The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 6 - Episode #7.6 - 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.

It is, isn't it?
That's 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!

..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.

That's made it all worthwhile.

In The Repair Shop today,
Suzie's called up for action...

Now I get to do my favourite bit,
which is to hand sew.

..restoring a Spitfire
pilot's jacket...

Every stitch is making sure that
the family will enjoy it

that much longer.



..while Steve's got
some airborne antics of his own...

So the next job I need to do is
the thing that scares me the most,

the plastic wing.

..repairing an avian antique
that's lost its tweet.

I don't want it to melt! Just...
It would be a disaster if it melted.

Today, Jay's invited
instrument restorer

Kaviraj Singh to The Repair Shop.
I'll tell you what I've got,

something that's right up your
street. I haven't seen it... OK.

..but I'm sure you'll be able
to handle it. Yeah.

He's here to use
his specialist skills

to help brother and sister Kesar
and Parveen bring an important piece

of heritage back to life.

How are we doing? Hello!
How are you doing, guys? Hello.

You all right? Good, thank you.

So, you've got to tell us what this
is. So, this is my dad's sitar.

A sitar? Yes, it's an Indian
classical instrument. OK.

Something that's been in our family
before both of us were born.

It's one of the huge
passions in his life.

So he migrated from India
to the UK in 1961. OK.

We know at some point in the '60s,
he bought this sitar.

He acquired it. He acquired it.
Whether that was in the UK,

or whether he brought it over
from India, we're not quite sure.

Did he migrate, you know, with
his family, or was he by himself?

For a year or so,
he was by himself. Right.

And playing music, that's one of the
things that sort of kept him going.

My dad was actually
sort of fundamental in setting up

a part of the Sikh community
in Bedford. Wow, yeah. OK.

He was a very warm, loving,
well-respected gentleman, you know.

He got on with everyone.
But that's what he was all about.

He just wanted to
sort of help people

and music's a sort of great way
of bringing people together.

Definitely is. That's one of the
really important things, you know,

music keeps you connected
with your culture and...

PARVEEN: Absolutely, yeah.

He sort of instilled that
in all of us as well.

And we're all sort of passionate...

We're all sort of well versed
in Indian classical music, so...

It was always
playing in the background.

We used to have amazing
jamming sessions, you know.

My uncles used to come over
and then we all used to rotate

and play the sitar or play
the tabla or the harmonium. OK.

So I just picked it up,
really, from, you know,

watching my dad play. Yeah.

He suffered from Parkinson's disease

and it obviously affects
your ability to use your hands

and that's why he sort of lent
on you, didn't he? Yeah. So...

When it became a bit of a struggle,

I used to just play it for him,
you know.

That must have been quite a thing
to lose, the ability to play. Yeah.

It was hard to see that.

And particularly because in 2008,
Dad actually passed away.

So this is sort of
part of his legacy to us.

And you want to continue
the legacy... Absolutely. Yeah.

Yeah, that would be amazing... Yeah?

..to see it in its, you know,
original glory. Yeah. Yeah.

I can't help but notice the big hole
in the bottom of the instrument.

How did it happen? So...

That was me, so I took a picture
off the wall and it slipped

and actually the corner
of it pierced

and pretty much shattered
the sort of bottom part of it.

Yeah. You must have been gutted.
Yeah.

We were both sort of in shock
a little bit.

It was devastating, yeah.
Yeah, cos it's part of him.

If we're able to get it back,
with the hole fixed,

where's it going to go?
As far away from him as possible!

And it'll come home with me. Yeah.
To play it again would be amazing.

Yeah. That would be the dream, yeah?
Yes, absolutely. Absolutely.

Thank you for
bringing the sitar in

and letting us know about
your family history.

I've got my work cut out for me
for sure, but we'll do our best.

Thanks, guys, and see you soon.

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

It would be great to have it sort of
back where it belongs really,

at the centre of having loads of fun
and the family getting together

and just carrying on
what my dad started.

That would be amazing.

So, how do you repair it? Because
that hole is bigger than that. Yeah.

