BBC announced Jay Blades would be part of exciting new The Repair Shop tour on same day he was charged with controlling and coercive behaviour towards his wife
The BBC had announced Jay Blades as part of a new The Repair Shop tour, just hours before the presenter was charged for controlling and coercive behaviour towards his wife.
The BBC had announced Jay Blades as part of a new The Repair Shop tour, just hours before the presenter was charged for controlling and coercive behaviour towards his wife.
News of the case emerged the day after The Repair Shops social media account announced an exciting new live tour for the show, featuring Jay Blades.
The Repair Shop - Secrets From The Barn tour 2025, is due to see Blades and other experts from the show appearing around the country from February, including in Newcastle, Birmingham, Sheffield and Salford. Tickets are on sale for about £40.
Blades married fitness instructor Lisa Zbozen in November 2022 in Barbados, but in May she said she was broken after grabbing a bag of things and leaving home.
News of the case emerged the day after The Repair Shops social media account announced an exciting new live tour for the show, featuring Jay Blades
Jay Blades found fame on the BBC restoration programme The Repair Shop, which sees members of the public take worn-out family heirlooms to be restored by a team of experts
Jay Blades and Lisa Zbozen married at a beachfront villa in Barbados on November 22, 2022
At the end of April Blades announced he would be taking a break from social media - and said he would be getting therapy - after posting that his uncle had allegedly been murdered.
That meant that when filming for the new series of The Repair Shop began in early May, he was not there.
The 54-year-old appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates Court this morning after being charged by West Mercia Police. According to court documents, the charge relates to his fitness instructor wife Lisa Zbozen.
The BBC has been approached for comment.
He rose to fame on the BBC restoration programme The Repair Shop – which sees members of the public take worn-out family heirlooms to be restored by a team of experts – starring on the show since its launch in 2017.
Following the news of Blades being charged, the BBC dropped a repeat from todays BBC One schedule of an episode of David & Jays Touring Toolshed, in which Blades appears with actor Sir David Jason.
Jay Blades (left) has been charged with offences against his estranged wife Lisa Zbozen (right)
BBC presenter Jay Blades is pictured driving near Ironbridge in Shropshire on May 23
Blades appeared in a Channel 4 documentary last month about his friendship with actress Dame Judi Dench, called Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
He has also resigned as chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University with immediate effect, the institution said.
The presenter was raised by his mother on a council estate in Hackney in east London, according to his website.
Blades left school at 15 with no qualifications but got back on track studying for a degree in criminology and philosophy at Buckinghamshire New University from 2001.
Following his graduation, Blades co-founded the Out of the Dark charitable social enterprise that recycled and revamped furniture to train, educate and employ young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
He was honoured with an MBE in 2021.
