About this season
Amanda Lamb presents the programme in which craftspeople use their expertise and their imagination to transform dusty family heirlooms and forgotten treasures into amazing items.
Episodes (15)
1. Measure Twice, Cut Once
Aired 26 September 2022 • 44 min
Textile designer Emily gets to work and has one chance to transform some precious baby clothes. Meanwhile, woodworker Radha tackles the difficult task of remaking a guitar from the 1960s.
2. The Maker's Mark
Aired 3 October 2022 • 44 min
Woodworker Radha painstakingly works through every detail as he aims to successfully transform a 100-year-old dressing table and family heirloom that connects its owner to her late mother.
3. Fluid Lines
Aired 10 October 2022 • 44 min
Metalsmith Leigh forges steel to create an ambitious water sculpture from Victorian clocks. John transforms a sideboard and reveals its century-old secrets.
4. The Very First Piece
Aired 17 October 2022 • 44 min
Foster parents David and Paul from Herefordshire have brought in an oak gate-legged table they hope can be remade by one of the woodworkers. Velvet is challenged to transform a large mascot into something new.
5. A Stitch in Time
Aired 24 October 2022 • 44 min
Textile designer Emily Dupen has a tricky task ahead as works with an intriguing tapestry that may be a century old. Leatherworker Jason Stocks-Young is challenged to reuse an used jacket.
6. Every Tiny Bit of Timber
Aired 31 October 2022 • 44 min
Woodworker Daisy Lula Brunsdon turns a family table into six identical items. Meanwhile, steel specialist John Osborne feels the weight of history as he transforms a traditional game.
7. A Nice Tight Joint
Aired 7 November 2022 • 44 min
Daisy's woodwork must be perfect to transform an item full of family history, while metalsmith Leigh has an idea for an encore for an old theatre spotlight.
8. Toy Special: A Common Thread
Aired 15 May 2023 • 44 min
In this special edition of the restoration programme, Leigh turns a toy train into an item that reflects its owner's love of rugby and frogs, and a 63-year-old teddy bear is given a new lease of life.
9. The Test of Time
Aired 22 May 2023 • 44 min
In this edition, Leigh reimagines an old love seat as a spectacular sculpture that celebrates the owners' love for their garden. Daisy tackles a chair she made as a student.
10. The Right Angels
Aired 29 May 2023 • 44 min
Woodworker Daisy reimagines an old dolls' house originally made from recycled materials. John and Jason transform a saddle that belonged to a lifelong companion
11. Every Little Detail
Aired 5 June 2023 • 44 min
Motorcycle expert Titch takes on an old engine packed with sentimental value. An early 20th century trunk proves a tricky remake for designer Emily
12. Straight and True
Aired 12 June 2023 • 44 min
Titch has his work cut out as he redesigns a sentimental guitar body and piano. John uses his skills in wood and steel to turn a sun lounger into toddler toys.
13. Form And Function
Aired 19 June 2023 • 44 min
Titch transforms a titanium tibia, once part of its owner's leg. Woodworker Radha redesigns a trunk that transported a family's belongings from Italy in the 1950s.
14. A Steady Hand
Aired 26 June 2023 • 44 min
Woodworker Daisy discovers an old Welsh dresser's secret as she transforms it. Meanwhile, seamstress Velvet is in her element with colourful sari material.
15. First Things First
Aired 3 July 2023 • 44 min
A wooden chest proves trickier than it looks when Daisy discovers woodworm. Amanda Lamb asks the re-makers to reimagine her husband's old model ship.