The Woodwright's Shop (1981)

Season 25

The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Released Jan. 1, 1981 Episode 27 min 2+

Genres: Reality, Reality TV

Keywords: tmdb.how-to, tmdb.woodworking, imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, imdb.apostrophe-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.non-fiction

Watch Providers: PBS

Production Companies: UNC-TV

Network: PBS

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

8.6

/132/

Trakt

/11/

TMDb

/4/

Tomatoes

Roy Underhill
Himself - Host

S25E1 - Garden Bench

Build a small garden bench made of Cypress, and with a south-east Asian design.

Oct. 1, 2005, midnight

S25E2 - Wooden Puzzles

Avoid being frustrated by wooden puzzles by making a wooden knot, and three burr puzzles yourself.

Oct. 8, 2005, midnight

S25E3 - Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker

Jeff Headley and Steve Hamilton visit the shop to show the construction techniques - and secrets - in a Winchester slant-top desk.

Oct. 15, 2005, midnight

S25E4 - The Melencolia Plane

Build the wooden plane pictured in Albrecht Durer's Melancolia

Oct. 22, 2005, midnight

S25E5 - Three Chests of Tools

Join Roy as he inventories woodworking tools he found in three tool chests.

Oct. 29, 2005, midnight

S25E6 - Woodturning Wisdom

Roy discusses the "perfection along the axis" found in woodturning

Nov. 5, 2005, midnight

S25E7 - Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift

Build two accessories valuable to the weaver.

Nov. 12, 2005, midnight

S25E8 - Cabinet Workbench

In a two-episode project, Roy builds a workbench with storage underneath from a design from Charles Hayward. In the first episode Roy builds the case, and then in the second finishes with the door and drawers.

Nov. 19, 2005, midnight

S25E9 - Workbench Doors & Drawers

Nov. 26, 2005, midnight

S25E10 - Nora Hall: Woodcarver

Nora Hall visits the shop and shows the steps to carve a linenfold design.

Dec. 3, 2005, midnight

S25E11 - Country Chair Seats

David Russell visits and shows the intricacies of corn-shuck chair seats.

Dec. 10, 2005, midnight

S25E12 - The Museum of Appalachia

Roy discovers the history of Appalachian people at the museum in Clinton, TN.

Dec. 17, 2005, midnight

S25E13 - Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes

Roy visits Monticello, Poplar Forest and Montpelier to follow the work of the two men who were responsible for most of the construction and woodworking.

Dec. 24, 2005, midnight

PBS

27 min/ep

27 min

Jan. 1, 1981

Dec. 9, 2017, midnight

Returning Series

TV-G / 2+