Synopsis
Jay Blades revists three repairs - a cash register, a camera and a calculator - to show how they helped shape the modern digital world we enjoy today.
- Programme: The Repair Shop: Fixing Britain
- Episode: 14
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2020
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