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Edinburgh TV Festival 2023
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Jay Blades MBE

Presenter - The Repair Shop

Professional Bio

Jay Blades MBE is best known as host of BBC One’s heart-warming show The Repair Shop. He also runs a production company which this year produced Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51 for BBC One and a brand new three-part series for Channel 5, Jay Blades: No Place Like Home. Other presenting credits include: Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop series for BBC Two; Jay and Dom’s Home Fix for BBC One. In addition to presenting, Jay spends time a large amount of time working on furniture projects for commercial and individual clients, running workshops and motivating disadvantaged people in the community.