05x22 - Victorian Automaton

[bunniefuu]

Welcome to The Repair Shop,

where precious but faded
treasures...

It's in a bit of a sorry state.

..are restored to their
former glory.

Only another 40 parts to go.

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Now that... It's good, isn't it?

It's so nice that we can be part
of that history to just
keep things going.

..and a dream team of expert
craftspeople...

Tiny piece. Oh, amazing!
That's the edge.

You really start to see the thought
that went into making it.

..come together to work their magic.

Welcome to the 21st century.

Yes!

Employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations...

It's my duty to make sure
that this all goes back

in working order.

..preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms...

We're all going to go now!
LAUGHTER

Here we go!

BICYCLE BELL RINGS

..the team will restore the items,
the memories...

Very good!

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

It's touched my heart.

It's amazing.

In The Repair Shop today, Kirsten
rises to the challenge of getting

a World Champion's Trophy
back on its feet.

Last thing I want is for this to
actually fall off

and cause more damage.

I almost don't want to let go.

I'm sort of feeling quite anxious
about this.

Oh, my goodness. What is that?!

And it takes a quartet of
craftspeople

to restore a musical curio...

We only get one go at this.

..that hasn't played a note
in almost a century.

We're trying to recreate
in miniature a full size piano.

The barn's first arrival is
Steve O'Donnell from Galway

in Ireland, with a much-loved
childhood gift

requiring the mechanical expertise
of Steve Fletcher.

Hello. Hello.
How are you doing?

I'm very well, indeed, thank you.
I'm Jay. Jay, nice to meet you.

Steve O'Donnell.
Hi, Steve. I'm Steve too!

I have something for you. Right.

It's a bus ticket machine.

I remember these when I was younger,
going on the buses.

These used to make a lovely
sound as well. Oh, yeah.

If I remember, it's like, tshhh,
and then the ticket will come out

and the change will go in the bag.
If you dial that, and move that,

and do some something over here
and turn that...

..then when it works...
TEARS OUT TICKET

..thank you very much. h*-h*!

So where'd you get this from, then?
You was a bus conductor?

No, no, no, no, no. OK.

My Uncle Tom was a ticket inspector.

Really? Was this his, then?

That was his. OK.

And I was fascinated by this machine
because most weekends we'd go to

Uncle Tom's and I would charge
people to sit on the settee

in the front room...
LAUGHTER

..and issue them with a ticket!

That's quite cool.

And I was just mesmerised
by what went on in there. Yeah.

And then when my uncle retired,
he presented it to me.

I can see that this means a lot to
you. It does.

Oh, aye, it does. Just by that
smile on your face.

Like you can just remember that
day that he gave you this. Yeah.

So what's actually wrong with it?

That turns but that's extremely
stiff.

I think it's all gunged up.
That's the problem.

Yeah. This looks as if it's very,
very complex inside.

What, more than a clock?

It's more than some clocks, yes.
Yeah.

And what would you like us to do
with the outside of this?

I'd like the insides to be working,
but I'd like the outside

to make it look as if it's still
very, very old.

And the leather?

The leather's seen better days.

Yes. So why do you want to get
this repaired now?

So our grandchildren, when they saw
it, said, "What's that, Grandpa?"

Because everybody nowadays just taps
the phone, or... Yeah.

..the back of a watch.

So, my desire is to get that machine
functioning so that I can actually

get my grandchildren to use it

and charge me for sitting
on the settee!

LAUGHTER

So that's my request. OK. All right.

If you can fulfil it, I'd be very,
very happy.

And so would I,
if I can get this going!

Thank you. Thank you very much, Jay.
No problem.

Good luck, Steve.

See you later.

Take care. Bye. Bye.

I'm hoping my grandchildren
will be as equally interested

in the ticket machine as I was.

To regenerate an interest
in something mechanical,

is one of my desires.

Instead of looking at a screen,

look at something
that works mechanically.

I just hope that it's repairable

because I don't know
whether it is or not.

I remember these when I was
younger. Yeah.

So how are you going to fix it?

I've no idea. I've abso...
I'm terrified, actually!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down.
You're terrified?!

I reckon there is so, so much
in here and it's all riveted up.

You can't get into it.

Whoever made that didn't want
you to get in there.

Well, I suppose you couldn't get
into it because then you could alter

figures and do all sorts
of things in there. Yeah, yeah.

Didn't even think of that.

