from a creek around half a kilometre from his home. his father said his son had some ant bites and scrapes to his legs, but was in reasonably good shape, and that his rescue was a "miracle". the original hands from big ben's clockface are to be returned to the elizabeth tower in london, after three years of conservation work. experts have painted them to match the original prussian blue colour scheme. tim muffett has been to meet the team behind the £80 million restoration project. countdown to completion. one of the biggest restoration jobs ever undertaken on a landmark british building is approaching the finish line. good to see you, ian. and you. what is it you're doing here? we're servicing the rollers. this is one of the bits that we couldn't actually get to and service while the minute hands were on. if you're a clock mechanic, this is like the champions league and the world cup rolled into one, i'd imagine, this project. working on this clock will be a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. to actually have taken it all to pieces, putting it