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Episode 22

Episode 22 of 40

Jay Blades and the team tackle a bus conductor鈥檚 ticket machine, a Victorian automaton and a former world champion鈥檚 kick-boxing trophy.

Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.

Steve O鈥橠onnell from Galway in Ireland has a much-loved childhood gift that requires the mechanical expertise of Steve Fletcher. The bus conductor's ticket machine belonged to his uncle, and Steve was fascinated by it as a boy, playing bus conductors during visits to his uncle's house, charging his family to sit on the sofa! This is a first for Steve Fletcher, and he is eager to open it up and see how it works.

A team effort is called for when Emma Sadek from London arrives at the barn with a Victorian automaton. She is hoping organ restorer and vintage toy enthusiast David Burville can give this long-retired musical curiosity - a mechanical pianist doll - the chance of an encore. And ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay finds herself with a rather poignant project when former world kick-boxing champion Helen Bannan brings in her prized trophy, which has been badly damaged in a recent house fire.

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Presenter Jay Blades
Narrator Bill Paterson
Executive Producer Hannah Lamb
Executive Producer Rob Butterfield
Executive Producer Emma Walsh
Series Producer Helen Page
Series Producer Tanveer Bari

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