UKTV, the commercial multi-channel broadcaster owned by the BBC, has commissioned a new classic car restoration series for its U&Yesterday channel and U streaming service.

Due to air next year, the six-part series is produced by Chatterbox Media and follows the staff of Irv’s Resto Shop in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria as they work to rescue classic cars that appear to be beyond repair. 

Vehicles set to feature include 1973 Lamborghini Espada, a 1968 Porsche 911, a 1978 Daimler Coupe, a 1980s Ford Escort RS, a 1949 VW Beetle, and a VW Samaba bus from the 1950s which arrives in the workshop as a cardboard box of bits.