The Great British Sewing BeeSeries 5Season 5 · 2019 · 8 episodesJoe Lycett hosts as ten talented home sewers create beautiful garments.MoreEpisodes1Episode 1Joe 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.2Episode 2Joe 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.3Episode 3With 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.4Episode 4The fabrics in the haberdashery go technical, as the seven remaining home sewers take on man-made fabrics designed for sport and the great outdoors.5Episode 5The 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.6Episode 6With 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.7Episode 7Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.8Episode 8The 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.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12