For a place in the final, the sewers follow the pattern for kimono-inspired dress, they mend old denim using Japanese techniques, and they create an outfit using folding and pleating.

It’s Party Week, and the finalists must make an iconic stretchy dress, use their old scraps to make an outfit and fit red-carpet worthy jumpsuits before one is crowned the…

Music Week brings a pattern for a parka once loved by the Mods, old denim gets the country music treatment, and David Bowie inspires the sewers for their Made to…

A lace bra and knicker set tests the sewers before they turn thermals into daywear. They must then fit a pair of luxury pyjamas to their male models

The quarter-finalists go back to the 1930s to make women’s sailor trousers. They also turn men’s shirts into 1930s blouses and fit glamorous bias-cut evening gowns.

It’s summer week, and the sewers make light and airy outfits, including a summer dress, a creation from old hammocks and a two-piece trouser co-ord for a man or a…

Scraps are put to use in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week to create quilted patchwork jackets. Old coats are given a new lease of life, and second-hand duvets become maxi dresses.

The sewers follow the pattern for a toddler’s sailor suit, make fancy dress Halloween outfits and create out-of-school garments from old school uniforms.

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…

The sewers make a pair of high-top trainers for Sports Week. They also create daywear from old netball kits, and they fit a sports jacket inspired by their sporting hero.

Joe Lycett hosts as the five remaining sewers tackle challenges inspired by music and the movies, taking on garments and techniques from the silver screen. First, they must follow a…

Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go back in time to the 1940s. Attempting to revive both the glamorous and thrifty styles of the decade, they…

The Great British Sewing Bee reaches its dramatic denouement, as the three finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer, taking on a trio of challenges for special…

It is International Week on the sewing bee and the nine remaining sewers make Breton tops. transform sarongs into a new garment and for their final challenge take inspiration from…

It’s children’s week in the sewing room and judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young’s pattern challenge choice is a classic for any toddler’s wardrobe – a romper suit. The transformation…

The fashion industry is the biggest polluter of our planet next to oil, so The Great British Sewing Bee returns to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Week, with all the usual…

Joe Lycett hosts as temperatures drop and winter hits the sewing room, with challenges themed around keeping warm and adding sparkle to the coldest months of the year.Patrick and Esme’s…

The sewing competition returns for a seventh series and in week one the judges settle the contestants in with a trio of challenges based on everyday wardrobe staples – sleeveless…

Week two is Summer Week on the sewing competition and the contestants are asked to create paperbag shorts, transform second-hand men’s swimming gear into a woman’s outfit worthy of sunset…

For gent’s classics week, the ten remaining sewers are asked to make baker boy caps, transform secondhand men’s jackets and blazers into outfits for a woman and finally must create…

The competition reaches its dramatic denouement as the final three sewers tackle celebration wear challenges and the series winner is crowned.

For their semi-final challenge, the four remaining sewers go to the movies, taking on garments and techniques from the silver screen.

The eight remaining sewers return to the sewing room for lingerie and sleepwear week.

For reduce, reuse and recycle week, all the fabric in the haberdashery is replaced with charity shop clothes and soft furnishings.

The six remaining home sewers head back in time to the 1980s, attempting to revive the glamorous – and sometimes ridiculous – style of that decade.

Five sewers do battle in the quarter-final, where they must master techniques and styles from France, Spain and the Philippines.

Joe Lycett kicks off ten weeks of the most perplexing patterns, eye-popping transformations and stunning made-to-measure garments yet.

The 11 remaining sewers return for holiday week and are challenged to create palazzo pants, beach cover-ups and colourful shirts.

Joe Lycett welcomes the ten remaining home sewers back to the nation’s most famous sewing room for children’s week.

It’s sportswear week, and the sewers must create rugby shirts, waterproof onesies for toddlers and tennis outfits.

Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.

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.

With 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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

Claudia Winkleman hosts a new eight-part series of The Great British Sewing Bee. Under the scrutiny of Savile Row’s Patrick Grant and Central St Martin’s Esme Young, ten fresh-faced home…

Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. It’s the semi-final, and the five remaining sewers take on a set of tasks working with tricky and technical fabrics.