The BBC is urgently pulling all episodes of its hit present The Restore Store that includes Jay Blades, after the presenter was charged with alleged home abuse offences Friday.
Viewers anticipating to tune in Friday night for an episode of one other crafting present that includes Blades noticed a change within the TV schedule, following Blades’ look in court docket yesterday to face the fees.
Blades will not be set to look in subsequent week’s episode of The Restore Store, however the present is halfway by way of its 13th sequence and The Instances reports that the broadcaster is now making pressing plans to to keep away from broadcasting episodes during which Blades seems.
The primetime restoration present attracts a weekly viewers of roughly 2.5million viewers, and there are 300 episodes out there on the BBC’s catch-up service iPlayer. These will stay in place with Blades being featured, in response to The Instances.
Blades has change into a family title since showing within the present, which sees members of the general public herald beloved household objects to be fastened by workshop professional craftspeople. King Charles is understood to be a fan of the present, and appeared in a particular episode in 2021, and Blades lately appeared alongside Dame Judi Dench in a TV particular referred to as Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple.
That is the newest headache for the BBC, following its abrupt sacking of The One Present presenter Jermaine Jenas, and dropping archive materials that includes Huw Edwards, shamed former BBC information presenter, who helmed Coronation protection and delivered the affirmation of the Queen’s demise in 2022. One BBC producer informed Deadline yesterday, “At this fee there’ll be nothing left to point out!”
