Episode 8
Jay Blades and the team restore a magician鈥檚 top hat, a signwriting case and a butcher鈥檚 shop automaton.
Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.
Mike Suffield is seeking help from the barn鈥檚 resident master hatter Jayesh Vaghela. He has brought to the barn a magician鈥檚 top hat that once belonged to his Uncle Ted, who was a father figure to Mike growing up. Ted loved magic and passed on his passion to Mike, along with a whole host of impressive illusions. Mike performed his own magic act for many years until his uncle鈥檚 death in the late 1980s. The collapsible hat has not seen the limelight for over 30 years, but now Mike鈥檚 young granddaughter has begun to show an interest in magic, and Mike would love to pass the hat on to her. But it鈥檚 a challenging fix for Jayesh 鈥� not only must he smarten up the faded, threadbare fabric but he must also mend the internal mechanism that makes the hat collapse and pop back up.
Next to arrive is Katie Baldock with a metal case that used to hold the tools of two generations of sign writers in her family. Both Katie鈥檚 grandfather and her father used this case throughout their careers, and each paint smear tells a story. Safe inside the case is a tin of the original brushes her grandfather used. Metal restorer Dominic Chinea is hugely impressed by this artist鈥檚 time capsule. Katie has inherited the family鈥檚 creative gene and has started sign writing herself, and she would love to begin using the case.
Finally, the barn鈥檚 mechanical wizard David Burville and bear ladies Julie and Amanda collaborate on an unusual project. Fiona Wright has brought in a mechanical model of a butcher, who stood proudly in her family鈥檚 butcher shop for years. Dressed in fitting attire, he appeared to chop a joint of meat and entertained customers while they waited to be served. They no longer have the shop, and the model went on the blink years ago, but the family can鈥檛 bear to get rid of this cheerful fellow. Fiona hopes the team can help her fulfil her promise to her late father and get the model working once again.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jay Blades |
Narrator | Bill Paterson |
Expert | Dominic Chinea |
Expert | Julie Tatchell |
Expert | Amanda Middleditch |
Expert | David Burville |
Expert | Jayesh Vaghela |
Expert | Suzie Fletcher |
Director | Rich Merritt |
Series Producer | Tanveer Bari |
Series Producer | Rebecca McLaughlin |
Executive Producer | Alex Raw |
Production Company | Ricochet Ltd |
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