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BBC Urgently Drops Jay Blades From TV Schedule, After ‘The Repair Shop’ Frontman Charged With Domestic Abuse


The popular presenter was charged with domestic abuse Friday.

Jay Blades appears in the BBC's hit show 'The Repair Shop'BBC The BBC is urgently pulling all episodes of its hit show The Repair Shop featuring Jay Blades, after the presenter was charged with alleged domestic abuse offences Friday. The primetime restoration show draws a weekly audience of approximately 2.5million viewers, and there are 300 episodes available on the BBC’s catch-up service iPlayer. Blades has become a household name since appearing in the show, which sees members of the public bring in beloved family items to be fixed by workshop expert craftspeople.

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