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BBC iPlayer (GB)
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Running
Start:
2025-07-30
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Where broken beauty is reborn. How legendary art restorer Koji Mayuyama is preserving ancient treasures, one divine touch at a time.
There is no Next Episode of Japan's Master of Restoration planned.
S1E1 - Dormant Treasures
A museum in Osaka asks the Mayuyamas for help with artefacts currently hidden away in their archive. An exquisite 800-year-old celadon vase from China and a 16th-century Totoya Chawan tea bowl both require their expert attention to be brought back to life.
Air Date: 30 Jul 2025 00:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - The Four Legs
The father and son undertake the restoration of a ceramic horse from the Edo period. A previous restoration is now showing signs of age, and a new approach is needed.
Air Date: 30 Jul 2025 00:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - The Imperial Vase
The Mayuyamas travel to London to examine a priceless 18th-century Imperial Chinese flower vase. They hope studying the London vase can help them restore a very similar piece, which has a damaged neck covered by a mysterious metal plate engraved in English.
Air Date: 30 Jul 2025 00:00 (CDT)