That's all they've got. This will
fill, I think, up to here. Right.

And then I'll have to find a piece
to fit and patch that in.

And then you've got to do something
with the strings as well.

Yes, I've got to replace
all the strings.

These are all a bit old and rusty.

Well, you are one of the best
and that's why you're here.

But we need to get this sitar
fixed now. Yeah.

So the gourd on this sitar
is made from pumpkin.

So not only are they sort of made
of natural materials,

but every sitar is made by hand, you
know, so every sitar is different.

So I've just taken
all the strings off.

The first part's to, you know,

stabilise any of the cracks
that have spread out.

If there's any leaks or any gaps,
you know, it's going to affect

the sound, so just really making
sure that's all stable, before I

even think about, you know,
fitting a new piece into here.

So pumpkin is used quite commonly
in India for different instruments.

Quite different to the guitar,

where they'll have wood
as the major part of the body.

The sitar and the guitar, I think,
have a shared history.

You can hear in the name,
guitar, sitar,

so "tar" actually means string
in Persian.

So, tape is quite good
because it stretching really creates

the tension I need to really pull
the pieces tight together.

So I'm almost done with this crack.

I'll have to clamp
this one together.

The worry for me is that when I take
the clamps off, the piece

is going to split and I'm going to
be left with a lot more work then.

So hopefully, fingers crossed,
it all works out.

As Kavi labours to seal
the cracks in the damaged sitar,

outside, two more visitors.

Father and son John and Sam
Jefferies from Wells

are winging their way to the barn
with a piece of aeronautical history

for the attention of
leather expert Suzie Fletcher.

Hello. Hi, there. Hey...
How are we doing?

Nice to see you.
Lovely to meet you. And you.

Nice to meet you. I tell you what,
I've always wanted one of these.

So, whose is it?

So, this is my grandfather's
flying jacket from the war.

What's your grandfather's name,
first of all?

Everyone called him Jeff. Jeff. His
name was Esmond, but Jeff Jefferies.

Our surname's Jefferies. So, that's
your father... My father, yeah.

And this was
the jacket that he wore,

cos they had that as a standard
uniform. That's right, yeah. Yeah.

Issued by the RAF.
So he was a Spitfire pilot. Right.

And spent most of the war
flying Spitfires,

doing low altitude
reconnaissance work.

He had to photograph the damage
done in Holland, particularly over

the bridges, for the Allied invasion
and the Big Push, as they called it.

There are some remarkable
photographs. Yeah.

And then those pictures
would be fed back to base...

Yes. ..to give information
as to where you could go...

Yeah, which bridges to cross,
which not to cross.

So it was a really important role
that he had, then.

He was in his early 20s, you know,
having the excitement of flying...

23. It would be exciting enough
at any age, but at that age... Yeah.

You know. What was your dad
doing before the war?

Well, before the war, he worked as
a commercial artist and throughout

the war, he did an awful lot of nose
art, you know, on the aircraft.

Oh, right. Many of the fighter
planes, you see in Two Squadron,

have got a cartoon on the nose,
which he drew. OK. Yeah, yeah.

So, the jacket, what's actually
wrong with it? Cos it looks intact.

I think it's been very well looked
after, but it's also very old. Yeah.

And so it's got to the point now
where we're almost afraid to

take it off the hanger
because it's starting to fall apart.

The whole leather's quite brittle
and then around... Wow!

..the top here,
the stitching's come undone.

And the other thing we spotted
and I don't think any of us

really realised it was here till
after my grandfather had passed away

was that he'd actually signed off
on the back of his jacket with his

signature, which is
on the back of all his paintings,

so it says "Jeff" across here.

So this is one of the things
we think would be lovely to restore,

if it's at all possible.

That is...proper special.

I'm sure you want to get your hands
on that, don't you, Suzie?

Oh, absolutely! Just itching!
Itching!

I really do love these jackets.

They are just so well made.
Have you worn it?

JOHN: I remember it when I was
a child being worn and we used to

wear it for fun, but...
And I remember my dad wearing it.

For my father's grandson
to wear it...

