8.7/1012 votes#1 - Cotton Week
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2019
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.
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- 8.4/1012 votes
#2 - Children's Week
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2019
Joe Lycett hosts as the nine remaining home sewers return to the sewing room for children’s week. The garments might be mini but they are a mammoth challenge being fiddly to sew.
Director: N/A
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- 8.8/1010 votes
#3 - 70's Week
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.9/1010 votes
#4 - Technical Fabric Week
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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- 9.0/109 votes
#5 - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Week
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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- 9.0/108 votes
#6 - British and Irish Fabric Week
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2019
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.
Director: N/A
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- 9.0/108 votes
#7 - World Sewing Week
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/2019
Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.
Director: N/A
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- 9.2/109 votes
#8 - Special Occasion Week
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/2019
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.
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The Best Episodes of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5
Every episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5!
Amateur sewers take on challenges as they compete to be named Britain's best home sewer.
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Cotton Week" is the best rated episode of "The Great British Sewing Bee" season 5. It scored 8.7/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/12/2019. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Children's Week".