The Repair Shop\u2019s horologist Steve Fletcher told RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview that he was \u201cfortunate to be a part\u201d of the special.<\/p> \u201cI had to restore and repair a very, very important lantern that came from the Tower of London that\u2019s used every single night to go around and lock up the tower and keep it secure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cAnd I had to restore and repair this lantern so that it would last for hundreds of years to come. And that for me was a total honour.\u201d<\/p>\n Fletcher also revealed that the repair proved to be more \u201cdifficult\u201d than he expected.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to keep everything as original as I possibly could and I tried a couple of ways of preparing it that didn\u2019t work out. So I had to then revert to another design.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I was really proud of the way that I actually designed and the repaired the lantern because it did mean that the way it was before had inherent mechanical problems with the handle \u2013 but the new handle that I devised will last for hundreds of years.\u201d<\/p>\n The Repair Shop: Jubilee Special airs on BBC One on Wednesday 1st June at 8pm. See<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>what else is on with our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or check out our dedicated Entertainment<\/a> hub.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2022 at 12:00 am The Repair Shop\u2019s Steve Fletcher has spoken about working on the \u201cdifficult repair\u201d of the Tower of London\u2019s lantern for the show\u2019s Jubilee special, revealing that it was \u201ca total honour\u201d to do. The upcoming episode of the BBC One show will see Jay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16346,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/repair-shop-expert-on-honour-of-difficult-jubilee-special-restoration.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2022 at 12:00 am The Repair Shop\u2019s Steve Fletcher has spoken about working on the \u201cdifficult repair\u201d of the Tower of London\u2019s lantern for the show\u2019s Jubilee special, revealing that it was \u201ca total honour\u201d to do. The upcoming episode of the BBC One show will see Jay…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/16345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/22391686-high_res-the-repair-shop-daytime-4359fbc.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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