Because it's like a calculator as
well. It adds up the day's totals.

Yeah. And it's got to correspond.
Yeah. You're right.

What are you going to do?
Start at the start.

LAUGHTER
Where is the start?

I'm going to start taking it apart
as much as I can.

If you get it working,
it'd be just the ticket!

I can't wait to get in to find out
what's jamming it all up

because this lever's supposed to
just spin round fairly easy.

And it's...

Yeah, it's really quite jammed.

Steve's only option to open the
tamper-proof machine

is to drill out the rivets.

Good. That's one done.

Another three to go.

Whoa.

This is a complex piece
of equipment.

I just need to understand
how all the levers work.

So I'm just going to spend some time
now just working it out.

Next to arrive at the barn is
Emma Sadek from London.

She's hoping organ restorer
and vintage toy enthusiast
David Burville...

That's intriguing, innit?
That is amazing.

..can give a long-retired musical
curiosity the chance of an encore.

Hello. Hello.

How are you doing? I'm Jay. Good to
meet you. Hiya. Hello, I'm David.

Nice to meet you, David.

We've been intrigued to find
out the story behind this.

This is a pianist automaton.

Inside, there's a musical box. OK.

And then the lady is
like a little robot.

So she moves her head up and down
and her arms sideways

and she looks like she's
playing the piano.

In the back there, you'll find
there's a little piece here

that connects to this piece here.

Is it yours? No, it's my mum's. OK.

It was given to her by her
great uncle. OK.

It was already nearly 100 years old
when she was given it.

Obviously, she was thrilled.
It's a beautiful thing. It is.

And then along came
the baby brother. Oh.

And this is the result!

LAUGHTER

Apparently... Destroyed it a bit?

It looks like it, doesn't it? OK.

She used to talk constantly about
this model piano

that had been destroyed by her
brother and never fixed. OK.

I thought it was just a general
whinge about her brother,

to be honest. I didn't really think
it was up there.

But there we are. When we come to
clear mum's house for her last year,

because she's not terribly well,

we've had to put her in a local care
home. Aw, sorry to hear that. Yeah.

I was astonished to find this box
full of things. Right.

The quality of it is beautiful.

I mean, it's obviously,
the embellishments...

Yes. Some tiny little candlesticks.
Yeah, yeah.

Little bouquet of flowers that used
to sit on top.

I know it's in bits at the moment,
but what would you like us to do?

Well, I'd like to see
what the pianist can do. Right.

Perhaps hear a tune from
the musical box if we can.

Doesn't want much, does she?! No!
No, not a lot.

LAUGHTER

I don't think I've ever had one
in quite as many pieces

as this before. Oh, dear!

Normally they come in
one piece. Right.

And it gives you the chance to see
what's there and what's missing.

But the only major part that we've
got missing is her dress.

Yeah. Did she say anything
about the colour of the dress?

She did tell me that it came
without a dress,

but her mother made a jade green
satin dress for it.

Well, I think I know a couple
of ladies that might be able
to help us in that department.

I wonder if they might be able to
help with the hair as well. Yeah.

Definitely. She's a bit bald. Yes!

How special is this
to your mum, then?

I think it's the most special

and the best thing she ever
had in her life.

I would love to see the smile
on her face.

LAUGHTER

It's the one thing I could really do
that would make her happy. Yeah.

Aww. Yeah. Emma, thank you
for bringing it in.

Thank you. We'll see what
we can do, OK? Yes.

Challenging project,
but it's wonderful. Thank you.

Take care. Bye-bye.

It's quite sad to see it
in so many pieces.

It's my mum's 90th birthday.

I just want to se it back
in one piece again.

I want to do this for her while
she can still appreciate it.

Wow. This is a big one, innit?
It is, it is. Yeah.

Have you ever worked on one
of these before? Similar.

Similar. Similar -
so what's bothering you?

Well, one thing I can't do
is make dresses.

OK. I can get a couple of ladies
on that, yeah. That'd be awesome.

I mean, the keyboard -
that's in quite a state,

the figure needs freeing up and the
music box needs a little bit of TLC.

Well, that's not a problem.
I can get Steve on that.

Yeah. That'd be great.

I'll get the teddy bear ladies on
that, Steve on the mechanism. Yeah.

You're going to handle the rest.
All right. Well, we've got a good

team in here. I'll get them
all on it. Yeah?

