The Great British Sewing Bee is back, with 12 sewers competing this time. Joe Lycett kicks off ten weeks of the most perplexing patterns, eye-popping transformations and stunning made-to-measure garments yet. Scrutinising every stitch are Saville Row’s Patrick Grant and Central Saint Martins’s Esme Young, testing the sewers across a huge range of garments from rugby shirts to children’s dungarees, flamenco skirts to a boned basque, via food fancy dress.\n\nIn their first week, the sewers are eased in gently with wardrobe staples that might look familiar but aren’t necessarily straightforward to make. For their pattern challenge, the judges ask for a wrap skirt, a garment whose clean crisp lines can only be achieved through precise cutting, accurate stitching and a judicious choice of fabric. \n\nNext, the contestants' ability to make the ordinary extraordinary is put to the test in the transformation challenge, as they transform two plain men’s office shirts into a stylish new garment to fit a female mannequin. \n\nFor the week's final challenge, the mannequins are replaced with human models as the sewers attempt to make their first made-to-measure garment - a tea dress. This classic below-the-knee and above-the-ankle dress allows for interpretation, letting the contestants' personalities shine through whether they opt for a vintage or contemporary style. It also proves to be a benchmark test of their ability to achieve a flawless fit and to impress the judges with the finer details.\n\nBattling against the clock to showcase their skill and creativity, who will stitch their way to Garment of the Week, and who will unravel at this early stage, becoming the first to leave the Great British Sewing Bee?
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Series 8: Episode 10
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Series 8: Episode 9
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Series 8: Episode 8
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14-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 7
A place in the quarter-final is at stake this week, and the challenges are all about lingerie. Host Sara Pascoe starts the sewers off with a fiddly pattern for a lace underwired ...
13-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 6
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Series 8: Episode 5
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09-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 4
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08-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 3
The ten remaining home sewers create light and airy outfits for summer week. Patrick and Esme kick off with a pattern for a high fashion shirred midi dress with puff sleeves. Th ...
07-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 2
The sewers take to their marks for Sports Week as host Sara Pascoe sets three new challenges. \n \nPatrick and Esme’s Pattern Challenge is a Sewing Bee first: a pair of hi ...
06-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 1
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05-02-2024
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Series 9: Episode 9
Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the sewing room as they get to work on utilitarian clothing, with a place in the final at stake.\n\nJudges Patrick Grant and Es ...
25-07-2023
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Celebrity Christmas Special 2023
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27-12-2023
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Series 9: Episode 10
It’s the grand finale as the three finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer, making the most extravagant garments. \n\nPatrick Grant and Esme ...
03-08-2023
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Series 9: Episode 8
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19-07-2023
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Series 6: Episode 2
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26-10-2020
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Series 9: Episode 2
It’s not exactly a holiday this week for the sewers, as judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young task them with creating garments based around a travel wardrobe. \n\nIt's a Sew ...
05-06-2023
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Series 9: Episode 7
A place in the quarter-final is at stake, and this week host Sara Pascoe takes the sewers on a trip down memory lane to the 1990s. \n \t\nFirst up, in the Pattern Challenge, th ...
10-07-2023
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Series 9: Episode 3
The ten remaining sewers celebrate clothes from west Africa. Sara Pascoe and judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young are joined by a special guest judge, Nigerian fashion designer B ...
11-06-2023
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Series 9: Episode 4
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21-06-2023
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