It’s a great shame – I love Wheeler Dealers, but skim the Mike Brewer “‘OLD OUT YER ‘AND, I’VE BOUGHT A LOVELY MOTOR” stuff and start each one as the car arrives at the workshop. Then switch off once it’s done and the hilariously staged “buyer” (one of the production crew’s mates) looks it over and makes an offer.
The bit in between, actually working on the cars and Ed explaining what he’s doing, is great. The labour cost thing is moot – it’s supposed to be jobs that a competent enthusiast amateur could do themselves, stuff like resprays or gearbox rebuilds get sent off elsewhere and paid for.
Hoping he does more for youtube, along the lines of what Mike Finnegan does on his own channel when he’s not making Roadkill.