The Great British Sewing Bee: Series 5
Joe Lycett hosts the fifth season of the television series The Great British Sewing Bee, where ten talented home sewers take part in various challenges. As amateur sewers, the contestants compete against each other in the sewing competition with the ultimate goal of being named Britain's best home sewer. The series features judge Patrick Grant, alongside other cast members including Esme Young, Sara Pascoe, and Claud
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Amateur sewers compete in challenges to be named Britain's best home sewer.
- The series features judge Patrick Grant.
- The programme is a reality show format.
- Contestants create garments during the competition.
Season overview
Joe Lycett hosts the fifth season of the television series The Great British Sewing Bee, where ten talented home sewers take part in various challenges. As amateur sewers, the contestants compete against each other in the sewing competition with the ultimate goal of being named Britain's best home sewer. The series features judge Patrick Grant, alongside other cast members including Esme Young, Sara Pascoe, and Claudia Winkleman across the broader run of the show. Contestants showcase their garment-making skills as they face the challenges presented throughout the competition, continuing the reality format where participants strive to prove their abilities in the sewing room.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 12, 2019 · 60 min
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.
Episode 2
Feb 19, 2019 · 60 min
Joe 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
Feb 26, 2019 · 60 min
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.
Episode 4
Mar 5, 2019 · 59 min
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.
Episode 5
Mar 12, 2019 · 60 min
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.
Episode 6
Mar 19, 2019 · 59 min
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.
Episode 7
Mar 26, 2019 · 59 min
Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.
Episode 8
Apr 2, 2019 · 59 min
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.