{"id":289456,"date":"2025-11-29T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289456\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:22:10","slug":"sara-cox-on-her-memories-ahead-of-the-marvellous-miniature-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289456\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Cox on her memories ahead of \u2018The Marvellous Miniature Workshop\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The heart-warming show, which brings cherished places to life in miniature form, airs on BBC One this Monday at 2pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara, fresh from her epic Children in Need challenge, appeared on The One Show this evening to speak about the programme and the stunning models recreated on the show.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The series can be best described as a tiny take on the Repair Shop.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>null (Image: PHOTOGRAPHER:Clara Bhugra Schmid)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It sees people arriving at the workshop with stories of a key moment or place they would like to see recreated, and expert craftspeople making their wish a reality with an incredibly detailed model.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25288871.sara-cox-speaks-fondly-dad-still-farming-now\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox speaks fondly about her dad who is still farming now<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/17488059.sara-cox-talks-family-fame-growing-bolton-farm\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox talks family, fame, and growing up on a Bolton farm<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25629209.sara-cox-children-need-challenge-raised-millions\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox on her Children in Need Challenge which raised millions<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the first episode, retired social worker Leah reveals how she met her late husband at Manchester\u2019s Crumpsall Library as a teenager. The building is now derelict, but miniaturist Hannah brings it back to life with an intricate model, including parquet floors, stained-glass and even Neil\u2019s school cap.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/17488059.sara-cox-talks-family-fame-growing-bolton-farm\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara said<\/a>: &#8221; It is all about miniaturist who recreates incredible buildings, but not just any buildings, but where something really important happened.. a simple moment which changed their life or could be decades living somewhere, or visiting somewhere &#8211; a library, community centre a mine\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So it is a special show, and the stories are gorgeous.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When asked what places she would like recreated in miniature form, Sara said: &#8221; Maybe my dad&#8217;s whitewashed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25288871.sara-cox-speaks-fondly-dad-still-farming-now\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">farmhouse where I grew up on the farm<\/a> or maybe, I worked behind the bar, at my mum&#8217;s pub The Pineapple in Bolton\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I think it would be great to recreate the main room because you got a pool table jukebox a fruit machine,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The heart-warming show, which brings cherished places to life in miniature form, airs on BBC One this Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-289456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}