Episode 6
The team revive a giant toy lion, a vintage cash register used in a family pet shop and an old harbourmaster鈥檚 telescope.
The expert team of craftspeople take on three more restoration challenges.
Teddy bear ladies Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch brave the first job of the day, an enormous stuffed lion called Leo. The cuddly cat was purchased for Vanessa by her mother, Gail, when she was just one year old. Since her toddler days, Vanessa has loved the lion, which is just as well as her mother spent a whole week鈥檚 wages on him. But time has taken its toll, leaving Leo tattered and torn. With the ten-year anniversary of her mother鈥檚 passing fast approaching, Vanessa would like the bear ladies to bring the lion back to his former glory, so he can take pride of place once again.
Brothers Craig and Ross are next into the barn, bringing a vintage cash register once used in their grandparents鈥� Edinburgh pet store. The siblings now run the family business and are hoping Steve Fletcher can repair the register, which they played with as children. The machine is now seized up and rusted, so it鈥檚 going to take grit and determination for Steve to get the numbers crunching on this fix. But when the brothers return to take receipt of their item, there鈥檚 a surprise in store.
The barn鈥檚 final visitor is Alistair from Aberdeen, who was born and brought up in Scrabster Harbour on the northernmost tip of Scotland. During the 1960s, Alistair鈥檚 father was the port鈥檚 harbourmaster, and he has fond memories of him using his telescope. Sadly, his father passed away when Alistair was just a boy, and Alistair would now love to have the telescope restored to provide a tangible link to his much-missed dad. It鈥檚 up to optics expert Richard Biggs to bring the telescope back into focus.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jay Blades |
Narrator | Bill Paterson |
Expert | Steve Fletcher |
Expert | Amanda Middleditch |
Expert | Julie Tatchell |
Expert | Richard Biggs |
Executive Producer | Hannah Lamb |
Executive Producer | Paula Fasht |
Executive Producer | Emma Walsh |
Series Producer | Tanveer Bari |
Series Producer | Claire Egerton-Jones |
Director | Ben Borland |
Production Company | Ricochet Ltd |
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