The Great British Sewing Bee
The Great British Sewing Bee is a game show on BBC2. Ready, steady, sew! Amateur sewers compete to impress judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young, hoping to be crowned Britain’s most sensational seamster. The popular program has been available since 2026. A total of 21 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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The Great British Sewing Bee
It's Party Week, and the finalists must make an iconic stretchy dress, use their old scraps to make an outfit and fit red-carpet-worthy jumpsuits before one is crowned the series winner.
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For a place in the final, the sewers follow the pattern for a kimono-inspired dress, mend old denim using Japanese techniques and create an outfit using folding and pleating.
The quarter-finalists go back to the 1930s to make women’s sailor trousers. They also turn men’s shirts into 1930s blouses and fit glamorous bias-cut evening gowns.
A lace bra and knicker set tests the sewers before they turn thermals into daywear. They must then fit a pair of luxury pyjamas to their male models.
Music Week brings a pattern for a parka once loved by the Mods, old denim gets the country music treatment, and David Bowie inspires the sewers for their Made to Measure outfits.
The sewers follow the pattern for a toddler's sailor suit, make fancy dress Halloween outfits and create out-of-school garments from old school uniforms.
It’s summer week, and the sewers make light and airy outfits, including a summer dress, a creation from old hammocks and a two-piece trouser co-ord for a man or a woman.
Scraps are put to use in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week to create quilted patchwork jackets. Old coats are given a new lease of life, and second-hand duvets become maxi dresses.
The sewers make a pair of high-top trainers for Sports Week. They also create daywear from old netball kits, and they fit a sports jacket inspired by their sporting hero.
Sewing Bee kicks off with 12 sewers creating a capsule wardrobe. They begin with a mini skirt, then make a going-out top from lockdown loungewear and finish with a fitted wrap dress.
Series 12
It’s the final, and the remaining candidates tackle a cummerbund and bow tie, make beach outfits from tableware and create outfits on the theme of metamorphosis.
Three challenges stand between the remaining sewers and the final: leather jackets, men’s shirts and a little black dress.
It's Literary Icons Week, and the sewers are challenged to create their own versions of Sherlock's deerstalker, transform school uniform for a grown-up Matilda and channel their inner Jane Austen.
It’s Music Week, so expect Madonna-inspired cone bras, outfits for a pop trio and disco decadence in the Made-to-Measure.
It’s week 6, and the sewers tackle a pattern for a tutu, repurpose fleeces into cuddly toys and design outfits for their very own superhero creations.
Week 4 celebrates Mexico with a folkloric top, structural garments made from tablecloths and outfits inspired by Mexican festivals.
It’s week 3 and time for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, with pants, outfits with drama at the back and made-to-measures hoping to save the planet.
It’s week 2, with sewers tackling prints and colours, including an adaptive pattern-matched shell top, a transformation of purple and brown, and an outfit in just one colour.
The Great British Sewing Bee returns as 12 new sewers get ‘summer ready’ with shorts, transform barbecue aprons into bags, and become models as they make outfits for their perfect summer’s day.