
former glory.

That is lovely.
That is lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life

is what makes The Repair Shop
so special.

..and a dream team of
expert craftspeople...

Amazing.



It's a bit like brain surgery.

Go on!

..come together to work their magic.

Yahoo!

HE LAUGHS

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!

HE LAUGHS

..the memories...

TEARFULLY: I'm so happy to see it.

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

That's made it all worthwhile.

In The Repair Shop today...

Feeling as if you're really saddling
me with a huge job here. Ohh!

Oh, no, I'm not. OK.

SHE CHUCKLES

..a team effort to restore the
fortunes of a theatrical has-been.

As long as he looks like a
pantomime horse again,

we can go for it.
So, it's really, really exciting.

..and a fiddly fix for Julian
on a clapped-out, '60s guitar.

I think this is just like
pulling out teeth.

Hopefully, the poor girl
can't feel it.

But first to arrive is
Eleanor Grunwald from Leeds.

Her hopes are pinned on
master goldsmith Richard Talman

saving two small heirlooms
with huge meaning.

Hello. Hello.

How are you doing? I'm all right.
Thank you. Nice to meet you both.

You've brought some jewellery in,
is that right?

Yes, I have got an engagement
ring and an eternity ring

that belonged to my grandma, Edna.

We never met.

She passed away in 1984,
and I was born in '89.

OK. My grandma was an albino.

She had white hair and a pink
pigmentation in her eyes

that reduced her sight quite a lot.

So, she might tell you
that she could see... Yeah.

..but she definitely couldn't see
across the road, to cross safely.

OK. My grandad was fully blind.

They got married on her 26th
birthday, and then,

they had four children, and my
grandad was a local councillor

and mayoral candidate for the area.

And my grandma was there running
the house, always by his side.

She was his eyes...to an extent.

To an extent.

THEY LAUGH

So, even though the
grandparents were blind,

they never let that hold them back?

Absolutely not.

They absolutely did not let their,
you know, disabilities stop them.

My grandma was the person
who inspired my dad,

the person who gave him
the can-do attitude in a way

that he then passed on to me.

What was Dad's name?

My dad's name was Bryan,
so he was just "our Bry",

as everybody called him. Our Bry.

Me and him, we were very,
very similar,

similar sense of humour,
similar attitude, erm, to life.

I lost him when I was 22,
so I hadn't really got to a stage

where he could see what I'd become.

But he'd watched me go to university
and achieve my degree,

and he was always so proud.

Yeah, he was like my best friend.
He really was.

Today would've been
my grandma's 100th birthday.

And my dad has been gone
for ten years this year.

The rings, they're a connection
to the family that I've lost,

my dad and my grandparents. Yeah.

And I think just having the rings
where I could wear them,

where I could look after them,
and then, maybe one day certainly

wear them at my own wedding and
pass them on eventually,

like they were passed on to me.

What's actually wrong with them?

So, the engagement ring does
have a little breakage here.

And the design on the top part
of it's just gone, just gone.

Right. And the eternity ring, it's
got some of the crystals missing.

They're very delicate little things,
and you can, sort, of see that

they were loved, and they were worn.

May I take a look?
You absolutely can.

So, yeah, we can see where it
has worn away at the sides.

So, yeah, this is definitely not in
wearing condition at the moment.

The eternity ring's shed a
few stones, hasn't it? Definitely.

THEY LAUGH
Over the years. Over the years.

Well, this is, erm...

This is going to be quite a
task to undertake. Yeah?

I think my dad would have been
so proud that I've tried

to bring them back, but also
that I would want to wear them,

as well, because he really was
incredibly close to his mum.

Thank you for bringing this in.

And I'm sure Richard -
we'll be able to do something?

Oh, I hope so. It's a challenge
I'm looking forward

to taking on, this one.
Brilliant. Thank you so much.

You take care now. Bye now.
Take care. Bye-bye.

The rings, they're a connection
to my dad and my grandparents.

I think just that hope
that they're in a position

where they can be worn.

I think that hope, sort of,
all bubbles up, and it is

quite an emotional experience.

I'm just now taking a closer
look at the engagement ring.

