Patching up Panda
TV & Satellite Week|November 18, 2023
Experts repair treasured toys that hold precious memories
SEAN MARLAND, TESS LAMACRAFT, IAN MACEWAN
Patching up Panda

NEW FACTUAL

The Toy Hospital

Friday, 8pm, Channel 5

From mangled puppets and threadbare teddies to broken BMX bikes and a damaged TARDIS, a team of restoration specialists give an array of much-loved toys a fresh lease of life in a new Repair Shop-style series.

Among the professionals treating the treasured items in the six-part series are toy ‘doctors’ Charlotte Abbott, Jax Smith and Shaun Lati. Meanwhile, former NHS worker and 2014 Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle is acting as ‘matron’, welcoming people to the wards with their beloved items.

This story is from the November 18, 2023 edition of TV & Satellite Week.

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