The Repair Shop At Christmas Review: The Nicest Show On Television Should Be Renamed ‘There Will Be Tears

26/12/2022 by Admin

There's no Best TV Show Bafta, but The Repair Shop should have it year after year to get the recognition it deserves. You can leave behind your emotional dramas, social documentaries and world championship finals for the one TV show that will make viewers cry, especially in this emotional season. "There Will Be Tears" may have to be renamed.

The show is ostensibly about dedicated artisans, actually making tattoos and junk with no particular commercial purpose. Unlike the more energetic undercurrents and dozens upon dozens of roadshows of yore or the David Dickinson shows of the day , there's no sardonic "insurance claim, of course" reviews here, and no heirs dear to the auction crowd. to get a new load for the kitchen. But otherwise. These are ideal values, as well as something more than restoring and renewing the material. The workshop really specializes in healing broken hearts and melting the hearts of viewers at home. Awww

As a result, some of the saddest things you'd expect to see outside of a thrift store have appeared. A small, dilapidated artificial Christmas tree that has enjoyed generations of children and welcomed soldiers since its purchase in 1920. For Christmas 1962, a lovely Santa is bought for the children. And most magically, a malfunctioning home movie projector that hasn't been seen in decades. After all, they have a deep and personal meaning to those who wear them, and it is a great honor for the artisans to restore them to their full glory, for all of us to see and, as I said, be seen. . filling small but painful gaps in people's lives.

Each element has an end edge embedded deep into the fabric. The home bar was bought by a Jamaican of the Windrush generation to entertain friends and family at home with rum punch and blues parties. Who doesn't love a party? But her grandson, who is aware of this, notes that the "coloured bars" of pubs and clubs at the time gave people like Grandma more reason to focus their social life at home. The trombone boy, on the other hand, never played in his father's Salvation Army band after his father became ill with Parkinson's, which is now his only real connection to that past. Everyone swelled as the tune played. And the home video is a poignant reminder of my dear sister, mother and grandmother being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Once again, we admire the ingenuity of the friendly craftsman. Kirsten Ramsay recreated an artificial Christmas tree 'needle' made of feathers, split down the middle, dyed dark green and wound on a thread, as was customary in the pre-sculptural era. The lovely Peter Woods considers trombone welding and resonance a Christmas present in itself. It's so much fun watching Amanda Middleditch and Julie Thatchel from The Teddy Bears put the stuffing back into Santa's broken old toys. While Kirk and Dominic Chinaea make bars out of water-damaged and abandoned houses in an incredibly impressive way, I never would have thought that epoxy could bring so much joy to so many people.

The visuals we see are simple and the atmosphere is bittersweet and festive, and a big part of it is host Jay Blades, who is always charming and down-to-earth. That somehow holds it together for an hour, and Bill Patterson's massively canary commentary adds the final touch to the production, which is an act of television craftsmanship in itself.

It's actually too heavy, and while "The Workshop" holds everything together, it also tears at the audience's old hearts. It reminds us that the things and people that mean so much to us are often interconnected, and strives to preserve memories for future generations. In contrast to the BBC itself, essentially a centuries-old treasure trove of world-class expertise and creativity, now carelessly damaged by this government. When he was gone there was no store to try to recover. So let's try to understand it for now.