The Great British Sewing Bee

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2025
Season 11
10 episodes

Lifestyle
Reality

Summary

Ready, steady, sew! Amateur sewers compete to impress judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young, hoping to be crowned Britain’s most sensational seamster.

Episode 2: Episode 2

Summary

Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young put the 11 remaining sewers through their paces with three challenges themed around activewear. First, the sewers take on a technical pattern challenge, constructing a seven-panel cap, while, before they give new life to unwanted cycling gear, turning it into stylish new garments. Finally, in the made to measure, the sewers must create an athleisure outfit - something practical enough for the gym, but stylish enough for a coffee shop

Review

Jane Rackham

The sewing in this series is impressive but, dear me, the jokes can be dire. The amateur stitchers are making activewear, including a seven-panel baseball cap that prompts a gag about peaking early. After announcing they’ll be transforming vintage cycle tops into a party outfit, Patrick Grant makes a real stinker about a vicious cycle. I won’t go on. You get the picture. However, presenter Sara Pascoe, explaining how athleisure is a portmanteau word, gives a biscuit-related example of “snaccidents” that’s quite funny. Esme Young wisely keeps shtum.

All the contestants get quite a work-out but while the men have been the ones to beat in the early challenges, their positions on the leaderboard go up and down as fast as an out-of-control sewing machine needle so it’s anyone’s guess who’ll be sent home. They just know that it will be two of them.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming

BBC iPlayer

Details

Released on

2025-07-22

Languages

English

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Credits

Crew

rolenamePresenterSara PascoeDirectorIvan YouldenExecutive producerTom DaviesSeries producerRebecca Cray

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Episode 2

Episode 2

Summary

Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young put the 11 remaining sewers through their paces with three challenges themed around activewear. First, the sewers take on a technical pattern challenge, constructing a seven-panel cap, while, before they give new life to unwanted cycling gear, turning it into stylish new garments. Finally, in the made to measure, the sewers must create an athleisure outfit - something practical enough for the gym, but stylish enough for a coffee shop

Review

Jane Rackham

The sewing in this series is impressive but, dear me, the jokes can be dire. The amateur stitchers are making activewear, including a seven-panel baseball cap that prompts a gag about peaking early. After announcing they’ll be transforming vintage cycle tops into a party outfit, Patrick Grant makes a real stinker about a vicious cycle. I won’t go on. You get the picture. However, presenter Sara Pascoe, explaining how athleisure is a portmanteau word, gives a biscuit-related example of “snaccidents” that’s quite funny. Esme Young wisely keeps shtum.

All the contestants get quite a work-out but while the men have been the ones to beat in the early challenges, their positions on the leaderboard go up and down as fast as an out-of-control sewing machine needle so it’s anyone’s guess who’ll be sent home. They just know that it will be two of them.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming
- BBC iPlayer
Details

Released on

2025-07-22

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

Credits

Crew

rolenamePresenterSara PascoeDirectorIvan YouldenExecutive producerTom DaviesSeries producerRebecca Cray
Episode 1

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