The Repair Shop leaves fans feeling emotional after BBC show shares heartfelt ... trends now

The Repair Shop left viewers in tears as a guest shared a heartwarming father and son story around a small boat model.

The heartwarming series returned for its ninth run earlier this month and fans admitted they felt overwhelmed hearing the backstory.

Jon Keogh from Glasgow brought a miniature model prawn trawler ship into the barn.

He revealed to the show's host, Jay Blades, that it was a replica of a ship that he and his father used to work on and owned.

He went on to explain that his father built the model from his memory and dubbed him a crafts man who 'could repair anything'.

When asked if his father was still alive, he told the show: 'No. Unfortunately, he died in 2007.

'My dad got into fishing during the summer school holidays with a fisherman.'

He revealed that his father first stepped onto a boat at the age of 15, where he worked for many years in the Merchant Navy.

His father, also called Jon, then met his mother and wanted to settle down, so he moved into Clyde shipyards as a shipwright - the creation place of the Queen Mary.

During the 60s and 70s, his father built many impressive and essential vessels over his years, including Frigates, POPVs and offshore patrol vessels.

The repair shop then showed a clip to explain that the demand for ships had fallen in the 1970s and 1980s. After the war, international competition from overseas makers made ship workers' lives hard and depleted industry jobs.

Jon revealed that his father was made redundant from the shipyards following the decline in demand, so he bought himself the prawn trailer.

'It was his dream to have a fishing boat one day. And then me and my dad went fishing on it, for prawns, in the Clyde,' he added.