SUZIE: Yeah.
..he would be tickled pink.

Oh, that would be amazing!
JOHN: It would be tremendous.

It's such a big part of his life,
I think, so having

something from that era brought back
to life would be just fantastic.

Yeah. Thank you for bringing it in.

It's made Suzie smile.
It's absolutely gorgeous. Thank you.

Thank you. OK. All right?
We'll be in touch. Bye-bye.

Take care now. Bye-bye.

Wow!

My grandpa would have been
100 years old this year,

so it's a particularly poignant
year for the family.

I've just had my first child too
and it's something which can

live on in the family
for the next generations as well.

So it's really important.
It's got such a story to tell.

It would be wonderful
if we can preserve it.

23 years old, going up...
I know. ..flying.

They were so, so brave

and they were being asked to do
so much for the country.

So it's important work. Mm.
What are you going to do to it?

Well, we see here where
the neck seam has been stressed.

That will all have to be resewn
and the covering strips put back.

OK. And then try and just tone down
some of this flaking that occurs.

That will make sure it carries on
for lots of years to come.

That's what I like to hear.
Yeah. Nice one.

I've got a clear indication
of where the letters are...

You can actually see
where he's written Jeff on it. Yeah.

Yeah, it's perfect. Exactly.

What I'm going to do is
speak to Dom and see

if he can just bring it up a little
bit. That would be brilliant.

Is that all right? Yeah.
Fantastic. No problem.

So, my goal here is to get this
back into really tip-top condition.

First thing I'm going to do is
start the cleaning process.

I'm going to use
my glycerine saddle soap.

It has a lovely way of cleaning
the leather, opening the pores and

adding a little bit of suppleness
back into those old fibres.

The thick sheepskin
that Suzie is restoring was vital

in protecting pilots
during bombing raids at 25,000ft,

where temperatures could reach
minus 50 degrees Celsius.

I have a feeling that this,
in just the first clean,

is going to come up
and just look really beautiful,

whilst maintaining
all of that history.

It's a tense moment for Kavi,
as he removes the sticky tape

to reveal if his repairs to
the cracks on the sitar have worked.

That looks good.
So I was quite worried about that,

but I'm pleased with
how it's come out.

So next is the most challenging bit.

You know,
I've got to attach this large piece.

It should come back together
with a bit of work.

So I'm really going to have to
concentrate on this one.

It's going to be quite difficult
to get this in.

Wish me luck!

Yeah, it's quite an awkward shape
because there's

so many different jagged edges
to come together.

Pumpkin is a little flexible.

It gives me some leeway
to put the pieces back together.

So, it's not over for me.
I'm just holding this together now,

waiting for the glue to go off.

The next task is to make a template

for this hole cos
there are pieces missing.

Transfer that on to this donor
piece from another broken sitar.

And then I'll offer that up.

I'll have to do a bit of work
to get it to fit and glue it in.

The pumpkin's quite brittle,
so, you know, I can actually crack

the material while I'm cutting it,
so I have to be very, very careful.

So that's the piece cut out.

So I'm just going to
file it down and get it all fitted.

In Indian music,

the voice actually takes
precedence in a lot of cases,

so an instrument like this, a sitar,
because you can pull the string,

it's almost trying to
imitate the voice.

I've made up some small blocks
to help me clamp the piece down.

It'd help if I had three hands!

So I'll leave that to dry now.

Once it's dry, I'll come back, fill
it and sand it, so it's all smooth.

I've added a bit of colour,

so this will help me to blend the
donor piece with the original gourd.

I'm going to now apply
a coat of shellac varnish.

This is basically
blending the colours,

filling in the patches,
with some pigment and shellac.

It's quite a satisfying process,
but it's also quite

nerve-racking to, you know,
try and match the colours.

Once all the colour's been added, I
can then put a final coat of shellac

and then get on with
the stringing of the instrument.

Kavi may be on the home straight
with his repair,

but new assignments
are arriving all the time.

Lynn Sobczak from Hertfordshire
has brought

a cherished childhood keepsake for
mechanical maestro Steve Fletcher.