Part of the shoulder here has
sprung, but most concerningly

part of the pattern on the top,
just around the centre diamond,

has actually snapped off.

That'll have to be built up.

The eternity ring is
a little bit misshapen.

I would say that this has taken
some kind of impact.

These stones are white sapphires.

It was quite popular during
this age, and there's three missing,

so I'm going to remove one
of the white sapphires.

I can then take a very accurate
measure so I can make sure we get

the correct stones to go back in.

I'm just using a gramophone needle,
just to apply a bit of pressure.

It's a very,
very sharp and hard point,

which we use for all different
types of the jewellery trade.

I measure that at...1.8 millimetres.

So, need to ensure we get
a few exactly that size.

Before I can do any work
on these rings,

I need to make sure that
they're as clean as possible.

And for that, I'm going to put them
in an ultrasonic tank and

let it blitz the dirt out,
and they'll be ready to work on.

The barn's next arrivals are
husband and wife

Richard and Cath Bond.

They've got a prized possession
on its last legs

for the attention of fur aficionados

Amanda Middleditch and
Julie Tatchell.

Hi.

Hello. Hello.
Welcome. Oh, my goodness!

We've brought you something rather
bigger than a teddy bear.

OK. OK.

Has it got fur on it?
It has got fur on it.

Smelly fur, I'm afraid.

Oh, my goodness.

RICHARD: I'll get this bit out. Oh!

THEY LAUGH

We have brought you Dobbin.
Oh, my goodness!

Wow, he's incredible.

He's a pantomime horse,
a very elderly pantomime horse.

Does he belong to you?

He does now.

But he used to belong to
a lady called Cathy,

who was originally in the
same am-dram group as us.

OK. When she retired...

..she knew I had a soft spot,
and she's passed him across to me.

And she said Dobbin came into
their family just after the war,

and they were employed by
the local authority to go round

providing entertainment for people,
presumably to cheer them up. OK.

So, Dobbin must've been...
part of that cheering up.

I can see that he really
would've cheered them up.

THEY CHUCKLE

He was part of pantomime within
our local am-dram group

that we belonged to for many years.

So, Richard joined the group
back in 1967.

Went to do the lights,
ended up with a part.

Never looked back.
Wow. What part did you get?

I got the part of the villain.

And Dobbin appeared in
that pantomime.

And I think I got a few kicks
from him in that, as well,

for being the villain. Did you?

I joined the group soon after,
because we'd just started going out.

And if I wanted to see him,
then I'd join the group.

That's where you had to go, yeah.

He actually gate-crashed
our wedding.

No way! Yeah.
He came trotting down the road,

carrying a service in his mouth.

And I don't suppose there's
many people who could say

they've had a pantomime horse at
their wedding. No, definitely not.

So, he is...
He's a bit special to us.

Can you explain to us a little bit
of how Dobbin, sort of, works?

The head - excuse me a minute,
I'll just disappear. Ooh!

He's going in!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, look - hello.

When he's got the string on...
That does that. OK.

..then you can move his mouth. Yeah.

And also, his eyes...
and his ears move.

How did Dobbin get into
this state that he's in now?

Well, when we collected him,
he was obviously pretty ropey.

He didn't have...
Those are the legs.

They're not the original legs.

I can remember, sort of, furry legs
more like this. Like that?

And he was obviously -
he's obviously quite dirty.

So, we thought maybe we could
have a go at repairing him.

So, that's why he's ended up
in bits, really, sadly.

I can honestly say we've never
tackled anything like this before.

Have we got, kind of,
quite free rein with this, then?

Yeah. That was a good - "free rein"!
Free rein! Sorry.

THEY CHUCKLE

To get him looking
like a pantomime horse again.

Yeah, we'd just love to get
him back out on stage.

If we are able to get him
all back together...

..are you going to wear him for us?

Yes. He said "yes".

THEY CHEER

I'll come prepared.

This is going to be fun.

Looking forward to it.

Time to go. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Bye. Bye! Bye!

We'd like to see Dobbin restored so
that he can read the boards again.

Dobbin's still around and,
I have to say, unfortunately,

a lot of the people at our wedding
aren't with us any more. Yeah.

So, it's a memory that
takes us right back to

when everybody was together. Yeah.

