The Great British Sewing Bee

20139 seriesEntertainment / Fashion
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BBC One

A group of amateur sewers show off their skills in a series of timed challenges in order to be crowned `Britain's best home sewer'. Under the watchful eye of Savile Row designer and tailor Patrick Grant and costume designer Esme Young, the sewers must prove they have what it takes in order to avoid elimination and make it to the next round. Challenges include sewing from a pattern, transforming an item of clothing, and sewing made-to-measure clothes. The judges will carefully study the cut and finish of clothes to decide who gets to remain in the competition.

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The nation’s favourite sewing competition returns with 12 brand new sewers.

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Week 2, and it’s time to celebrate prints and colours.

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It’s week 3 and time for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

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Week 4 celebrates Mexican fashion and textiles.

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Week 5 is Sports Week, featuring swim shorts, transformed sails and bowling shirts.

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Sewers tackle a pattern for a tutu and repurpose fleeces into toys for Children's Week.

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It's Music Week, so the sewers have to hit all the right notes.

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It’s Literary Icons Week. The challenges include recreating Sherlock Holmes's deerstalker.

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It's the semi-final and time to celebrate wardrobe heroes.

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10/10. 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. [S,AD] [HD]

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