Hello. Hi. How are you doing?
Great, thanks. That's good.

I'm Jay. I'm Lynn. Hello, Lynn.
What have you got in the box?

Well, it's very precious.

It was a present that I was given
when I was a little girl.

Me and my mum and dad
lived in a house that belonged to

an elderly lady called Mrs Gray.

She lived downstairs
and we lived upstairs. OK.

She was lovely to me. Aw, bless.
And she gave me this bird.

It was so special
because you wind it up here... Yeah.

..and then you move the switch

and the bird would fly
round and round...

Really? ..and flap its wings
and tweet. Right, OK. Seriously?

So you can imagine as a child,
I was absolutely fascinated by it.

Well, you was a child
when you got this,

I'm an adult now
and I want to see it work!

Yeah! Well, my mum
and dad were as fascinated as me!

So, how old was you
when you got this, then?

I think I was about three or four.
So, tell us about Mrs Gray, then.

My special memory of her was that

I used to go down and see here...
Yeah.

..and she had a little metal tray
full of sand and she let me

dig in it with my hands...
Right. ..and find things in it.

Like, there was a little elephant
and other little things

and when I'd gotten them
all out, she'd say,

"Put them all back now, dear,
ready for next time."

So it was wonderful going down
and digging in her sand tray.

Yeah, yeah. So, when's the last time
you had this working, then?

Well, as a child.
It's not worked for a long time.

So, over all those years,
the key has been lost

and in later years when it was
stored, something must have been put

next to it and pushed the box in.

Oh! And that damaged the wing...
Oh, right. ..sadly.

OK. Why have you kept it
for all these years?

It's such a treasure from childhood.

You know, like, my mum died when
she was 44, back in 1978... Right.

..so it will remind me of her
and my dad, who passed away in 2015.

Yeah, yeah.
Just, you know, happy times,

cos we all really loved it,
you know,

and sort of in memory
of Mrs Gray as well.

It'd just be wonderful
if it can fly again.

Yeah. And flap and tweet. And tweet.

Hopefully, Steve can
get this working and bring back

some of those childhood memories.
Thank you so much.

Thank you very much
for bringing it in. Thank you.

Take care now. Bye. Bye-bye.

I think this toy bird
is just unique.

It's got a very special place
in my heart.

It's memories of a time when
my mum and dad were both alive

and a time when
we were all together.

You know, it's sad to have
lost them,

but the bird is a link
with the past

and sort of brings the memories
to life again.

You've never worked on
one of these before, have you? No.

No, never seen anything like this
before.

The thing I'm most worried about
is the actual tweeting sound.

The other thing is

because the paintwork is
absolutely immaculate...

There's not a chip, a little ding,
or dent, or anything. Nothing.

And I'm terrified really

because I've got to get into it to
find out how the tweet works. Yeah.

If I dent it
or chip it in any way... Yeah.

..I'll be for the high jump,
won't I?

All right.
Just got to get this one fixed, eh?

First thing I'm going to do
is get in to the bottom

and see whether the actual mechanism
is working or not.

I'm just using this lever that
I made up out of an old toothbrush.

Because it's plastic, it shouldn't
scratch the paintwork at all.

So I can see the mechanism in there
that's supposed to make

the tweeting sound, so I'm going to
have to take the whole thing apart

to get to the bellows
and to the mechanisms,

so I'm going to have to just be
so careful.

Steve's sister Suzie
can be rather more vigorous,

handling her assignment,

the sturdy aviation jacket

that protected a World War II pilot
during flying missions.

Her next duty is to repair
the frayed stitching on the neck

and shoulders. Right, so that's
all the seams unpicked

and you can see that there's
a fair amount here that is going to

have to be sewn together again.

The first thing I need to do
is to butt the seams together

and by butting, it means
the two pieces of leather are put,

cut edge to cut edge,
and I do an overstitch.

And then I'm going to
cover that over with these strips

that are sewn each side, and that
just helps to cover that seam,

but also make it that bit stronger.

Now I get to do my favourite bit,
which is to hand sew.