So what we've got do now -
get this over to your bench,

and start working on it.
That'd be great.

And it's the first time ever I'll be
able to pick up a piano by myself!

Fantastic! I'm strong!

The first thing we're going
to look at

is actually the doll herself.

It's seen better days.

She's very gummy, sticky and not
working as she should be.

So I'm going to take my jacuzzi,
or my ultrasonic bath,

and we're just going to pop her
in that.

This will take away the grease

that's right in all the little
bearings and pivot points.

This is a much quicker method
than trying to do it with a brush.

So we'll leave that to simmer.

On his workbench, Steve's
still puzzling over the mechanics

of the bus conductor's machine.

But he should have one less thing
to worry about,

with sister, and expert saddler,
Suzie in the barn.

What have you got there, then?

It's a ticket machine, a bus
ticket machine.

Oh, really? Yeah. Isn't it lovely?

That's fantastic. Have you got it
working? No, not yet.

I've got a piece of leather
for you to rejuvenate. OK.

Surface cracks.

They're hardly surface.

I mean, they're not all the way
through.

So you're wanting to me
to strengthen?

Yeah, I think so. It'd be nice
to keep the old strap.

All right. I'll see what I can
do for you.

OK. Brill. All right. Cheers.
Cheers.

The one thing that I was concerned
about was this dial

that's like a telephone dial.

I thought this just isn't working.

But actually, now I've opened it up,
I've sort of worked it out now

and I see that it's moving
some of the mechanism.

You can turn it to eight pence
nine pence, ten pence

and then turn that lever and it
should print that on the ticket.

The reason why this lever
doesn't go round easily,

it's not the actual mechanism
that's seized up,

it's this roller - the ink roller.

You try turning that and it's just
stopping this from turning.

It's acting like a handbrake
on a car.

Got a little lever here
that I'm going to take off.

Any leather that has a hole in,
that's a point of weakness

and any bend there, it can crack.

The only thing I can do
is to line the back,

and my go-to is this wonderful
pigskin lining leather

that is super-strong, but very thin.

This is a very strong bonding
contact solution.

It's one of those that once you get
the two pieces together, that's it.

You don't get a second chance.

Just managed to release
the ink roller.

I'm just going to try turning
the actual winding lever.

MECHANICAL CLICKS

That's now actually moving
absolutely beautifully.

So I just need to clean
this unit up here.

There we go.

That is really, really gummed up
with old grease

that's actually gone
very, very hard.

It's no wonder it wasn't spinning.

So I just need to clean
that off now.

This is one of the moments
that has a little bit of stress

attached to it because I have one
shot to get this right,

and it is the original piece of
leather and I want to make sure

that I get it perfectly right
for Steve.

The rest of the case, I've got
to be very, very careful

not to clean it too much.

Steve was very, very clear that he
didn't want it all polished up.

So I'm just going to get into all
the little nooks and crannies

and remove all the dirt
and it'll look beautiful, like that.

It's a lovely, lovely old piece.

Next, a story of triumph
and tragedy.

Helen Bannan from London is hoping
ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay

can make a hard won item
of hers fighting fit again.

Hello. Hello. How are you doing?
OK, thank you. I'm Jay. I'm Helen.

All right, Helen. Hi, I'm Kirsten.
Nice to meet you, Kirsten.

So what have we got in the box,
then? A trophy.

Let's have a look.

It comes in several parts.

That's the base. Right.

And these are his legs. All right.

And his boxing gloves. Right.

You weren't wrong when you said
it comes in several parts!

Yes, that's it.

Tell us about the...
World champion of what?

What's the trophy for? Kick boxing.

Kick boxing. Yeah. So who's
won this? Who's the kick boxer?

You're a world champion kick boxer?!

I was, yes. Wow. I've never met
a world champion before.

Feels quite special.

I've got to shake your hand now.
Well done. Thank you.

That's an achievement, that is.
Amazing. Yeah, absolutely. In awe.

So are you still kick boxing
today, or...?

I'm not, no.

This actually turned out
to be my last fight.

I slipped two discs
in my lower back. Ooh.

Yeah. So I decided that contact
sport was probably not something

I should do from now on. Yeah.

That was pretty heartbreaking.
Yeah. Mm.

I was lucky that I'd just
adopted a dog

and she gave me something else
to do with my time.

So how did the statue
get like this, then?

