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The Repair Shop star to visit Ambridge for 75th anniversary of The Archers

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Cooper-Fiske, C. (2026, September 6). The Repair Shop star to visit Ambridge for 75th anniversary of The Archers. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/the-archers-bbc-mark-b1295956.html

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Chinea, a metal expert and star of The Repair Shop, is making a cameo appearance in an upcoming episode of the BBC Radio 4 drama series The Archers. The episode will be broadcast on Sunday at 7pm and features Chinea helping characters from the show fix various items, including a toy tractor that holds sentimental value. A doorbell board used in The Archers production was also brought to The Repair Shop team for repair after it was found to have only two functioning bells out of 12.

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The Repair Shop star Chinea will visit Ambridge, a village that's home to the popular Radio 4 show The Archers, as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. An upcoming episode of The Repair Shop will feature the team working on an item from The Archers, specifically a sound board with 12 doorbells, but only two still functioning. The repair shop's experts will also appear in an episode of Radio 4's The Archers, where one of its characters asks for their help fixing a toy tractor. This marks the first time the team has worked on a scripted drama, and the expert, Chinea, expressed some initial nervousness about taking on a cameo role.

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The metal expert will appear in the Radio 4 show in Sunday’s episode where he will stop off at the village’s annual Flower And Produce Show, while an upcoming episode of The Repair Shop will also see the team work on an Archers item. asserted

team → appear → item

“Having only worked on factual TV series, I found it fascinating to be involved in the recording of a scripted drama, it’s the first time I’ve ever played a cameo scripted role. asserted

I → work → role

“I’m not going to lie I was a little out of my comfort zone and I hope I did The Repair Shop team proud. asserted

I → go → team

The show will see one of its characters, Leonard Berry, ask Chinea to help fix Robert Snell’s broken toaster without realising he is famous for fixing things. asserted

he → see → things

Chinea will then meet Tony Archer, who shows him a toy tractor that used to belong to his son, John, who died at the age of 22, and Chinea agrees to help Tony fix it. asserted

Tony → meet → it

During discussions about the episode, editor of The Archers Jeremy Howe also suggested that there was a production item that was in need of some real-life Repair Shop attention, in a doorbell board. uncertain

that → suggest → board

The item, which is a sound board of 12 various doorbells used in the long-running drama only has two bells still functioning, and Spot FX producer Vanessa Nuttall and Louiza Patikas, who plays Helen Archer, took the board to The Repair Shop barn. asserted

who → use → barn

Howe said: “As huge fans of The Repair Shop, we thought we would give them an unusual challenge from the huge array of oddball props we use to make our Ambridge sound effects. asserted

we → say → effects

A Repair Shop episode featuring the doorbell board will be shown next year, while the episode of The Archers featuring Chinea will air on Sunday at 7pm. asserted

episode → feature → pm

The Repair Shop star to visit Ambridge for 75th anniversary of The Archers

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