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HD The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

EPS04

The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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IMDb: 0
2020

Jay Blades looks back at three repairs that help show how immigration has shaped the UK. The first item is a pump organ brought in by Carmen and Angela and previously owned by their mum, Vera, who was part of the Windrush generation. It was virtually the only thing she brought over when she emigrated from the West Indies, and it has provided many treasured evenings of entertainment. Jay tells the story of the Windrush generation through fascinating archive that charts their arrival, how they were received in the UK and the controversy over their status in recent years. Next is a classic red and white revolving barber's pole brought in by Caner, whose father, Harry, moved from Cyprus to London in the early 1960s and, after working as a policeman, set up a barber's shop. Jay discovers the fascinating story of Cypriots in London, along with the origins of the iconic barber's pole. Finally, a samovar - the Iraqi version of an ornate tea urn - brought in by Nawzad and Karen. It was ... Written by Steve Crook steve@brainstorm.co.uk

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The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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IMDb: 0
2020

Jay Blades revisits three repairs that show how modern music has been influenced by vintage music players. Sue and her son Richard brought in a polyphon - a vintage disc player that was owned by Sue's grandmother. Jay tells the story of the polyphon: how it relates to the vinyl discs we are familiar with today, and how music publishers were influenced by the popularity of particular tracks - a forerunner of today's music charts. Richard and Leslie from Cornwall brought in a Peter Pan gramophone. This was the innovative rival to the music box and helped change listening habits in the early part of the 20th century. Jay uncovers eye-opening archive that shows how Thomas Edison helped invent the gramophone and how it created the phenomenon of music on demand that we take for granted today. He also reveals how this now vintage technology continues to shape the length of the modern day pop song. The final fix features Albert and the beloved transistor radio that he shared for decades of ... Written by Steve Crook steve@brainstorm.co.uk

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The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

EPS11

The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain

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IMDb: 0
2020

Jay Blades revisits three amazing inventions that have had a profound influence on the development of the film and video technology we take for granted today. First, a magic lantern brought into the barn by Marie-Noelle. She can remember her grandmother using it to show her images when Marie-Noelle was a child, but the light source has gone, some of the slides don't fit and the exterior is showing its age. Jay uses fascinating archive footage to show how the magic lantern was developed and used to produce some of the earliest sequences of moving images, using the same principle as modern day video. The second repair is a metacarpi owned by David Powell from Hampshire. The machine is like a flip-book: it rotates a series of still pictures past a viewfinder at speed to give the illusion of motion (again very similar to the basic premise of modern day TV and film). Jay explain the role the metacarpi played in the development of the cinema and how it gave rise to some of the first silent ... Written by Steve Crook steve@brainstorm.co.uk

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