Oh, my. Oh, dear.
What have we got ourselves into?

THEY CHUCKLE

Where to begin, really, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'll talk head first, then.

Do you think we should get Steve
to have a look at the workings?

Oh, gosh. Yeah, definitely.

I think we should strip it back...

Yeah? ..strengthen it,
and get it stable.

And then,
when it comes back from Steve,

do all the pretty stuff after that.

Definitely. OK.

All this fabric -
Cath said she was quite happy.

She'd rather like him to have new,
furry legs. Brilliant.

But this, I think...

Yeah, I think we can, you know,
make it back into a body

that resembles a horse.

We can do that! Of course we can.
No problem. Absolutely.

But the main thing, I think,
to begin with is to get it cleaned.

OK, let's go for it.

So, I'm starting to prep Dobbin
for his cosmetic surgery.

As long as he looks like a pantomime
horse again, we can go for it.

So, it's really, really exciting...
but he's very wrinkly, cracked.

Richard and Cath have tried
to repair him.

They've stuck cloth on him.
There's tape on him.

So, I've got a lot of work here
to strip this right back

before we can start actually doing
any type of repair on it.

Oh, Dobbin.

On his workbench,

Richard's busy dealing with
the misshapen eternity ring.

Just a matter of going very,
very gently in between

each of the stones, stretching it.

Now it's a perfect circle,
he can fit the replacement gems -

a challenge requiring some muscle.

When you're setting any
sort of stone into a ring,

you've got to exert so much pressure
that, if you were just holding it

directly in your fingertips,
it would just never happen.

So, you've got to get it held
in a clamp, hold it really,

really tightly in your fist,
and really get down and

push the metal over it.

The little grooves that are
holding the sapphires in,

I just need to push those back
a little bit to allow

the new sapphire to go in...

..like so...

..which will leave enough of an
opening to get the new one in.

Just going to take
a really technical tool.

It's a little piece of beeswax.

It's absolutely perfect for the job
of picking the stones up...

..and hover it over,

and let it drop into the setting.

As basic as it seems as a tool,
it's absolutely perfect.

And I'm taking a graining tool,

and I place that over the grains...

..and give it a bit of a rock,
round in circles, to shift the metal

that's holding the stone,
and then, the rocking motion,

the circular motion gives it
a polished finish, allows it to

keep the stone in there as
accurately as possible.

So, that's one stone in.

Just got to repeat that process
three more times...

..to get all the others in.

So, it's now time to start work
on the engagement ring.

And the very first thing
I've got to tackle here is this

split in the shoulder,

where it's, sort of, sprung apart.

I just place it on a charcoal block.

Torch.

OK.

I'm now at the stage
where I need to reconstruct

the piece of missing platinum
for the top of the ring.

Now this poses a problem,
because the platinum solder will

melt at almost 1,600 degrees.

And, by the time it gets to that
temperature, the gold would've

completely melted and
the diamonds would have burnt.

So, I've actually got no other
choice than to use

a localised heat method.

And for that, I'm going to be
using this laser welder,

which is a neodymium yttrium
aluminium garnet laser.

Try saying that
when you've had a drink.

And every time you press
on the foot pedal,

it releases a really,
really intense and sharp laser beam,

which is melting the platinum feeder
wire onto the platinum head

and causing a really,
really strong and secure bond.

I need to do this gradually and
slowly, and it'll build up the part

that's missing so that it's dead
symmetrical with the other side.

We're probably about 10% of the
way there at the moment.

Our aim is to make this like
it was never missing.

The barn's next to rivals
Walter Renton and his daughter,

Anne, from Midlothian.

Hello. Hello. How are we doing?

Restoring what remains of Walter's
musical heyday will be a task

for stringed instrument expert
Julyan Wallis.

Hello. Hiya.

OK.

So, Walter, you was carrying
this in. This must be yours, then?

Yes. It is mine, yes.
Ashamed to say.

THEY LAUGH

Well, tell us about it.

It's a Dreadnought-type
electro guitar.

It was a guitar I fell in love
with very, very quickly.

Bought it when I was about 16, 17.

Had a lovely resonance,
had a lovely bassy sound,

which somebody told me complimented
my trebly voice.