I had a fire last year in my flat

and in the smoke-filled room,

the fireman went to put
his hand out,

couldn't see the trophy on the
windowsill and knocked it off.

Gosh. So basically lost all
my possessions.

Everything was covered in smoke.

Yeah. My dogs were still in there.
Your dogs were inside the flat?

Yeah, so...

And did you lose...? Yeah.

That's awful. I'm sorry to
hear that. Thank you. Sorry.

That's appalling. Yeah.

You OK? Yeah.

Come here, you.
Proper hero, you are.

Thank you. Aww.

I'm feeling this one, because I...

HE EXHALES

You've gained a lot,
and then you've lost a lot.

So this trophy definitely
means everything to you.

It has memories of all of
the wonderful friends

that I made through kick boxing.

You know, so he is a very happy
part of my life. Right.

I would just like to see him
like I remember him, really.

It's really sort of quite blackened.

How much of that is fire damage?
What would it have been...?

Quite a lot of it is smoke damage.
Is it? OK.

He was dark, especially in trousers,
but they weren't this black.

And his gloves were gold.

Why do you want to get this
repaired, then? Why now?

When I first had the fire,
I was really not bothered

about any of the items
that I'd lost.

The only thing that mattered really
was the loss of the dogs. Yeah.

Of course.

But now that I'm back in and
everything's been repaired... Yeah.

..when everything in your life
is shiny new,

you think that would be
a good thing.

But it's not. It's kind of soulless.

You need the memories. Mm.

And this is definitely a memory.
Yeah.

And this is a happy memory
as well. Yeah.

We've got to get that
happy memory back.

Well, I really look forward
to actually trying to get
this back together

if I possibly can. Yeah.

Listen, Helen.
Can't thank you enough.

My pleasure. Thank you
for having it. No, thank you.

Thank you bringing it in. My
pleasure. I'll give it my best.

Thank you. OK. Bye now.
You take care. Bye-bye.

The trophy represents a really happy
time in my life.

I'm hoping that Kirsten
can get him back to looking

as he did before the fire
so that I can have him back

in his rightful place
on my windowsill.

To become world champion
and then to lose it through injury.

Then a fire,
losing the two dogs.

Yeah. That's... Wow.

Unbelievable.

What a fighter... Yeah. ..really,

not only just physically,
but mentally, obviously,

to pull through all of that.

Yeah. Powerful.

So what have you got to do to this?

I'm going to give it
a bit of a clean,

get the pieces all back together...
Yeah. ..bond it,

and then retouching it,

give it that lightness again,
which he talked about.

Yeah. Really make that smart. Yeah.

Yeah? Absolutely.

OK, well, let's get this over to
your area. Thanks, Jay. No problem.

I think the smoke has probably
left a residue on the surface,

so I'm going to just
do some swab cleaning

and see if I can lift off
some of that darkness.

This is actually
really quite satisfying.

I'm just getting
so much black off here.

I'm going to work my way
over the entire trophy,

before bonding these pieces
back together.

On David's workbench,

the mechanical doll
that played the piano,

to the delight of her young owner,
is cleaning up a treat.

He can now reattach the skeleton to
the other parts that form the doll.

This is almost an umbilical cord
for the automaton.

This contains the main controls
of her mechanism,

so this is quite a critical part
of her whole being, really.

Once we've reattached that,

I can reassemble the doll
back into the body.

I'm pretty confident that
that's well fixed on

for the next hundred years,

so I need to give her
to the teddy bear ladies,

and then they can look at
making a new dress for her.

Hello, ladies.

Oh, hello! Oh, my goodness!

What IS that?
We've got a project for you.

She's actually an automaton pianist.

She moves her arms
and her head and... Oh, wow.

..does all sorts of
different things.

I'm fascinated to see her working.

What would you like us to do?

She needs a dress making, so...

Any sort of specifications on
colour, or anything like that?

Well, Emma remembers
her mum saying

that she had a sort of
a satin or green dress.

Yeah, I think we can manage that,
I think we can, yeah. OK.

She needs a new wig, I think.

Could we clean her face?
Oh, yeah, that would be great.

Cos it does really look a bit...
That would be great.

But this, I have to say,
is one of the most bizarre things
that we've ever done!

I know! She looks completely weird,
but I think once she's got,

once she's got a nice dress on...

She'll look beautiful, actually.
For definite, she will.

I can't wait, I can't wait.
We'll get her cleaned up a bit.

Thanks ever so much.
Thank you, David. Thank you.

