The King is to guest star in a special episode of The Repair Shop as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations.
In the programme, Charles will meet with the show’s host Jay Blades and his expert team of craftspeople to explore their shared passion for preserving heritage craft skills.
The team will mend two precious items chosen by the monarch, a piece of pottery made for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and a 18th century clock.
The special was announced during The One Show on Tuesday, and the episode is set to air on 26 October at 8pm on BBC One.
In August 2021, the team of Jay, ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay, horologist Steve Fletcher and furniture restorer Will Kirk were invited to Dumfries House in Scotland to meet the King, then the Prince of Wales.
The episode will see Charles give Jay a tour of the estate as well as meeting some of the students on the Building Craft Programme set up by The Prince’s Foundation.
Jay, who grew up in Hackney, London, 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 collections manager of Dumfries House, Satinder Kaur, gives the experts a tour of its collection of 18th century furniture and decorative arts.
Within the episode, the Repair Shop team also pledge to restore two historic pieces that the King has selected.
These being an 18th century bracket clock from the collection at Dumfries House and a piece of pottery made for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee by Wemyss Ware, a renowned British ceramics company founded in 1882.
In spring 2022, Jay and the team welcomed the King to The Repair Shop barn to be reunited with the 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."
The programme was filmed between autumn 2021 and March 2022, before Charles became King following the death of his mother the Queen.
The special episode of The Repair Shop will air on October 26 at 8pm on BBC One.
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