The Repair Shop

S06:E17 - Father's Sitar, WW2 Pilots Jacket and Flying Toy Bird

Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.Jay Blades invites new expert Kaviraj Singh to the barn to tackle the fix of a broken Indian stringed instrument once played by a much-missed father. Brother and sister Kesar and Parveen were devastated when their father's sitar was accidentally broken. Holding irreplaceable memories of their childhood and beloved father, the pair are moved to tears when they return to play the lovingly restored instrument once again.Leather expert Suzie Fletcher gets to grips with an iconic flying jacket, worn by a brave RAF Spitfire pilot during World War Two. Now his grandson longs to wear the cherished item and pass it on to his fledgling family when they grow up.And mechanical maestro Steve Fletcher works his magic on a damaged mechanical toy bird that has lost its tweet. With its wounded wing and broken bellows, it is a tricky task to get the little bird twirling and tweeting once again.