THE star of TV's Repair Shop is filming a new series in Bradford making pieces of furniture for deserving community heroes in the district.

Jay Blades has begun filming his new BBC2 series, Jay's Workshop, in the city.

The programme will reward people who have gone above and beyond for their community but may have not received any recognition.

Each of the one-hour-long shows in the six-part series, set to be broadcast in late summer, will focus on a different community champion and the process of building them a surprise item.

Jay and his team of volunteers will lovingly create each bespoke piece from scratch, before revealing it as a surprise to the deserving recipient.

He shot to fame as presenter of the popular BBC One show The Repair Shop. The restoration show, in which people bring in their cherished objects to be fixed, has been a hit for the broadcaster, even moving from the daytime to an evening slot.

Jay appeared on today’s Lorraine programme on ITV and was shown speaking live from Bradford.

He spoke about having 25 brothers and sisters in his family and has met up with 11 of them so far and also plans to meet up with his oldest sister who he hasn’t seen since he was five.

Last week, his Instagram account featured a picture of Salts Mill in Saltaire, as he got used to some of the district’s sites.

He posted: “Pay attention and enjoy your life as it happens #saltaire.”