Every stitch is making sure that

the family will enjoy it
that much longer.

Now I've got
all that butt stitching done,

what I need to do
is reattach these covering strips.

What I'm trying to do here is
use the original stitch holes

and it's literally just
one stitch at a time.

It's more important to me
that I get the stitch as exact as it

originally was, rather than
the speed by which I get this done.

So now I've got all those seams
stitched back to how

they originally were, I'm going
to tackle the surface of the jacket.

The blondness that's coming through,
all the lighter areas,

are where the surface of the leather
has flaked off a little bit.

I'm going to start mixing up
the reconditioning cream.

I don't have exactly this colour,

so I'll start blending
three different colours.

OK, I'm happy with that.

Now I can start adding
this colourant to the leather.

I'll do it very gently,

make sure that I don't make it too
blocky, cos I can always add more.

But you can't take it off.

I need to do the entire jacket. It's
going to take quite a while to do.

I can't wait to see the end result.

Having reached
that pivotal moment himself,

Kavi is expertly attaching
all 17 strings of the Indian sitar,

stretched across
the newly restored gourd.

I'm now ready to tune
the instrument.

It's the first time
I'm getting to hear the instrument.

HE TUNES STRINGS

It's almost like it's
got its voice back again.

So, we're almost there, just
a little bit more fine tuning,

and it's ready
for Kesar and Parveen,

and hopefully they'll have
very fond memories

of their father
when they hear this instrument.

For siblings Parveen and Kesar,

this sitar is an enduring link
to their father,

a passionate musician
who was a beloved community leader.

Today, they've returned
to The Repair Shop,

hoping to hear the sweet sound
their father loved so much.

Super excited.
I can't wait to see my dad's sitar.

I'm feeling a little bit nervous,
actually, because I'm the one

that actually...broke it.

So, really excited to see
what Kavi and the guys have done

to make sure that the sitar is...

back to how it was before,
when...when Dad was here.

Hello. Hello!
Hello, how are you both?

All right, thank you. Good.
How are you feeling?

Very excited to
see what it sounds like.

OK. See if it sounds the same.
Do you remember how it sounds?

Absolutely. Yeah, yeah.

No pressure on me, then! No!

Kav, are you ready? Yeah.

Do the honours. Oh, God!

Wow!

Gosh.

Wow.

Thank you so much.
Dad, look what they've done!

It's been a pleasure.

Thank you.
Have you seen it over here?

Oh, my goodness.
How did you do that?!

Wow.
A little bit of Repair Shop magic.

A little bit!

Oh, God. It looks amazing.
It looks fantastic.

What would Dad think of it now?

I think he'd congratulate you, Kavi.
Oh, he would. He really would.

Yeah. An honour for me.

So, before it does go home,
you said you'd be able to play it.

I'll give it a go, definitely.
Yeah? Yeah. OK.

I've got a space over there.
It's all yours.

Pick it up carefully.
Carefully, yeah!

Thanks!

Wow.

Wow.

Nice.

That sounded good. Nice.

APPLAUSE
That was hard, man, that was hard!

I was so rusty!

I need to practise again,
I think. It sounded good.

It sounded amazing. Yeah,
took me back, that did. Yeah.

Took me back. Think of Dad
with every string you play. Yeah.

Yeah, that'll be nice.

So, it's yours to take home now.
Lovely.

Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.

We've got one more surprise for you.
I know it didn't have a case,

so this will keep it protected. Ah.

Oh, cool. Thank you so much.
Amazing.

Could go busking now, couldn't I?
Yeah.

I'm really going to carry it, am I?
You are. Yeah.

Thanks, Kavi. No worries.
Take care. Take care.

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

To, sort of, see it in...

..even better condition than what it
was before, it just looked amazing.

It's just overwhelming, really.

It just took me straight back
to my dad, and when he used to play

it, it really did, just that
warm feeling of fun times

that we used to have -
I really miss those days.

And so it would be great to bring
back the jamming sessions, yeah.

Clockwork king Steve

is also working to restore
the voice on his repair,

the mechanical bird
that has lost its tweet.

