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 2025. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2026.
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The Great British Sewing Bee
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.
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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 5 is Sports Week, with the sewers creating swim shorts, teaming up to transform windsurf sails and using free-motion embroidery on made-to-measure bowling shirts.
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.
In this year’s Christmas Sewing Bee, Anton Du Beke, comedian Lucy Beaumont, actress Susan Wokoma and Gladiator Tom Wilson put their sewing skills to the test.
Series 11
It’s the final, and after challenges including the bias cut dress, sheer fabrics and trompe l’oeil, one sewer will be crowned winner.
Series 8, Episode 1
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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.