Name: Episode 4 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain
Uploaded: 2024-11-20
Duration: 43 min 49 s
Description: Episode 4 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain | Jay Blades looks back at three repairs that help show how immigration has shaped the UK: a pump organ from the Caribbean, a barber's pole with Cypriot links and an Iraqi samovar.

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Jay Blades looks back at three repairs that help show how immigration has shaped the UK: a pump organ from the Caribbean, a barber's pole with Cypriot links and an Iraqi samovar.

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Episode 11 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 12 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 13 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 14 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 15 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 2 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 3 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

BBC One | 2020 | 43'39''

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Episode 5 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 6 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 7 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 8 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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Episode 9 | The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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