The Repair Shop hosted a very special live session at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday to mark five years of the popular series. Two famous faces had enlisted the help of the skilled restorers from the BBC One programme to bring their treasured items back to life - and the results were unveiled live on stage at the festival.
Acting legend Dame Judi Dench and Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood both had sentimental items in need of repair and had made a visit to popular workshop ahead of their trip to Edinburgh. They joined the show's host and furniture restorer Jay Blades and expert craftspeople Amanda Middlemitch, Julie Tachell and Steve Fletcher on stage at the annual TV festival today (August 24).
Before 87-year-old Dame Judi made her appearance, a clip showed her presenting The Repair Shop team with her late husband’s, pocket watch. She explained how in 1972 – one year after they married - she had gifted her husband, actor Michael Williams, the watch while they were starring in a play together and that he had used it during the production.
