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Retro Electro Workshop: Boombox (Yesterday Tuesday August 15, 2023)

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4 months ago

August 13, 2023

Retro Electro Workshop: Boombox airs Tuesday August 15, 2023 on Yesterday

What can we expect from this episode

Shamil picks up an authentic 1980s Boombox for a steal. It’s stunning to behold, but Rob says fixing it will be hell.

Rob pays a war memorabilia collector a visit and discovers the owner has a Utility Radio that hasn’t functioned in decades; can Rob restore this piece of history? After receiving a Kenwood food mixer that has seen better days, Matt’s workshop soon becomes a smoke-filled inferno.

A new UKTV Original series for Yesterday about the dying art of repairing electronics, fronted by super-fixer Rob Howard, one of the UK’s last remaining full-time repair men of retro-electronic products.

At one time, Britain had an electronics repairer on every street corner. From the 1930s to the 1980s, electronic gadgets were built to be repaired and to last a lifetime. Whether it’s a classic American jukebox, a retro pinball machine, a boombox or a vintage radio, super-fixer Rob Howard and his network of experts, including Matt, are ready to find, fix, restore and revive "anything old with a plug on it".

Shamil and his dad T have a wealth of knowledge about vintage electronics and find design classics ripe for restoration and re-sell.

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