Season 6 Episode 49 | The Repair Shop (Full Episode)

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Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.

The first item to arrive is a double challenge for metal man Dominic Chinea and upholstery expert Sonnaz Nooranvary. Father and daughter Joe and Sophie Davies have a piece of their family trade's history they're hoping to revive to be used again. Joe's father, and Sophie's grandfather, Bill opened a barber's shop in 1949 and both Joe and Sophie have followed in his footsteps. One of the last remaining mementos of the original shop is a 60's chrome and vinyl barber's chair which Sophie dreams of having as the centre piece of her own shop. But first Dom must work out how to repair the hydraulic mechanism, while Sonnaz has to replace and re-upholster the ripped and faded vinyl seat covering.

Next through the barn doors is Sima Oskoui, with an unusual instrument that will test the skills of Julyan Wallis. Sima has brought in her late father's tar, a type of long-necked stringed instrument from Iran and a precursor to the modern guitar. For Sima getting the tar restored and playing again will restore an important link to the father she lost in 1996 and to her own childhood in Tehran, while for Julyan this will be his first ever attempt at restoring a tar.

Finally, vintage arcade and pinball machine restorer Geoff Harvey takes a German roulette machine belonging to Sian Salkeld. For Sian the machine brings back memories of childhood holidays in Norfolk where it lived in the family cottage, even back then the roulette machine was constantly breaking down but her dad Glyn was always able to fix it. Sadly, Glyn suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a car crash 10 years ago and hasn't attempted to fix the machine since. So now it's up to Geoff to try and get the kaput machine back up running and spinning once more.

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Nestled deep in the British countryside is The Repair Shop, where a team of Britain's most skilled and caring craftspeople rescue and resurrect items their owners thought were beyond saving. Together they transform priceless pieces of family history and bring loved, but broken treasures, and the memories they hold back to life.

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