King Charles is to appear on 'The Repair Shop'.
Jay Blades hosts The Repair Shop
The 73-year-old monarch met with host Jay Blades and his expert team to explore their shared passion for preserving heritage craft skills as part of the BBC's centenary celebrations, and the episode - which will air on 26 October at 8pm - sees Charles ask for them to mend a piece of pottery made for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and an 18th century bracket clock.
The episode was partly filmed in August 2021 and Jay, ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay, furniture restorer Will Kirk, and horologist Steve Fletcher were invited to Dumfries House in Scotland to meet the royal, who was then still Prince of Wales.
On the programme, Charles gives Jay a tour of the estate before they meet students on the Building Craft Programme, which was set up by The Prince's Foundation.
Jay admitted it was easy to find common ground with the king.
He said: "You’ve got someone from a council estate and someone from a royal estate that have the same interests about apprenticeships and heritage crafts
"It is unbelievable to see that two people from so far apart, from different ends of the spectrum, actually have the same interests."
Meanwhile, the experts enjoy a tour of the property's collection of 18th century furniture and decorative arts from Dumfries House collections manager, Satinder Kaur.
Later in the episode, in spring 2022, Charles visits the Repair Shop barn to be reunited with his items.
BBC commissioning editor Julie Shaw said: “This is an incredibly special programme which has the magic that Repair Shop viewers have come to know and love.
"People will see the former Prince of Wales as you rarely see him – and he is as captivated by the skills of the team who work on his items as any of our Repair Shop visitors."
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