She has the most beautiful
porcelain face.

I'm hoping a mild detergent
will be able to lift

some of this grease and dirt off.

While Julia's cleaning the doll,

I'm going to start
making her clothes.

While Julie and Amanda
smarten up the miniature pianist

for her long-awaited comeback,

music box restorer, Steve Kemble,

must ensure she can play
her repertoire again.

Here we go.

This is the musical mechanism here.

The problems are pretty evident.

Firstly, there's a tip missing
on the extreme base tooth.

The tip on the comb is lifted
by the pins on the cylinder,

and that produces the music.

Each of these pins
has to be straight

so the timing of the note
is correct,

but the first job, the debris of
100-plus years has to be removed.

OK, right, gloves for this job.

The pins on the cylinder
tend to make little puncture marks

in my delicate, soft artistic hands.

Now I'm going to correct
the bent pins on the cylinder.

We've all the information
on this cylinder here

to play four songs.

I don't actually need to know
which pin plays on which song, erm,

I just need to make sure
that the pin, each pin,

doesn't deviate from the pattern.

Pins on this particular cylinder
are actually,

they're being very cooperative.

That's it.

What I'm going to do now is
I've got to replace the tip

on the extreme base tooth
of the comb, because it's broken.

I've got to cut a slot
in the tip of the tooth

that's a 10,000th of an inch wide,

and, happily,

I've got a little thing you buy
from dentists' material supplier.

We only get one go at this.

Off we go, then.

But there's little point in the
internal music box working perfectly

when there are missing keys
on the toy piano.

So I'm just having
a look at the keyboard.

For some reason, these key
coverings have come unglued,

and there's some missing,

so I'll have to replace
the missing ones.

I really enjoy when you get
to the cosmetic side of things.

It does give you a real buzz.

It's going to be something
that Emma and her mother

are going to be focusing on,

so it's nice to put the effort in
to the cosmetic side of things.

We're just putting in
a little chamfer,

and then just knocking the corners
off the very ends of the keys.

So we're trying to recreate,
in miniature,

as best we can, a full-sized piano.

So, yeah, it's a nice little touch.

Restoring all the separate parts
of the automaton

still requires
a concerted team effort...

..but as Steve Fletcher is
almost reaching the last stop

with his project...

How are you doing, Steve?
Yeah, good.

Look what Suzie's done.

Whoa! That's a really clever,
clever repair, isn't it?

It is, isn't it?
So it strengthens it up. Yeah, yeah.

It's not going to crack any more.
It's fantastic.

That looks promising.

Yep, I'm just going
to give it a test.

Oh, so I can buy a ticket?

Yeah, moment of truth.

You're near the final furlong,
aren't you? I don't know.

You've got the ink.
Is the paper in there?

The paper's in there, yeah.
OK, cool.

So I want a return... Yeah.
..20p, please, sir.

Oh, that is cool.

Cor blimey, look,
it says, 26th July. Is that...

1978!

1978! I was eight years old then!

JAY CHUCKLES

That is really cool! Yeah.

So what else have you
got left to do, then?

I've just got to rivet
the, er, the case back on... Right.

..and, er, then it's all ready.

That's for my fare. I will return.

That's not enough.
It's MORE than enough!

I'm just putting the rivets in.

There we go.

Owner Steve, who loved playing
bus conductors

with his uncle's
ticket machine as a child,

is hoping to continue the fun
with future generations.

It looked unloved for years
and years and years,

and I just wanted to be able
to actually issue a ticket.

That would take me right back
to being about five years old

when I fell in love
with this wonderful machine.

Hello, Steve. Hello, again.
How are you?

I'm all right. How are you?
Very well indeed, Steve, thanks.

Good. What are you
looking forward to seeing?

What I'm looking forward to seeing

is a machine that will
issue a ticket.

When was the last time?

50 odd years ago, maybe 60 years.

Right.

But if it will work, I'd like
you to have the first go.

Oh, no, no.

Let me show you.

Ah, now, look!

That's fantastic!

I like it.

Can I put it on?

Of course.

Now, I think that should do that,

there is that, that, and then...

..and that does that!

Fant... And you've got ink on it
as well! I have.

That's fantastic!

That takes me back to being sat
on the long seat

at the back of a double decker bus,

watching the bus conductor
use this machine.

Can I have another go? Of course!

Did you hear that noise? I did.

See, listen.

