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  • Published: 5 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781785944604
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $45.00

The Repair Shop

A Make Do and Mend Handbook




To coincide with a new 30-part series of The Repair Shop on BBC2, a ‘Make Do and Mend’ manual for modern times, from the experts behind the hit series

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE HIT BBC SERIES

BBC’s The Repair Shop is a place where Britain’s most skilled and caring craftspeople rescue and resurrect items that owners thought were beyond saving. Their shared love of craft has helped hundreds of people recover and relive cherished memories, and inspired millions to rediscover their own prized possessions. The skill required to properly restore those items may be beyond most of us, but there are small things we can all do to care for the items we love the most. How do you replenish the stuffing in your child’s beloved, tatty teddy bear, for instance? Or remove a water mark left on your wooden table? What’s the best way to prevent your leather from cracking?

Direct from the Repair Shop's 'Workshop of Dreams', this ‘make do and mend’ guide collects advice and stories from each of the show’s experts, to help you understand and care for those aging treasures and heirlooms around your house or gathering dust in the garage. Whether it’s wood, ceramics, leather or silverware, you will get to know your materials, tools and terms from Britain’s best, as the Repair Shop experts share their tips on restoring and conserving, reveal their favourite tools, and provide a series of small, manageable projects that help tackle the most common problems that occur in their given medium. Their book, like the show it accompanies, with help you safeguard your sentimental legacy for generations to come.

  • Published: 5 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781785944604
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Karen Farrington

Karen Farrington is a writer and former journalist whose published work includes titles on social and military history, together with a range of non-fiction TV companion books.

Her most recent work includes the bestselling series of books from The Repair Shop. She also worked as lead researcher for The Life and Times of Call The Midwife, the companion to series one and two of the BBC series. She lives in Devon.

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Praise for The Repair Shop

It is my considered opinion that The Repair Shop is far and away the best programme on British television.

Stephen Fry

The absolute best show on telly

Richard Osman