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The Repair Shop returns for a 13th series tonight on BBC One at 8pm.
The new series will see the team tackle a fire station painting, a Roald Dahl gate, a World War II code-breaking cookbook and a pair of cowboy boots connected to Elton John.
Ahead of the new series, some of the programme's experts spoke to the BBC about the most challenging fixes they have had to make on the show since it began.
From a chair once sat in by John F. Kennedy to a clock belonging to King Charles, read on below as MailOnline takes a look at some of the most intriguing challenges the experts have faced over the course of the show...
From a chair once sat in by John F. Kennedy to a clock belonging to King Charles, read on below as MailOnline takes a look at some of the most intriguing challenges seen on the show
Suzie was in the process of moving back from America to the UK when the first episode of The Repair Shop came out in 2017
Suzie was in the process of moving back from America to the UK when the first episode of The Repair Shop came out in 2017.
Her brother, Steve, had already been working on the show since its inception and says she applied to join the program after speaking to Steve, and was subsequently persuaded to join the team.
Revealing the item she found most difficult throughout her time on the show, Suzie said that she had trouble mending a badly-damaged small shoe.
Speaking about the item, she said: 'I wasn't actually sure if I was going to be able to get it in shape again, because it could so easily go wrong and I had lots of sleepless nights over that.
'[Fellow presenter Will Kirk] actually made a little wooden form to hold the shoe on which helped me do this wonderful repair very carefully and ended up even surprising myself.'
Dominic Chinea
A metal expert who has specialised in fixing classic cars, Dominic (left) was originally involved as a prop maker and set designer for the show, creating its sign
A metal expert who has specialised in fixing classic cars, Dominic was originally involved as a prop maker and set designer for the show, creating its sign.
After TV crew found some items that were rusty and needed metalwork, he was offered the position as a metalwork expert on the show.
Dominic did not pick out one particular item that he found more challenging to fix than any other, saying that '99% of the things that come through here are really challenging to fix because they've been broken for so long'.
He added: 'A lot of the things that we work on are particularly bad. And the memories that the family have got with the item and the emotional significance makes it even more difficult.
'It's so important to tread carefully with each repair, for example, the flakes of paint that are left and the scratches become so precious.'
Steve Fletcher
A horologist, Steve is a third-generation clock maker who has plied his trade in the industry after studying at college in Hackney
A horologist, Steve is a third-generation clock maker who has plied his trade in the industry after studying at college in Hackney.
He was drafted in on the show as a specialist clock maker just days after the Repair Shop Experts team had found a YouTube film he had made.
He says one of the most difficult items for him to mend was a clock given to him by King Charles, when he was serving as the Prince of Wales.
Speaking about the item, Steve remarked: 'It had been in the hands of so many clock makers and I had to work a way round of