It's the whole noise that it makes.

How have you managed to do that?

Well, I've stripped it down,
taken all that... Gunge out!

Gunge out!

Suzie's done the strap...
Has she really?

..put a strengthener in there.

It's absolutely fantastic,

and the children will be amazed

at the fact that I can
show them what it does.

Thank you very much, indeed, Steve.

You're very, very welcome.

Can I put it on while I go out now?
Course you can.

See you again. Safe trip.
Cheers. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

I'm absolutely thrilled to bits.

I'm astonished at the fact
that whatever's inside

is now working perfectly.

The sound that it makes
is like a symphony to me.

He's done a marvellous job.

There you go.

On Kirsten's workbench, the
fire-damaged kick boxing trophy

is now clean of its layers of soot.

She must now start piecing
the statue back together.

Cos it's actually quite heavy,

I've made the decision to stick
the legs back on to the trophy first

before I actually try and
turn the whole thing up

and stick it back onto the base.

I'm just going to
offer the pieces up

and check that I've got
a really nice, tight join.

They actually go together
beautifully.

I'm actually going to turn
the trophy upside-down,

and balance him within this box.

I've got to find the best way
of supporting the trophy.

Strange! Looks like he's diving
into the box, but it's fine.

Better to be safe than sorry
in this game.

Right, I'm going to pop
some adhesive on that.

So I'm using a two-part epoxy,

because it has quite
a lot of weight to carry.

I'm going to use a little bit
of tape to help hold it in place.

The last thing I want is
for this to actually fall off

and cause more damage.

That's great.
I'm really pleased with that.

I'm now going to
repeat this process

with the other leg.

That has bonded really nicely.

It's a good join.

So I'm going to put some adhesive
on to this base now,

and offer him up, stick him on.

Putting the statue,
weighing several kilos,

firmly back on his feet requires
a slow and precise approach.

I almost don't want to let go.

I'm sort of feeling
quite anxious about this.

I'm just going to let that cure

and the next stage is to put
the boxing glove back on,

and then I can start
with a bit of filling,

and the bit I'm really looking
forward to, the retouching.

I'm now ready to do the filling.

On the back of the leg, here,

I've got quite a large chip
that was missing.

I'm going to try and make up
a coloured fill,

which mimics this metallic surface.

It has to be quite precise
to this epoxy,

so I'm using some
little scales here.

I've actually never worked on

something that looks
exactly like this,

so this is a little bit
of an experiment.

I've got some graphite powder here.

You may know it from a lead pencil,

erm, it's that sort of sparkly grey,

and I'm going to introduce it here.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Those little sparkles
are coming out in the fill,

and that's exactly what I'm trying
to recreate here.

I'm really pleased with this.

It's working beautifully.

It's starting to come back to life,

and I'm actually really excited
to return this to Helen

and see her reaction.

Thanks to Steve Kember,

the whole barn is beginning to fill
with the sweet sound of success.

Steve? Yeah?

I love that sort of just occasional,

sort of little,
little tinkle that you get.

The magical wind chimes... Yes.
..of the Repair Shop.

It is quite magical, isn't it?

STEVE CHUCKLES

That's what we produce.

But the full magical qualities
of the piano playing doll

won't be revealed until David's
put all its components

back together.

So that, that feels
just about right.

Hello, David. All right, Steve?
Present for you.

Oh, fantastic, the music box.
Yep. Wonderful.

Are you going to make
some lovely music now?

Oh, I've got all the parts now,
so we'll assemble it
and we'll see what it does.

I'll leave it with you.
That's great. Cheers, then.

See you later. Cheers.

We're on the last legs now.

It's coming along nicely.

I'm going to be very, very glad
to see it all together and working.

The next stage is to link these rods

that operate all of her functions,

and hopefully we can get
the dress on her next,

and she's going to look fantastic.

Right, can I just start
with the skirt?

We'll start with her undies. OK.

Cos the skirt goes over it.

They have to be out.

I know.

When the clockwork curiosity
arrived at the barn,

she had dropped to
the bottom of the bill,

her disconnected parts
thick with decades of grime.

Emma's returned to see
if the Victorian novelty

that enchanted her mother as a girl

will be able to give her joy again
in her twilight years.

My mum's talked about it a lot all
her life, so I really wanted to see

the little clockwork lady
playing the piano again.

It's part of my mum's history.

It will help, I hope,
her to remember,

and give her some
lovely memories again.

