Joe Lycett hosts as ten talented home sewers create beautiful garments.
Where to Watch The Great British Sewing Bee • Series 5
8 Episodes
Episode 1
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Episode 1Joe Lycett presents as the sewers create a 'wiggle dress' and transform three items of denim clothing, before having to fit real live models with made-to-measure jumpsuits.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Joe Lycett hosts as the nine remaining home sewers return to the sewing room for children's week. The garments are a mammoth challenge being fiddly to sew.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3With Joe Lycett hosting, the remaining home sewers head back in time to the 1970s, attempting to revive the glamorous, rebellious and sometimes ridiculous, style of the decade.
Episode 4
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Episode 4The fabrics in the haberdashery go technical, as the seven remaining home sewers take on man-made fabrics designed for sport and the great outdoors.
Episode 5
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Episode 5The fashion industry is the biggest polluter of our planet next to oil, so for the first time on The Great British Sewing Bee, it is Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Week.
Episode 6
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Episode 6With Joe Lycett hosting, the quarter-finalists face British and Irish fabrics week. Patrick Grant and Esme Young ask the sewers to create a 'worker's jacket' from linen.
Episode 7
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Episode 7Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.
Episode 8
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Episode 8The three finalists take on a trio of evening wear challenges. The judges begin by asking the sewers to follow the most complex pattern yet, a double-breasted waistcoat.
