The Great British Sewing Bee

201311 seriesEntertainment / Fashion
Available on
BBC Two

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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Episode 1The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 1. The contestants are tested on a core fabric found in every dressmaker's cupboard: cotton.

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Episode 2The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 2. Nine remaining sewers are tested on their ability to make clothes on a miniature scale.

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Episode 3The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 3. The sewers are taken back in time to the 1950s, when home sewing was at its height.

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Episode 4The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 4. The remaining sewers are tested on their ability to add shape and structure to clothing.

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Episode 5The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 5. The sewers are tested on their ability to work with tricky and technical fabrics.

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Episode 6The Great British Sewing Bee

Episode 6. The three finalists enter the sewing room for the very last time.

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