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The Travelling Auctioneers (2022)
Yet another variation on a theme
This programme has very good, skilled and pleasing to the eye presenters who are woefully underused. Will is reduced to a bit of 'spit & polish' and glue in most episodes. This is just another obviously contrived lightweight crossover attempt at combining The Repair Shop, Money for Nothing, Flog it!, Celebrity Antiques Roadshow et al Every episode seems to have the inevitable 'sob story' included whether you want it or not. Where are the new ideas? This is only a daytime tv filler only I'm afraid. I can't see it being a great hit. Christina Trevanion and Will Kirk deserve a better platform to show their undoubted talents.
The Repair Shop (2017)
Great little series but what does Jay actually do?
I love this series. The expert conservators and restorers are superb at their work and it's great to see the before and after results. The stories behind the restorations can be a little sentimental but that is not a criticism. However, what exactly does Jay Blades do? Other than greet most of the people who bring their beloved but bedraggled possessions to the shop and then share in the praise after the specialists have, in his words "worked their magic", he never is actually shown doing any work on the items, save for lending a pitiful hand now and again. Also, he seems to ask rather naive questions of the experts when he is supposed to be one himself. The programme would work just as well, if not better without him, but he's the current face of the BBC's daytime schedule and in their eyes needs to be given as much exposure as possible.
The Repair Shop (2017)
Great little series but what does Jay actually do?
I love this series. The expert conservators and restorers are superb at their work and it's great to see the before and after results. The stories behind the restorations can be a little sentimental but that is not a criticism. However, what exactly does Jay Blades do? Other than greet most of the people who bring their beloved but bedraggled possessions to the shop and then share in the praise after the specialists have, in his words "worked their magic", he never is actually shown doing any work on the items, save for lending a pitiful hand now and again. Also, he seems to ask rather naive questions of the experts when he is supposed to be one himself. The programme would work just as well, if not better without him, but he's the current face of the BBC's daytime schedule and in their eyes needs to be given as much exposure as possible.