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BBC The Repair Shop viewers 'crying over toy dragon' with beautiful story

10-year-old Jonah Atkins visited Jay Blades and his team during the latest episode

Manchester Evening News

Viewers thought The Repair Shop was 'disrespectful' to Olympian Jack Laugher

Jack Laugher made history at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by becoming the first ever Olympic champion in diving for Great Britain

Wales Online

Edinburgh TV Festival announce BBC's The Repair Shop to launch event in special episode

After announcing that the festival would be an in-person event once more this year, free from the Covid pandemic, organisers announced that the heart-warming show would have a big part to play come the end of August

Edinburgh Live

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BBC The Repair Shop viewers applaud 'brilliant' guest as he cries over family's Holocaust experiences

Viewers were in tears within minutes of the start of the show as Gary Fischer tells of father's Kindertransport escape from Nazis

Wales Online

Repair Shop's Jay Blades beams as he proudly collects his MBE for services to craft

Repair Shop host Jay Blades, 52, was awarded by Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Repair Shop host Jay Blades made an MBE at Windsor Castle

The presenter was given the honour in recognition of his work in promoting heritage craft and restoration in the UK.

The Independent UK

Repair Shop expert amazed by 100-year-old trophy which belonged to Larry Gains

The Repair Shop experts were left amazed by the silver cup which belonged to heavyweight Larry Gains who was the first black boxer to fight in the Royal Albert Hall

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BBC The Repair Shop's Will Kirk thrills fans with 'exciting' family announcement

The restoration expert shared the happy news on Instagram

Liverpool Echo

The Repair Shop's Will Kirk to become a dad as wife Polly is expecting their first child

The Repair Shop's Will Kirk is set to become a dad for the first time, as his wife Polly is expecting the couple's first child

Daily Mirror

French and Saunders 'set to save Repair Shop's Jay Blades from Dame Judi Dench'

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have once again brought in an A-lister for Comic Relief as they couldn't resist a sketch about The Repair Shop

Daily Mirror

What Comic Relief sketches will air on Friday night - including Rock Profile and The Repair Shop

Audiences can expect appearances from the likes of Jude Law, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry, and many others

Manchester Evening News

Repair Shop team restore precious doll prisoner of war gave to his daughter in 1945

Having finally arrived home after being held as a prisoner of war, Jane Devereux's father gently took a blonde, blue-eyed doll from his kit bag and gave it to his daughter

Daily Mirror

Red Nose Day 2022: Kylie Minogue in Ghosts, French and Saunders in The Repair Shop and all the other stars doing TV sketches

There are some comedy legends getting back together for Comic Relief this year

Wales Online

French and Saunders reunite for The Repair shop spoof for Comic Relief

Comedy double act Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have teamed up once again for another hilarious Comic Relief sketch. The Repair Shop host Jay Blades - who stars alongside the duo next month - says the two stars caused 'chaos' during the hilarious spoof

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Widower breaks down on The Repair Shop as late wife's jukebox plays wedding song again

Upon hearing his wedding song when his jukebox was repaired, The Repair Shop guest burst into tears as the memories of his late wife came flooding back

Daily Mirror

The Repair Shop fans joke man's 135-year-old family heirloom is a time machine

The Repair Shop experts were entrusted to repair a historical invention on Wednesday night's episode - with James Wimshurst’s great-great-great-grandson calling into the BBC workshop with a Victorian electrostatic generator

The Guardian - UK

Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51 review – a fascinating and unusually honest look at illiteracy

The Repair Shop presenter is one of 8 million UK adults who find the act of reading ‘pure pain’. Can six months with a new teacher change all that?

Daily Mirror

Jay Blades hid painful secret from Repair Shop co-stars while fearing being 'exposed'

The Repair Shop host Jay Blades suffered in silence for years and 'pretended' that he could read - but his supportive colleagues have created a new system to replace scripts and schedules

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TV tonight: how Jay Blades finally overcame his dyslexia

As one of the 10% of adults affected by the condition, the charming Repair Shop host decides it’s time to read. Plus, inside Katie Prices’s ‘mucky mansion’. Here’s what to watch this evening

Daily Mirror

The Repair Shop delights family after bringing heirloom back to life after 50 years

The Repair Shop has once again delighted a family after it breathed new life into a Bakelite radio that had been silent for over five decades

Daily Mirror

The Repair Shop's Jay Blades 'learns to read' at 51 after dyslexia diagnosis

Jay Blades left school without qualifications at 15 and now The Repair Shop star is delighted that he can read a story to his daughter

The Independent UK

The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades describes learning to read aged 51: ‘Like having a book of ants’

Presenter revealed he couldn’t read in his 30s

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