Oh, so you used to sing,
as well as playing? Oh, yes, sir.

Constantly sings all the time.

Right. In the car, whilst you're
watching telly, everything.

THEY LAUGH
Singing all the time, yeah? Yeah.

What was the reason for you
buying this guitar, then?

I wanted to get into a band.

Everybody in the '60s wanted
to play in a band. OK.

And did you fulfil that?
Did you get in a band?

Yes. Oh, you did?

I played in bands for several years.

I played with The Who and Cat
Stevens at the Carlisle Market Hall.

Travelled way down to England
to be a support band that night.

JULYAN: Wow. That's amazing.

So, with regards to the guitar,

what would you like George
to do to this?

If you can get that playing again,
I would be absolutely delighted.

I've only got two playable
fingers now, these two here.

So, you've lost fingers.
How did that happen, then?

My dad's got a condition
called cryoglobulinemia,

which is a really rare
autoimmune disorder.

It blocked the circulation
to his fingers and his feet.

So, when I saw his fingers,
I just...

I knew at that point that they
were going to have to be amputated.

Yeah. He's a musician...

Sorry. That's all right.

He's a musician, so...
it was a huge impact.

You'd imagine.

He wasn't able to walk for
the best part of a year.

He's come so far and achieved
an awful lot in the year-and-a-half

since he became unwell.

He's driving again.
He's playing the keyboard again.

Apart from playing the guitar,
that's like the one thing.

The mission is to play
this guitar again.

I'd love to play that guitar again.
I really would.

So, how did your guitar
end up like this, then?

This was broken when I fell on ice.

And I took it to a
violin maker in Edinburgh,

and he repaired this bit here,

So, it's playing all right?
It was playing fine, yeah. OK, so...

It was a good enough repair.
So, that played fine.

Then what happens to the - because
the body looks a bit worse for wear.

Erm, since 1986,
it got put up in the loft,

and it's dried out because I don't
remember it being like this when I

put it up north with the back off,
so... It was all as one?

Mm-hm. Yeah, things have happened,
temperature and humidity-wise.

And all those forces would
ultimately help the glue

give up the ghost, then.

We haven't had a guitar
this bad in...

No, no. I don't think we have,
actually.

Whoa, this is really...

This is bad.

There's a lot of integral structural
stuff we have to get right

in order for it to be playable.

And if we don't get that right
and it's not playable,

it's not worth doing.

So, yeah, I've got plans.

THEY CHUCKLE

Simplistically I believe that...
you know, what happens to your body

happens to your body.

It shouldn't affect your spirit.

And I hope that what's happened
to that guitar's body

won't affect its spirit, either.
OK, yeah. Yeah.

Well, listen, I'll tell you what,
it's a real pleasure to have you

come in today and bring this guitar.

It does look a bit bad,
but we'll do something with it.

Thank you.

Let me get the door for you.
Right. OK. Thank you.

See you now. Bye-bye. Bye.

Thank you.

I would love for dad to be able
to play that guitar again.

He's done so well.
You've been so brave.

It marks a pretty big
milestone in my recovery.

It's going to recover?
I'm going to recover.

He's a powerful guy, isn't he?
JULYAN: Absolutely, yeah.

He's been through a lot, man. Yeah.

So, what have we got to do?

Well, it's all the
internal structure. Yeah.

Because everything's sprung out of
shape and nothing'll be aligned,

and it won't play. And then,
we're going to glue the back.

And then, obviously, sort out this
neck and get it strengthened up.

OK.

And then, you're going to attach
all the electrics in there,

and stuff, as well?

Yeah, I think that'd be one
of the last jobs we do. OK.

So, we'll get all of the structural
stuff done first. Yeah.

And then, it can play?

It'll play, and Walter'll be
a real happy man. Oh, wow.

Well, if there's anything you do
need, just let me know,

and I'll get it for you.
I'll get started. Not a problem.

Thank you. Thanks, mate.

There's just so much work to do.

This shape here hasn't really
been compromised over the years,

because everything's glued together.

However, when the back fell off,

this has actually popped out -

very much like a jack-in-the-box,
it's come out, and it's all,

sort of, spread out wide -
and we need to push it all back in.

