Episode 6
It’s Reduce Reuse Recycle Week. The sewers make waistcoats out of old clothes, turn army surplus into a women’s outfit and make a dress out of jeans.
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 fabric in the haberdashery being replaced with charity shop clothes and soft-furnishings. Host Joe Lycett kicks the six remaining home sewers off with a pattern for a gentleman’s waistcoat using just second-hand clothes.
In the Transformation Challenge, the sewers are tasked with changing items of army surplus into a stylish and wearable garment for a woman.
Finally, the sewers are asked to use old jeans to create a Made to Measure dress. Jeans are one of the most polluting garments to manufacture, so to breathe a new lease of life into them, each sewer must create a new denim dress that fits their model perfectly. At the end, someone will win Garment of the Week, and a sixth sewer will be asked to leave the Sewing Bee.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01
Cliff Richard
A Little Imagination (Edited Version)
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00:14
Winifred Atwell
Black & White Rag ('Snooker' Theme Tune)
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00:19
Lita Roza With The Bill Shepherd Orchestra
I'll Never Say Never Again Again
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00:20
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Thunderer
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00:21
Barry Gray Orchestra
Thunderbirds
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00:27
Vivian F Dunn, H M Royal Marines Band
Colonel Bogey
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00:32
Rosemary Clooney
This Ole House
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00:48
David Dundas
Jeans On
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00:50
The Frank Popp Ensemble
Hip Teens Don'T Wear Blue Jeans
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00:52
Little Richard
Rip It Up
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00:53
Morcheeba
The Sea
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Joe Lycett |
Judge | Esme Young |
Judge | Patrick Grant |
Series Producer | Catherine Lewendon |
Executive Producer | Sara Ramsden |
Director | Ivan Youlden |
Production Company | Love Productions |
Broadcasts
- Wed 19 May 2021 21:00
- Fri 4 Jun 2021 01:30
- Tue 29 Nov 2022 15:15±«Óătv Two except Wales & Wales HD
- Tue 29 Nov 2022 15:35±«Óătv Two Wales & Wales HD only