It sounds awfully similar. The Repair Shop was a BBC thing and filmed somewhere in England. They used experts from every different craft and discipline. So very cool. I’ll have to look up the History channel version.
I love to fix things and have restored many, my mom’s hope chest, sewing machine, a metal table with wooden base from the 1950’s. All items from my family. Plus some statues, cuckoo clocks, all with family ties. Its restoring history.