Jay Blades

Jay Blades

Jay is a furniture restorer and television presenter, who founded Jay & Co, a social enterprise that helps disadvantaged and disengaged groups.

He gained a BA in Criminology and Philosophy at Buckinghamshire New University despite having a reading age of just eleven.

Movies for Jay Blades...

Title: David & Jay's Touring Toolshed
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: January 22, 2024
Type: TV
Tinkering twosome Sir David Jason and Jay Blades traverse the UK. Meeting master crafters and passionate hobbyists, they showcase traditional talents and pick up a tip or two.
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Title: Jay Blades: The Midlands Through Time
Character: Presenter
Released: October 11, 2023
Type: TV
Jay takes a three-part journey through the fascinating history of his adoptive home.
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Title: Britain's Best Beach Huts
Character: Presenter
Released: June 29, 2023
Type: TV
From quirky coastal cubbyholes to half-a-million-pound hideaways, craftsman Jay Blades and interior design expert Laura Jackson go in search of Britain's best quintessential seaside staple.
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Title: Jay Blades: East End Through Time
Character: Presenter
Released: June 13, 2023
Type: TV
The popular presenter explores the history and characters of London's colourful East End.
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Title: Jay Blades: No Place Like Home
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2022
Type: TV
This series sees celebrities walk down memory lane returning to the neighbourhoods where they grew up, discovering the history that was on their doorstep all along. Each episode features a different celebrity learning more about themselves and the places they call home as they explore the areas that made them and meet the people that shaped them.
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Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51
Title: Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, has decided it’s finally time to learn to read. He has been told he has the reading age of an 11-year-old. Throughout his life he has found ways of avoiding the written word, and this film digs deep into how this has shaped him.
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Title: Jay's Yorkshire Workshop
Character: Presenter
Released: August 18, 2021
Type: TV
Feelgood furniture. Jay Blades opens the doors to his workshop in Bradford, with expert craftspeople and would-be woodworkers making wow-factor furniture to thank local heroes.
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Title: Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Character: Self - Expert
Released: November 28, 2020
Type: TV
Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
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Title: Jay Blades' Home Fix
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: May 25, 2020
Type: TV
Furniture restorer Jay Blades helps us to become more self-sufficient and to rekindle our love for easy-to-follow DIY. He looks back through the archives to rediscover the very best home and garden advice from some of the nation’s favourite experts, and he shares his own hacks, tips and tricks to get everyone inspired to have a go and make something special.
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Title: Celebrity Catchphrase
Released: March 18, 2018
Type: TV
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.
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Title: The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character: Self - Guest
Released: March 6, 2018
Type: TV
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
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Title: Celebrity Money for Nothing
Character: Host
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Upcyclers Sarah Moore and Jay Blades are on a mission to rummage through the homes of celebrities to uncover unloved and unused gems for charity.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Title: The Repair Shop
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 27, 2017
Type: TV
The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.
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Title: Gok's Fill Your House for Free
Character: Self
Released: August 22, 2016
Type: TV
In a bid to prove that you really can get something for nothing, Gok Wan has reopened the Fill Your House For Free shop in Glasgow and has stocked it from floor to ceiling with furniture all of which has been sourced for free. Each day Gok will invite a family to embrace upcycling and prove to them that, with a bit of inspiration, perspiration and determination, you really can transform your house without breaking the bank. Each day Gok will challenge his crack team of upcycling experts to produce three brilliant and bespoke items for our family. The team comprise Max McMurdo, a pint sized designer with a passion for taking everyday items and transforming them into amazing pieces of furniture. Max is joined by Jay Blades, who uses an amazing eye for colour to transform drab and unloved items into objects of desire and Nessa Doran O'Reilly a woman so obsessed with restoring furniture to its former glory that she refuses to throw away even a scrap of old wood.
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Title: Money for Nothing
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2015
Type: TV
Entrepreneur Sarah Moore saves things from being dumped and transforms them into valuable pieces, making money for people who had no idea there was cash to be made from their trash.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.