So, I have to make a mould, and
that is basically multiple layers

of plywood that will ultimately go
on this side and pop everything

into where I need it.

It's curtain up on the restoration
of Dobbin, the pantomime horse.

While Amanda who fashions
Dobbin's replacement body...

So, hopefully, my lining will fit.

..Julie's got the bit between her
teeth with the cosmetics of

his mechanical head.

I'm making a start on a,
sort of, paper mache.

Once I've recreated his shape
and filled in all these holes,

and got some strength back
into these bits that were

originally broken, I'll be able to
then repaint some of these details,

like his eyes and his nose.

He'll just look gorgeous.

We've got to get him stage-ready.

IMITATING DOBBIN: "Hello, Steve."

Why the long face? Boom-boom. Ah.

Now, this is Dobbin. Yep.

He hasn't just come over to see you.
He needs your help.

OK, what sort of help? Right.

Inside here are all his workings.

Is any of the mechanism there?

Maybe. OK.

Feeling as if you're really
"saddling" me with a huge job here.

Oh, no, I'm not.

THEY LAUGH

OK, leave it with me,
I'll see what I can do. Thank you.

So, basically, I've got...
three different mechanisms.

One for the mouth...

..another that makes the eyes move,

and another that actually
moves the ears.

We're just going to pop some springs
into the mouth mechanism to see

if I can get the mouth to return
to the closed position.

Then I can add a rope to it,

just to see whether it will
open the mouth.

OK, I'm just going to
stand it up now.

So, the mouth is closed there.

And the mechanism should...
open this.

Brilliant, those springs work
very, very well.

So, I just need to fix them in
position so they don't

come off on stage, and then,
I'll get on with the eye mechanism.

So, I'm making Dobbin
some new trousers.

Richard and Cath didn't like the
trousers that were there,

they weren't the original,
and I totally agree with them.

They just weren't in keeping
with the rest of him.

So, we've got this really
lovely fur.

I've changed the shape slightly
to be quite loose and quite baggy,

etc, and I thought
they were a little slim.

So, yeah, let's get them cut out.

Good. I've got the eyes working now.

Now, I've just got to get
the ears done.

I'm not sure how the ears
were attached originally,

but if I drill a small hole...

..and then, screw this coil in,

and hopefully, then I can glue
the coils on the inside, and then,

I can attach a line to it,

and, when I pull the line down,
it should do something like that.

And actually, it gives him
a bit more character.

Looks a bit more like a horse now.

I'm just going to see if I can
thread the rope up through.

That works really, really well.

Good, I'm pleased with that.

Jewellery restorer Richard
is in the final furlong

of his restoration.

His clever repair on
the platinum engagement ring

just needs a bit more finessing.

I'm really happy with the way
the shape's come out on this.

I think it's a really,
really good match.

As you can see, I've got the
even line of the square

around both sides, and now, I just
need to spend a little bit more time

making sure all the dents and
scratches are removed,

the pattern's crisp, then giving it
a polish before giving it back.

Really excited about showing her.

Once precious symbols of love
between an inspirational couple,

these rings had lost their lustre,

with missing stones and bent metal.

But for Eleanor, they're a vital
link to beloved family members.

The dream for today would be that
Richard had got the rings back

to a position where I could
wear them every day,

because having the rings and
having that connection to my grandma

and my dad is really important.

TEARFULLY: I imagine they're
watching, and I think that in itself

just brings on all these joyful,
but also sad emotions,

cos I wish they were here.

JAY: There she is. Hello. Hello.
Hi, Eleanor.

Hi, nice to see you again. And you.

How are you feeling?

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

You shouldn't be nervous.

I know, but when I dropped them off,
they were in a bit of a state.

So, who knows what could be done?

You ready to see them? I am, yeah.

Rich, let's do the honours.
Let's go.

Oh, my gosh.

I never thought I'd see
them like this.

They look beautiful.
They look brand-new.

Can I touch them?

They're yours?

My grandma would've loved
to have seen them like this again.

They fit.

You've managed to put
all the stones back!

And it's definitely attached now.

THEY LAUGH

Less of a risk.

