Season 1 · Episode 1
In Ayrshire, a window signed by the poet Robert Burns and a life-changing historic Scottish canoe are both lovingly repaired by the team.
Dom and plaster expert Rich try to preserve some World War II Polish art before it is lost forever. Meanwhile, David Burville repairs a clockwork ship, and Will gets to grips with shinty.
The team help commemorate the victims of the Lockerbie bombing, new automata expert Michael tackles a clockwork train, and Kirsten gets hands-on with medieval slipware pottery.
Will and Dom learn how a devastating fire put a 5,000-year-old craft in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Chris Shaw repairs a Gaelic pipe music book, and Dom has the chance to make his own sporran.
Dom and Lucia help an iconic Glasgow landmark that has lost its lustre, save an endangered Chinese Unicorn, and discover how street art is changing one city before our very eyes.
The team face their quirkiest fix yet – a giant fibreglass cow lantern. Also, luthier Julyan brings a banjulele back to life, and Dom gets a crash course in brilliant cutting.
The boys help save a monument that’s crumbling before their eyes, Will brings a huge drum back to the barn, and Dom gets on the tools with the last scissor-maker in Sheffield.
The team head to Wiltshire to rescue an RAF memorial bench, paper conservator Angie struggles with a challenging Hindu holy book, and Will discovers traditional bee skeps.
The team help a charity get their iconic bus back on the road, Mark Stuckey reaches for the stars, fixing an unusual projector, and Will is wowed by the lost art of encaustic tiles.
The experts race against time to restore a historic carriage before a town procession, a unique musical instrument needs some TLC, and Will gets a makeover at Scotland’s oldest bespoke tailors.
Will Manchester Town Hall’s giant clock prove too big for Steve to handle? Will hears the tragic story behind a fruit machine and discovers the endangered craft of globe-making.
The team help the people trying to save Britain’s oldest wooden ship, a football cap brings back treasured memories, and Lucia sees a complicated wooden puzzle at the V&A Museum.
Will and Dom discover the noble sport of pram racing in Sussex, Kirsten performs emergency surgery on a garden gnome, and science meets art with a pair of neon sign makers.
The team restore some Victorian stage machinery, Suzie hears a story of injustice from apartheid South Africa, and wood lover Will gets to grips with the delicate art of marquetry.
Antiques en France. On a buying trip to Provence, dealers are on the hunt for hidden treasures in its fabulous markets. Can they turn a profit from their purchases?
2023
Nick Knowles delves into the history of homes as their owners restore them to their former glory.
2014
In each hour episode, preservationist Brett Waterman transforms one character filled house for a couple or family who owns it. Brett focuses on homes with fascinating stories and unrealized potential hidden beneath neglect, bad renovations, and ugly additions.
2016
Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
2018
Pickers like Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are on a mission to recycle America, even if it means diving into countless piles of grimy junk or getting chased off a gun-wielding homeowner’s land. Hitting back roads from coast to coast, the two men earn a living by restoring forgotten relics to their former glory, transforming one person’s trash into another’s treasure.
2010
Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.
2015
Modern day treasure hunter, Drew Pritchard is one of Britain's leading architectural salvage dealers, traveling the length and breadth of the country in search of weird and wonderful objects. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, a crack team of restorers are back at base giving old and rare finds a new lease of life. We've seen them at work on Salvage Hunters, restoring, repairing and refining Drew's finds but for the first time, Salvage Hunters: The Restorers is going behind-the-scenes with this expert team to see what it really takes to transform junk into gems.
Helen Skelton leads a team of experts in search of precious items lost by members of the public in the Lake District.
2025
For home restoration expert Tamara Day, there's no such thing as a home that's too big! This Kansas City native and mother of four specializes in restoring the neglected large homes that others are too scared to take on. She brings these big beauties back to life so that new families can move in and love them again.
Passionate DIY enthusiast Kate Humble, designer and re-inventor Max McMurdo, and up-cycler Zoe Pocock get stuck into a range of exciting projects. The team re-purpose forgotten items and old junk and work their magic on different reinventions.
2020
Nigel Havers welcomes people with an item they’d like to sell, introducing them to a valuation expert who gives them the specialist information they need to drive a hard bargain. Tooled up with this information, Nigel guides the sellers through to the bidding room, where the five eager dealers square up to spend their money.
Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
2011
The best of American Pickers....
2017
Sheldon Smithens, an antiques dealer, auctioneer and appraiser by trade, and his partner Scott Cozens, a full-time lawyer and life-long picker - scour towns across Canada in search of objects with historical, collectible and pop culture value.
Meet car enthusiast and TV presenter Tim Shaw and master mechanic Fuzz Townshend as they join forces to rescue rusty classic vehicles from their garage prisons
2013
The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers, and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.