The BEST episodes of The Repair Shop season 12
Every episode of The Repair Shop season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Repair Shop season 12!
An antidote to throwaway culture, The Repair Shop shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.
#1 - Episode 22
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/22/2023
The experts revive a beloved but rickety old ironing board and a badly broken cupboard that was originally made for a young European couple for their marriage.
#2 - Episode 2
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/29/2023
The team restore an enormous Big Ben-shaped clock made from matchsticks, a military bugle, a radio and a pair of kids shoes that are over 75 years old.
#3 - Episode 3
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/5/2023
The team set to work reviving a painting from Bermuda, a crumpled terrarium damaged in transit, a precious clay keepsake of a baby’s footprints, and an arctic thermometer.
#4 - Episode 23
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/2023
A small timepiece bought by a mum for her disabled daughter is lovingly restored, while a teddy that has lost its sparkle is revamped in memory of a beloved father.
#5 - Episode 4
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2023
The team repair a microscope that belonged to a pioneering scientist, a pair of boots that protected a prisoner of war during WWII and a bench that needs a complete overhaul.
#6 - Episode 9
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/13/2023
A former professional goalkeeper brings in a 1970s football programme signed by Pele. And a broken guitar that helped a teenager through lockdown is revived.
#7 - Episode 10
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/2023
The team fix a 100-year-old handwritten Qur’an passed down four generations of women, and a fun-loving nonagenarian prepares to take his family’s old scooter for a spin.
#8 - Episode 11
Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2023
The team fix a velvet poster of a black panther that symbolises power and resilience to its owner and an unusual pair of wooden sandals from Punjab dating back to the 1800s.
#9 - Episode 12
Season 12 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/27/2023
The team set to work resurrecting an electronic sound processor, a life-size earthenware dog, a medical school certificate and a pair of child’s rugby boots.
#10 - Episode 13
Season 12 - Episode 33 - Aired 1/3/2024
A portable 1960s record player and a flamboyant pair of 1970s boots are revived. Also lovingly restored, a painting by Helene de Beauvoir, sister of French philosopher Simone.
#11 - Episode 26
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/2023
A wooden desk used by a leading member of the Suffragette movement is given a new lease of life alongside a mannequin from an East End tailor’s shop bombed in the Blitz.
#12 - NHS Special
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2023
The team celebrates 75 years of the NHS by reviving items that include a hospital food trolley and a patient diary belonging to writer Michael Rosen.
#13 - Episode 1
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2023
The team restores a Ukrainian painting which survived a WWII labour camp and a 1960s bookings calendar from Liverpool's Cavern Club, which records an early Beatles performance.
#14 - Windrush Special
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/21/2023
Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to the UK, the barn fixes four items that celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants.
#15 - Episode 25
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/25/2023
A prankster postman’s brass horn is revived along with a historic 1920s tiny teddy bear that doubles up as a perfume bottle.
#16 - Episode 6
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2023
A seized-up ventriloquist’s dummy with no strings attached gets a much-needed makeover, and a Roman-style leather chair undergoes a triumphant transformation.
#17 - Episode 24
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/24/2023
The experts revive a 100-year-old shipping log charting the bravery of a seafarer during World War II. And a tiny table with rickety legs is put back on its feet.
#18 - Episode 5
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/2023
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage brings his treasured harmonium, holding memories of his late father, to be revived. And an early sculpture by an eminent Czech artist is restored.
#19 - Episode 21
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/21/2023
A handbag repair for a 1960s typist who played a part in trying to make Britain better, and a toy tractor that belonged to a farmer who died in a tragic accident at work.
#20 - Episode 27
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/29/2023
The barn’s to do list includes a metal breadcrumb maker with memories of a childhood in Uruguay and a beloved stuffed toy lamb in need of a full mutton makeover.
#21 - Episode 28
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/30/2023
On the work sheet today is a battered ukelele that’s entertained four generations of a musical family and, thanks to Steve Fletcher, a 1960s split flap clock is on the turn.
#22 - Episode 29
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/31/2023
A solo mum has her cherished family crib restored for her new-born baby’s bedtime and a child’s pogo stick, steeped in emotion and years of rust, is dramatically transformed.
#23 - Episode 30
Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/1/2023
The barn’s team of crafters is entrusted to transform a worn-out suitcase from Ukraine, a seized up silver locket and a cherished baby doll who’s lost her sheen.
#24 - Episode 31
Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/9/2023
A shattered figurine of a nurse and a reminder of a wonderful woman is miraculously pieced back together, and an exquisite Indian silk story scroll is unfurled and preserved.
#25 - Episode 32
Season 12 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/10/2023
The team at the barn roll up their sleeves and tackle the damage on an antique anatomy book, a fragile diamond ring and a tired hat that belonged to a dedicated railway man.