Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 2, 2021 10:02:15 GMT
You will probably enjoy the ‘Saved and Remade’ programmes that are on BBC 2 at the moment. Unlike the repair shop the articles are repurposed but have elements of the original thing. I have watched 3 now and have been enjoying it much more than that awful programme Keith Lemon did on Channel 4 ( The Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft). One of the remades was turning a trombone into a flaming sculpture.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 2, 2021 11:25:05 GMT
The difference with this programme is that the owner of the object wants to keep it , hasn’t taken it to the tip, andso at the reveal partthey get it back and seem delighted.
We stopped watching Repair Shop. Loved the first series but then it descended into too much sentimentality and we found ourselves constantly fast forwarding. Knowing how many times they shoot each ‘take’ and the encouragement there is to wring every drop of pathos from the reveal...well....This is not to denigrate the fine work of the restorers, of course. We like saved and remade so far, like the 30 minute format and the fact that the end result is practical. The owners are appreciative without too much schmaltz . Maybe I’m just a cynical old biddy. The treasured trombone being turned into an amazing garden torch was great TV.
Far too much sentimentality and, call me cynical, but if the treasured object is of so much importantance to the family, why does everything look like it's been abandoned at the back of a shed under a heap of old, rusty junk for over 30 years?
...because a great deal of it has but the lure of getting it repaired for free and being on TV may be hard to resist for some.
It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.
I'm going to be honest and say I'm finding the constant pandemic sadness and heartstring wrenching very wearing at the moment. So many personal stories of loss and despair in the news, specific programs, videos etc. I'm afraid I switch over now.
It is all so tragic and sad, and I feel deeply for those involved, but as I have said recently about The Repair Stop, I'm fed up being an emotional wreck by the end. That said, there was an inspiring war story yesterday about a boy who survived a mass firing squad of young boys from a village in Poland, he escaped and with other events along the way, eventually made his way to England.
I do like the Hearts Wall gradually appearing outside St Thomas's Hospital as a memorial to covid victims. It seems a fitting tribute, there is something of the Tower of London poppies about it.