I don't think I can ever
thank you enough for this.

TEARFULLY: This is unbelievable.

How does it feel to wear them?

It's more than words can even
express, to have that connection

to the family that are
no longer with me.

It just keeps the memories going,
keeps the stories going,

and I'll think of them every day.

This is just...
this is the dream come true.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

You are so welcome, Eleanor.

I'm so grateful. You know, honestly.

They're yours to take home now.
Oh, great. OK? Thank you so much.

Thank you.
It's been a pleasure, Eleanor.

All right. You take care.
Take care now. Bye, now. Bye-bye.

I can't believe how beautiful
they've come out.

It's just magic. It really is.

I know how happy this would've
made my dad, to see the rings of

his mother, the woman who meant
so much to him,

being given this second chance.

Maybe I was meant to have them,

so that I could bring them
back to life.

And that just makes me feel amazing.

Guitar guru Julyan is about
to try to coax back together

the pieces of the warped
1960s instrument with help from

his specially-crafted mould.

So, the moment of truth, let's see.

So, I've got to jostle it around...

..because it has got to be
nice and tight.

I've just got to apply a good
bit of firm pressure to...

..get this baby in.

Yeah. Oh, here we go.

Aha! Success.

So, the mould should've hopefully
pushed everything back

into where I want it.

I'm ready to glue up and clamp.

How many clamps do you need?

It's ridiculous, isn't it?

They will go around the perimeter,
so you've got to have a pretty

consistent clamping pattern,
and there not be any gaps.

They're very simple,
but very effective. Exactly.

I'm just making sure
there's glue on both surfaces.

And then, when they go together,
all the glue binds well.

Just double checking that
I've got good contact

all the way around.

So, I'm pretty chuffed with that.

HE CHUCKLES

Removing the previous repair
to the neck is Julian's next task,

so he can then reattach it.

Whoever tackled this really threw
the kitchen sink at it.

My instinct,
after this strap is off,

is to strengthen it further,
to cut some channels in,

and then, I will put in wood of
the same colour, shape them back.

It should be very, very strong.

I'm going to take this little
gripping tool called a haemostat.

It's like a pair of scissors,
and they're great.

If I can grip, I can then twist.

I think it's just like
pulling out teeth.

Hopefully, the poor girl
can't feel it.

There we go.

We're going to take the rotor...

..to cut those channels.

The channels are done.

My next stage is to make
these strengthening splines,

which'll make this look a lot
better than three nasty holes.

These have really turned out very,
very nice.

And actually, a little flex test.

That neck hopefully
isn't going anywhere.

So, this is all moving as
one unit again.

Very, very chuffed,
a real proper job on the splines.

And then, I'll get ready for
all the hardware to go on,

maybe put on some strings.

It's strings galore on
Julia and Amanda's bench,

as Dobbin's top-to-tail restoration
is almost sewn up.

Now that Steve's given me
back Dobbin's head,

and it's all working fine,

I can get on with the job
of putting the fur back on.

And I've been looking forward
to doing this, because I want

to make it beautiful again.

In many respects, it's a bit
of a shame that all this work

that went on underneath,
all the strengthening and suchlike,

will be hidden.

But at least we know
that he'll be strong.

He's got an important job to do.

Amanda?

What? He's done.

Do you want to see him on? Yeah.

There's an art to this.

You have got a bit of a big head.
Does he fit?

SHE GASPS
You're so rude! Well, you have!

I don't know which string does what.

can you hear me? Yeah.

"Hello! Hello."

That's his mouth.

I love the ears.
Do both ears together.

THEY GIGGLE

I think Richard and Cath are going
to be so pleased when they see him,

because it just looks like
a different horse.

IMITATING DOBBIN: Good.

This pantomime horse had been
entertaining families since the end

of the Second World War,

but the knackered old nag was at
risk of being put out to pasture.

Richard and Cath are eager to know
if their theatrical friend can

once again tread the boards.

Since we left Darwin behind,

I think we've missed him a lot.

More so than we...
anticipated we would.

Be lovely to see him again,
and to be able to use him again.

Welcome him back into the players.

Hello. Hello.

THEY LAUGH

How you doing? You all right?
Fine, thank you.