Hello Emma, how are you doing?
Hello, Jay. It's good to see you.

Likewise. Hello, David.
Lovely to see you.

It's lovely to see you.

Are you looking forward to this?
I'm really, REALLY excited.

Are you really, REALLY excited?

I can't wait! Oh, bless,
and you've never heard it playing?

No, no.

I'm really excited!

Let's let you have a look, yeah?
Yep, yep, I think so.

Oh, wow!

I don't believe that.

Absolutely beautiful.

Look at her dress!

It's just the right colour, as well.
It is. Yeah.

It is absolutely stunning.

Look at the keys!

It, er... I cannot believe it.
It is absolutely magic.

Thank you so much.

Would you like to hear it?
Yes, please.

If you'd like to pull that out,
all the way.

PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

Oh, wow!

PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES

God, isn't she beautiful?

Look at her go!

Oh, it really is lovely.

It's got such a lovely tone.

It is surprisingly good, yeah.

I can't wait to show my mum.

So what do you think
she's going to make of it?

I think there's going to be
the world's most enormous smile,

to be honest!

But I'm really hoping it will bring
some good memories back from her,

from when she was a child,

and maybe a tear or two in the eye,
I don't know. Yeah, that's it!

We'll see how it goes.
That's it, yeah!

Well, Emma, thank you for bringing
this in. Is that all right?

Thank you very much.
I really appreciate that.

You're very, very welcome.
It's great, great, absolutely great.

Thank you so much. Come on.
I'll get the door for you.

Thank you, Dave.

Isn't she gorgeous?
She is, isn't she?

Absolutely beautiful. Stunning.

It's almost surreal
to see her working again now,

after all these years
of hearing about her.

Hopefully, when Mum
hears the music again,

it'll take her right back
to her childhood,

and she'll remember happy times.

I couldn't be any happier.
It's absolutely beautiful.

On the other side of the barn,

the kick boxing trophy
is standing triumphant,

but Kirsten still has work to do
on his top-to-toe restoration.

This is the real moment
of transformation,

and to try and match the colour
that was originally on here

before the smoke damage,

I'm going to use,
like, a metal lacquer,

and I'm blending in
some gold powders with it.

Oh, this is such a lovely job.

For Helen to win this trophy,

it's such an achievement,

and it's just such a touching story.

It's just been an absolute pleasure

and I really cannot wait
to see Helen's face

when we show her this.

The prize for
world-class sportsmanship

was the only possession
to survive a tragic house fire

and arrived at the barn
out for the count.

Former international
kick boxing champion Helen

has come to reclaim
the trophy that she won

for what turned out to be
her final fight.

If it looks like he did
when I won him,

that would be
more than I can imagine.

It's a symbol of me moving forward,
and repairing my own life,

and rebuilding, so it has
a double meaning to me now.

Hello. Good to see you!
Nice to see you again. Yeah.

A little bit more nervous than
I thought I was going to be!

Yes!

Well, I'm actually quite excited
to show you this,

so shall we go for it? Yes!

OK, good.

Thank you.

Wow, I can't believe...

..the colour of his gloves.

Oh, thank you!

You are so welcome.

Oh, I can't believe
he's back in one piece.

Exactly like he is
the day I got him.

So does this sort of restore
some happy memories, perhaps?

Oh, it definitely does.

It, erm...

Yeah, it brings back a whole part
of my life that, without him,

I don't have any physical
memories of, you know,

it's all wrapped up in... That.

Yeah, in this trophy.

It really is good
to have him looking

as amazing as he did
on the first day.

You are quite obviously a fighter,

and, erm, as I was working on this,

your story was just really sort of
resonating with me, actually,

so it's been an absolute pleasure
to, to restore this for you.

Thank you so much.

All right, all the best for
the future. Thank you so much.

Kirsten's a miracle worker.

I can't believe
how immaculate he looks,

like nothing ever happened to him.

It was like reliving the moment
where they lifted my hand

at the end of my final fight.

The trophy is going to encourage me
just to keep going,

no matter what happens.

Join us next time,
as the barn's craftspeople...

So, are you ready to go for it?
Yeah, yeah, I'm ready, I'm ready.

..bring their time-honoured
skills to the table...

Making a wheel,
that is just impressive.

..and revive family heirlooms...

Wow! Oh, my goodness!
That is brilliant.

..in the Repair Shop.