Quest +1 Monday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

Wayne Carini bids on a 1949 BMV Veritas and hopes to get a classic Thor motorbike up and running

Car restorer Wayne Carini visits McPherson College looking for three apprentices to join his team. The students assemble a Model T and the winners are announced

Wayne Carini travels to Ohio to buy a Pierce Arrow, but is forced to pull out of the purchase when the owner backtracks on his decision to sell

Wayne Carini rescues a Jaguar 120 after a recluse's car-collecting becomes a hoarding habit

Following two of America's most skilled 'pickers', who trawl junk yards, garages, attics and barns for precious objects

A creepy collection of kitsch is the first in a long line of bizarre finds on Frank and Dave's picking trip

The experts restore a mantle clock in the shape of a ship, a ceramic night light, a 1960s skateboard and a teddy that accompanied its owner through surgery

Furniture experts, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists and upholsterers try to restore family heirlooms and treasured possessions to their former glory

How leather and flyboard is produced. Plus, a look at how goods are transported along the Grand Canal

A look at how to make Parmesan cheese, and the key to keeping the runways operating at the world's busiest airports. Plus, manufacturing reclining chairs

The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple modern-day objects. This edition looks at how Marshall amps and frost-proof garden pots are made

A look at how the tallest buildings in the world are cleaned. Plus, the process to make a jigsaw where every piece is unique

In the New Forest, Hampshire, Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove visit a collector of Americana. What rare bicycles and classic sportsters will they find in his sheds?

Bike guru Henry Cole and ace-mechanic Sam Lovegrove head to the Midlands to visit the sheds of a bike builder with a collection of rare bikes

In Suffolk, Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien unearth hidden treasures in former agony aunt Janet's garden shed, including a vintage tram bench and a rare piece of furniture

Henry Cole refurbishes a classic Ford Mustang and a neon garage sign, while Simon O'Brien restores a classic Chopper bicycle and turns a bass guitar into a chair

Mike Brewer is ecstatic when he snaps up a cult VW Corrado coupe with only one previous owner for a bargain price - but with cheap cars come expensive surprises

Mike and Ant welcome a 1968 International Harvester Travelall to the workshop, that is an ancestor of the modern SUV

Drew Pritchard and Paul Cowland take on their biggest restoration yet, a VW Beetle Karmann Cabriolet in terrible condition

Metal worker Ted is challenged to repurpose a rusty railway signal light. Alex restores a headless carousel animal, while Craig fixes up a lounge chair

Mining on his own and desperate for cash, Dan Measey gambles on new but unproven opal-detecting AI technology. Slim Pickings are forced to relocate

Pete and Kyle take the biggest gamble of their season, hunting valuable Tourmaline crystals. Hugh and Jarrin tackle the world's only Stitchtite quarry

The experts restore a mantle clock in the shape of a ship, a ceramic night light, a 1960s skateboard and a teddy that accompanied its owner through surgery

Action from round nine in Riga, Latvia

Mike Brewer hunts down an expensive and rare BMW that hasn't been driven for 17 years. Edd China has his work cut out for him modernising and developing the old banger

Mike Brewer is ecstatic when he snaps up a cult VW Corrado coupe with only one previous owner for a bargain price - but with cheap cars come expensive surprises

Mike and Ant welcome a 1968 International Harvester Travelall to the workshop, that is an ancestor of the modern SUV

The complex technological processes involved in cooling the iconic Sydney Opera House. Plus, how Sheffield steel is transformed into a carpenter's handsaw

Tips for brewing moonshine in the heart of New York City. Plus, the creation of a battery-powered bicycle, and producing wetsuits using rubber grown in the Arizona desert

The manufacture of bowling balls, barber poles, felt and radar guns

The manufacture of copper pipe fittings, cylinder music boxes, pepper mills and hot-rod steering columns

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home