So, how are you guys feeling?

Excited. Oh, good.
RICHARD: Apprehensive.

When you guys brought Dobbin in,
he wasn't looking his best, was he?

When we brought him in, you probably
thought he was just a pile of scrap.

But actually,
when he was Dobbin in his heyday,

he was lively, he leaped about,
he was very naughty.

He never did what he was
told to do. Right. You know?

Yeah. And we're hoping he'll be
ready to do those things again.

Our first production will be
something fairly small,

but Dobbin will be there,
so he will...

I can't hold you in suspense
any longer - see those faces?

They look like children just waiting
for the curtain to go up.

Yeah, come on. Ready. Ready?

One, two three.

Snip!

SHE GASPS

Wow! Wow, amazing!

Oh, bless him. He's lovely.

We're going to get
all emotional now.

Oh, look.

I'm just...thrilled. Yeah. Yeah.

I...I'm speechless, really.

We've had such fun, didn't we?
We have, we've just loved it.

That's good. I'm so glad.

I can't get...
I just can't get over it!

You ever stop smiling, Richard?
THEY LAUGH

No, I... It's just great.

It just takes me way back to
when I was 17,

and I first joined
the am-dram scene.

And then, when he turned up
at our wedding,

it just brings back
so many memories.

Yeah, that's good.

You promised the ladies that you'll
try and give us a bit of a show?

Yes, we did.
I thought they might've forgotten.

No, no, no, no!

Come on, then. Come on now. OK.

There we go. Come on!

Come on!

Quality.

Look, I've never seen a horse bow.
Look at it.

Dobbin, you're a star.

THEY CLAP

What was it like in there?
Lovely. It felt really good,

And it smells so fresh and clean.

Yes! Smells so nice.

Thank you.

It's lovely to have him back,
and to see him looking so well.

It was like being reunited
with an old friend? Yeah.

Dobbin will be used in
as many future productions

as we can get him in.

He'll bring a lot of pleasure to
a lot of children. A lot of laughs.

Thanks to Julyan,

the guitar is gearing up
for its own comeback.

Just need to put an electric
pick-up inside the guitar,

which fits in the sound hole.

Got to mount it in.

I won't reach the hole there,
where the jack's got to go.

So, here's what I designed earlier.

A jack-installation tool.

I put this into the hole...

..and just thread the rest of
the components in gently,

pull this through.

And then, just a case of
putting the nut and washer on,

and that's the output
jack installed.

Just as Walter would've had it
back in the day.

All that's needed now is
to put the strings on

and get Walter playing it.

Hundreds of miles away,
in Midlothian, Walter's daughter,

Anne, has taken delivery of
his old guitar.

Since a blood disease ravaged his
fingers, he's been eager to play it

again as part of his recovery.

I'm feeling a wee bit nervous,
a wee bit apprehensive.

Hello. Hi, my dear.

What's there?

It'll take me back about 50 years,

when I get it back in my hands.

Are you excited? Just a wee bit.

THEY CHUCKLE

OK.

HE EXHALES

Look, it's...

Ooh.

HE EXHALES

Does it look like
how you remember it?

It looks better than I remember,
to be honest.

A lot better now.

Oh, look, they repaired the neck.

It's lovely, isn't it?
Oh, it's...oh.

I am...pretty speechless.

And I'm in awe of Jules's mastery.

This...work is fantastic.

I don't know if
I told you this, Anne,

the song I'd written for a
friend of mine... Mm-hm.

..kept me going, I think it's...

HE STRUMS GUITAR

# All through my life

# I've leaned on you

# You held me up

# You helped me through

# I ask for nowt

# But pray a while

# For the strength I'll need

# To walk on my own... #

That was lovely. Thanks.

It's been well worth the wait.

Well worth the wait.

Just seeing my dad's face
when he saw the guitar,

erm, it's priceless. Yeah.

Absolutely delighted.

I never thought I'd play it again.

And it looks as though it's going
to get a second kick at the ball,

or a rebirth.

Join us again...

It's very similar to
wrestling a crocodile.

Slowly but surely, I will prevail.

..for more expert craftsmanship...

Oh, that looks absolutely stunning.

..in The Repair Shop.