WOOD WORKS TO REWARD THE GOOD WEEK

Of the

TEARJERKER

and UNSUNG heroes, personalised presents big reveals – Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop on BBC2 on Wednesday had tearjerker written all over it.

Jay The Repair Shop-style show with Blades, right, shows woodworkers creating bespoke items for deserving community members.

Sue thanked Doncaster care home staff with a 13ft curved (hugshaped!) garden seat. In the pandemic,

selflessly left their loved ones and staff

the care home – sleeping on moved into the floor for 56 days to save lives. Connor nominated Jack, a stranger

half his liver to save his life. who gave

Then the pair fell in love. And now

Jack has a perfectly-crafted sideboard. I mean,

what’s not to love?

NOTE to Laurence Llewlyn-bowen. If someone wants to ditch beige walls it does not mean they want a peacock-themed pleasure palace swing in their living room.

Changing Rooms made a flamboyant comeback to C4 on Wednesday, 17 years since it last aired – it felt like it had never been away.

The hilarious show sees neighbours transform a drab room for each other but, in

reality, they are actually all at

the mercy of designers. Amused presenter Anna Richardson provides a shoulder to cry on when everything inevitably gets out of hand.

Florist Claire gingerly hopped on to the swing, doing her best to appear positive, while her mate Lisa looked horrified at the hairy new blind in her bedroom that looked like someone had pinned a Muppet to the wall.

A show that could just as easily see tears of joy or disgust, I’m delighted it’s not changed one bit.