Season 3
15 episodes
44 min. per episode
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Artisans restore beloved heirlooms, unveiling heartwarming stories that reveal profound connections, secrets, and the power of memory.
Episodes
Resident clock maker Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that has come all the way from Holland and which spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress. Metal worker Dominic Chinea and master cooper Alastair Simms get an ancient butter churn turning, and churning, once again. And leather expert Suzie Fletcher lovingly restores a trunk made by Louis Vuitton and which is showing the signs of the years it spent travelling the world with owner Tom's great grandfather.
Damaged treasures are brought back to life by some of the country's best craftspeople. Brenton West is tasked with repairing and restoring an old seaside telescope. Will Kirk is given the job of restoring an old walking stick with a monkey's head while Lucia Scalisi is tasked with repairing and restoring a damaged 19th century portrait.
This week Stephen Kember and Will Kirk repair a distressed old Swiss chalet music box, Richard Talman repairs a damaged Garnet bracelet and Kirsten Ramsay deals with a damaged miniature globe.
Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary takes on a real labour of love, a battered but beloved arts and crafts armchair that holds treasured memories of owner Michelle's grandfather. Brother and sister team, clockmaker Steve Fletcher and saddle maker Suzie Fletcher, turn their hand to restoring a World War One era military riding crop for a family with a proud military tradition and ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay tackles one her toughest assignments yet, a damaged ornate Hungarian vase, with a complex design and intricate decoration that will need all need all Kirsten's skills to restore seamlessly.
Lucia Scalisi brings a 1930s portrait of Japanese martial arts master Yukio Tani back to life, Sonnaz Nooranvary rebuilds a Victorian nursery chair and Kirsten Ramsay and Steven Fletcher reconstruct an ornate porcelain clock.
Some of Britain's most skilled restoration experts breathe new life into much-cherished family heirlooms that are dropped off by members of the public, who reveal the personal stories behind the items.