Name: The Repair Shop Australia
Released: 2022-05-03
Rating: 3.0

Overview

Host Dean Ipaviz will lead a team of highly-skilled craftspeople, who try to rescue the cherished posessions of Australians from their special workroom. Dean, who is a builder and sustainability expert himself, will work with the experts to help restore precious, broken and battered family heirlooms to their former glory. Each week, families bring along their damaged historical treasures in the hope they can be fixed. As each item is painstakingly restored by the skilled craftspeople, we hear the personal stories behind the heirloom and why it's so cherished by the family.

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

2022

E01

Episode 1

5/3/2022

Jeweller Erin turns her talents to a fire-damaged necklace; horologist Andrew tests his skills on a clock that hasn't chimed for 60 years; electrical technician Paul gets an antique train set back on track.

E02

Episode 2

5/10/2022

Metal worker Majella restores a rare leather shoe sewing machine; electrical technician Paul brings an Edison Voice Recorder back from the brink; furniture restorer Britta resurrects a headless rocking horse.

E03

Episode 3

5/17/2022

The team are joining forces working on a handmade miniature doll's house; leather-worker Aaron is recreating an 18th-century stagecoach whip from scratch; jeweller Erin repairs a beloved gold ring.

E04

Episode 4

5/24/2022

Furniture restorer Britta refurbishes a century-old chaise lounge; leather worker Aaron tends to a rare six-sided concertina; metalworker Majella gives a historic pub beer bottling machine a makeover.

E05

Episode 5

5/31/2022

Resident horologist Andrew repairs a cuckoo clock that has lost its voice; furniture restorer Britta takes on a mid-century Australian classic; Majella navigates the revival of a ship's telegraph.

E06

Episode 6

6/7/2022

Jeweller Erin has her work cut out restoring a prized diamond eternity ring; a World War II Gurkha knife tests craftsman Aaron's leather skills; repair all-rounder Paul rebuilds a late-19th-century 3D slide viewer.

E07

Episode 7

6/14/2022

The team restore a toy truck that survived the 2007 Newcastle floods; a bird cage clock needs horologist Andrew's expertise; a delicate Singer sewing machine has survived within a family for four generations.

E08

Episode 8

6/21/2022

Upholsterer Britta refurbishes an immigrant steamer trunk; horologist Andrew puts the tick-tock back in a century-old heirloom pocket watch; metalworker Majella is tasked with restoring a vintage pedal car.