The actual bellow material
is just rock solid,

so I'm going to take the bellow
apart and reline it.

It's quite a common thing that I do
on cuckoo clocks all the time.

So, you've got this this funny
little unit inside there, that's

supposed to make
the tweeting sound, so, er...

RAPID CHIRPING

..which sounds a bit like a bird.

The first thing I need to do
is to make the hinge piece.

Just do the other side.

Now that I've got
the leather all on,

I've now got to coax the leather
into creasing in the right places,

otherwise the actual bellow material
can blow outwards

instead of staying in,

and then you wouldn't get
the same power.

What I need to do is
just gently close the bellows,

but also push in at the same time.

And, as I'm pushing in, I need to
get the side creases in as well.

You see now
those nice, neat creases.

So, when the mechanism is working,
it should...

RAPID CHIRPING

..make that sort of sound,

which sounds like a...a bird?

So, the next job I need to do

is the thing that scares me
the most, the plastic wing.

I'm pretty sure that
this is cellulose.

It's got that shiny surface on it,

like the cine film
my dad used to use.

Cellulose can melt
at a very low temperature as well,

so I've got to be so careful
if I had a bit of heat to it.

I'm just going to use a hairdryer...

HAIRDRYER WHIRS

..and see whether I can
just ease it a little bit.

I'm just going to hold it
gently here and I'm thinking,

if it...if it burns my fingers,

it would be too much for the wing.

I don't want it to melt.

Just would be a disaster
if it melted.

I think it is actually working.

I think there is
definitely a difference there -

it really is straightening up.

Good.

I'm glad to say
I haven't cracked it at all,

so I'm very, very relieved.

Right, let's see if
I can get it all together.

I think I remember which way round
everything went.

That's the bellows put in,

I've put the main mechanism in now.

I'll just see if
I've got a key that fits.

See whether...

..it works.

This isn't working correctly at all.

The actual tweeting isn't working.

Everything should be working there.

But I just need to delve in
a bit further to see

why it's not engaging properly.

In the outdoor workshop,

Dom's skill in sign writing

means he has been enlisted
to restore the signature

on the back of
the World War II pilot's jacket.

Painting on fabrics can be
a bit of a minefield, and tricky.

In particular,
leather is very difficult.

And I've done a lot of research
into it, and I've ended up with

screen printing inks.

The most important thing
when I'm trying to decide

which paint to use for this job,
I want it to stick.

It's the adhesion
that I'm really worried about.

It's really good that
I've got such a translucent paint

because this way,
I can just build up the layers.

I just want to make sure that

it doesn't look like
I've just painted it yesterday.

After 80 years of action,
Jeff's jacket was in a shabby state

when it arrived at the workshop.

This time flying solo,

Jeff's grandson Sam
has returned to the barn,

hoping it'll be strong enough
to wear once again.

I would love to see my grandfather's
jacket brought back to life.

It has made me think
a lot more about

my relationship with my grandpa,

and the good times that
we spent together.

It's a part of him,
so having it restored

will just mean that
it can live on with us,

with the family, for years to come.

Hello, Sam. Hi, Suzie.
Nice to see you again. And you.

How are you doing, Sam?
Very well, thanks, Jay.

Good on you. So how are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm really, really excited.

Really looking forward to seeing
what's...what's under the...

..under the sheet, there. Yeah.

The whole family's
been very, um...very excited,

and just talking about Grandpa
and our memories of him

ever since we dropped it off,
really.

So it's really...really brought
all the memories back to life.

I can't wait to see it.
Suzie, go on.

All right. I'll do it.

Go on. Go on.

Oh, wow.

That's fantastic.

That looks really, really good.

Looks like it's ready for the skies
again, I'd say. Definitely.

There was one other request
that you had...

Oh, yeah. ..and that was...

That's amazing.

That's fantastic.

You can just imagine him
wearing it,

sort of walking down the airfield
now, and... Yeah.

..people calling out his name.

It's really special to see it
back like this. Yeah. Yeah.

I kind of want to put it on!
It's yours. You can.

