Joe Lycett as Himself - Host
Episodes 18
Cotton Week
Joe 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.
Read MoreChildren's Week
Joe Lycett hosts as the nine remaining home sewers return to the sewing room for children’s week. The garments might be mini but they are a mammoth challenge being fiddly to sew.
Read MoreTechnical Fabric Week
The fabrics in the haberdashery go technical, as the seven remaining home sewers take on man-made fabrics designed for sport and the great outdoors.
Read MoreReduce, Reuse, and Recycle Week
The 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.
Read MoreBritish and Irish Fabric Week
With 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.
Read MoreWorld Sewing Week
Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.
Read MoreSpecial Occasion Week
The 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.
Read MoreWardrobe Staples Week
Joe Lycett kicks off ten weeks of the most perplexing patterns, eye-popping transformations and stunning made-to-measure garments yet.
Read MoreHoliday Week
The 11 remaining sewers return for holiday week and are challenged to create palazzo pants, beach cover-ups and colourful shirts.
Read MoreChildren's Week
Joe Lycett welcomes the ten remaining home sewers back to the nation’s most famous sewing room for children’s week.
Read MoreSports Week
It's sportswear week, and the sewers must create rugby shirts, waterproof onesies for toddlers and tennis outfits.
Read MoreLingerie and Sleepwear Week
The eight remaining sewers return to the sewing room for lingerie and sleepwear week.
Read MoreReduce, Reuse, and Recycle Week
For reduce, reuse and recycle week, all the fabric in the haberdashery is replaced with charity shop clothes and soft furnishings.
Read More1980's Week
The six remaining home sewers head back in time to the 1980s, attempting to revive the glamorous - and sometimes ridiculous - style of that decade.
Read MoreWorld Sewing Week
Five sewers do battle in the quarter-final, where they must master techniques and styles from France, Spain and the Philippines.
Read MoreMovie Week
For their semi-final challenge, the four remaining sewers go to the movies, taking on garments and techniques from the silver screen.
Read MoreCelebration Week
The competition reaches its dramatic denouement as the final three sewers tackle celebration wear challenges and the series winner is crowned.
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