The Great British Sewing Bee lands new series on the BBC – and it’s not too late to sign up
THE Great British Sewing Bee has been handed a brand new series on the BBC.
The beloved programme, which airs on BBC One, has been green lit for an eleventh series.
It comes as brand new episodes of the competition show kick off this Tuesday with new host Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Bosses are now on the hunt for a new batch of hopefuls, with applications officially open.
However, fans don’t have long to apply, with applications closing on May 25 before filming starts later this year.
Each series of The Great British Sewing Bee starts off with a group of amateur sewers who are whittled down as the competition moves along.
Similar to The Great British Bake Off, each episode features three challenges within an overall theme.
This includes the Pattern Challenge, in which the judges give the contestants the same pattern which they must follow as accurately as possible.
Meanwhile, the Transformation Challenge sees the sewers each receive an identical existing garment to reimagine as a specified different type of garment.
The third Made-to-measure challenge features the sewers designing and creating their own garments, while adjusting their patterns to fit human models.
Since its debut, The Great British Bee has had a number of different hosts including Claudia Winkleman, Joe Lycett and Sara Pascoe.
Having launched in 2013, the show originally aired on BBC Two for four series before going into a three-year hiatus.
It returned in 2019 and moved onto BBC One from 2020 onwards.