Can't he? Yeah, absolutely.
I suggest you do!

Look at that.

Now, I know your family
are very proud of your grandfather,

and I think he would be proud of
you, carrying on his kind of legacy,

cos you've got the jacket repaired
and now you're wearing it,

and you are the kind
of spitting image of him, so...

Yeah, he was a great man,

and it's fantastic
to see this brought back to life.

And, yeah, this is wonderful.
Thank you.

Well, it's yours, Sam. Yeah.
Off on your travels.

Thank you very much, Sam.
Thanks.

All right. You take care. Cheers.
OK, bye-bye. Bye.

Look at that. Look at that, man.

Perfect.

It feels amazing to be wearing
my grandfather's jacket again.

It does make me think about
him when he was wearing it.

You can just imagine Grandpa
walking down the airfield

and stepping into a Spitfire

and everyone knowing him as Jeff,
sort of down the runway.

Tussling with his own
airborne assignment,

Steve's been struggling to
restore the tiny bellows

that gave the toy bird its tweet.

I've found out why
the bird isn't tweeting,

and that's because this lever here
isn't engaging

with the little levers
that come round

and are supposed to push it
up and down like this.

RAPID CHIRPING

So instead of going
just up and down,

which they're supposed to do,
like that,

they're going from side to side,
as well, which is the problem.

The actual hinge piece on the
bellows is a bit too flexible.

So what I'm going to do
is I'm going to use

some of the old material that I took
off the front of the bellows

to make doubly sure
that it's not too flexible.

I just hope it works.

That's great. The hinge
has worked really, really well.

Let's see if it works.

BIRD CHIRPS

Fantastic, that.

I'm very, very relieved.

With its bent wing mended

and the chirp that charmed Lynn
as a child restored,

she's back to be reunited
with her vintage trinket.

To have the toy bird
working again,

flying and chirping, will bring back
those precious childhood memories

of my mum and dad and myself
and Mrs Gray.

Hi, Jay. How are you doing, Lynn?
Are you all right? Hi, Steve.

Hello, how are you?
Lovely to see you again.

Likewise. You, too.

I'm really looking forward to
how you've got on with the bird.

So what you remember is that it...
It isn't making a noise?

It's not making a noise,

and I've even begun to wonder
if it was my childhood imagination

that it did make a noise.

Really? I know it could fly. OK.

I was thinking, I wonder if

my dad made a chirping noise
to amuse me...

THEY LAUGH

..and I believed it was the bird!

Let's have a look, shall we?

Oh...

Oh!

Oh, wow.

Oh, its wing, you've managed
to straighten its wing.

It was very difficult.

I was frightened to death
of snapping it.

Oh!

Well, I want to hear
if it makes a sound.

Yeah, so I do! Or
if it was your dad making the sound.

Do you remember how it works?
Yeah.

All right.
OK, you come and have a look.

So it's got this little switch-on
lever on the side...

Push it all the way across.
..and I push it round.

Oh...

Oh!

BIRD CHIRPS

Oh, wow.

Oh, Steve, that is fantastic!

Oh, and it does chirp.
It does, doesn't it?

Oh, that is really wonderful.

Oh, wow.

Oh, thank you so much!

No, you're more than welcome.
You're more than welcome.

Oh, it's wonderful. Yeah.

Just like being a child again,
really!

This is all thanks to Mrs Gray,
isn't it? Yes. Yeah.

What a wonderful woman,
to give me such a present.

I just wish she was alive to
see it repaired, you know. Yeah.

There we are.

Oh, thank you so much.

You take care now, yeah?
Oh, goodbye.

That's good. Bye-bye. Bye.

Love a happy customer.

Yeah, absolutely. Well done.

I'm so happy to have the toy back!

It's just so sweet,

and Steve has repaired it
so perfectly.

Having it actually flying
and chirping again,

it just brings it all to life.

BIRD CHIRPS

Join us next time,
as more exquisite craftsmanship...

I have to move these pieces
between heartbeats.

..brings tattered treasures
back to life...

Oh! It's just amazing.

..in The Repair Shop.