Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker is a TV show on Channel 4. Mel Giedroyc hosts as talented, good-with-wood craftspeople compete to be crowned Britain's best woodworker. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 14 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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55:00Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker
...Woodworker - The Final: Mel Giedroyc hosts, as the woodworkers build a home bar complete with a sign, before happy hour starts for the winner of Britain's Best Woodworker. (S2 Ep8)
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55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the semi-finalists carve a bespoke desk and a wooden vase for a place in the final. Who will have a good day at the office? (S2 Ep7)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts, as the woodworkers make a stylish rocking chair and bird box. Who will roll into the semi-final and who will finally fall off their perch? (S2 Ep6)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers create a sea-inspired sculpture from a tree trunk and turn a perfectly proportioned spinning top on a traditional pole lathe. (S2 Ep5)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers make a daybed and master the art of pyrography by scorching a portrait of Mel onto wood. But whose hopes will go up in flames? (S2 Ep4)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers create a childhood-inspired toy and a Welsh love spoon. Who can serve up a masterpiece for a place in the next round? (S2 Ep3)
50:00...Woodworker: The woodworkers race against time to make a handcrafted clock and a bunch of realistic roses from delicate pieces of planed wood. But whose time is finally up? (S2 Ep2)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc welcomes 10 of Britain's top woodworkers, who have just two days to make a dining table inspired by a country of their choice. (S2 Ep1)
Series 1
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55:00...Woodworker - The Final: In the grand final, the last three woodworkers make towering garden buildings and face the trickiest skills challenge. Which woodworker is Britain's best? (Ep6)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts the semi-final, as the woodworkers build a drinks cabinet with sliding doors and face a steamy skills challenge. Who will make it to the final? (Ep5)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers unleash their wild side with big-build animal sculptures, and take a step back to Viking times in a demanding skills challenge. (Ep4)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers create chairs that could become design classics, and try to whittle their way to victory in the skills challenge. (Ep3)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as the woodworkers make intricate dolls houses and a seemingly impossible skills challenge pushes their joinery skills to the limit. (Ep2)
55:00...Woodworker: Mel Giedroyc hosts as talented craftspeople compete to become Britain's best woodworker. The woodworkers build a bed of dreams and celebrate the skill of hand carving. (Ep1)