Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker

Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker

Ended First aired 21/Oct/2021 United Kingdom English 3 season(s) 22 episode(s)
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Mel Giedroyc hosts as talented, good-with-wood craftspeople compete to be crowned Britain's best woodworker.
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Season 3 · Series 3
8 episode(s) · Air date: 08/Oct/2023
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Wood is wonderful. Natural, versatile, sustainable and in skilled hands, it can be transformed into anything you want it to be. Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker is back to celebrate the beauty of wood and the talented woodworkers who craft it. Mel Giedroyc returns and is joined by ten of the UK’s top woodworking enthusiasts who will battle it out for the coveted prize of being named Britain’s Best Woodworker. The woodworkers will fight hammer and nail, building wonderful works of wood in just two days that combine epic scale with fine craftsmanship and cutting-edge design. They’ll also face a range of surprise challenges that test their core skills. But they'll have to impress the judges, entrepreneur and woodworking expert Sophie Sellu and design academic Tom Dyckhoff, to remain in the competition.

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Wood is wonderful. Natural, versatile, sustainable and in skilled hands, it can be transformed into anything you want it to be. Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker is back to celebrate the beauty of wood and the talented woodworkers who craft it. Mel Giedroyc returns and is joined by ten of the UK’s top woodworking enthusiasts who will battle it out for the coveted prize of being named Britain’s Best Woodworker. The woodworkers will fight hammer and nail, building wonderful works of wood in just two days that combine epic scale with fine craftsmanship and cutting-edge design. They’ll also face a range of surprise challenges that test their core skills. But they'll have to impress the judges, entrepreneur and woodworking expert Sophie Sellu and design academic Tom Dyckhoff, to remain in the competition.

S3E8
Episode 8
Air date: 26/Nov/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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The three finalists build a kitchen island and an accessory to compliment it. Who will be left stranded, and who has the recipe for success to be crowned the series winner?

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The three finalists build a kitchen island and an accessory to compliment it. Who will be left stranded, and who has the recipe for success to be crowned the series winner?

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S3E7
Episode 7
Air date: 19/Nov/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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It's the semi-final, and it all hangs in the balance as the woodworkers create a hanging chair and master the pole lathe. Who'll be sitting pretty in pole position for the final?

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It's the semi-final, and it all hangs in the balance as the woodworkers create a hanging chair and master the pole lathe. Who'll be sitting pretty in pole position for the final?

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Episode 6
Air date: 12/Nov/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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The five remaining woodworkers make a beautiful four-poster bed and carve an Indian block print. But will their skills be the stuff of dreams or a living nightmare?

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The five remaining woodworkers make a beautiful four-poster bed and carve an Indian block print. But will their skills be the stuff of dreams or a living nightmare?

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Episode 5
Air date: 05/Nov/2023 · Runtime: 48 min
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The woodworkers make a supersize creepy crawly and use all their canine cunning to build a house for a four-legged friend. Who will the judges think is top dog?

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The woodworkers make a supersize creepy crawly and use all their canine cunning to build a house for a four-legged friend. Who will the judges think is top dog?

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Episode 4
Air date: 29/Oct/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers turn fiction into fact by making a freestanding bookshelf. And whose wooden candelabra will light their way to the next round?

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The woodworkers turn fiction into fact by making a freestanding bookshelf. And whose wooden candelabra will light their way to the next round?

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S3E3
Episode 3
Air date: 22/Oct/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers create a beautiful coffee table and perfect, matching wooden dice. Whose winning streak will guarantee them a place in the next round?

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The woodworkers create a beautiful coffee table and perfect, matching wooden dice. Whose winning streak will guarantee them a place in the next round?

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Episode 2
Air date: 15/Oct/2023 · Runtime: 48 min
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The remaining woodworkers throw all their energy into creating two freestanding lamps. Who will stay in the spotlight and who will be left in the dark?

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The remaining woodworkers throw all their energy into creating two freestanding lamps. Who will stay in the spotlight and who will be left in the dark?

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S3E1
Episode 1
Air date: 08/Oct/2023 · Runtime: 47 min
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The new stack of woodworkers make a bench for the garden of their dreams and a wooden greetings card. Who'll carve out their place in the next round, and who won't make the cut?

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The new stack of woodworkers make a bench for the garden of their dreams and a wooden greetings card. Who'll carve out their place in the next round, and who won't make the cut?

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Season 2 · Series 2
8 episode(s) · Air date: 21/Sep/2022
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S2E8
Episode 8
Air date: 09/Nov/2022 · Runtime: 47 min
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It's the final, and the woodworkers build a home bar complete with a sign, before happy hour starts for the winner of Britain's Best Woodworker.

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It's the final, and the woodworkers build a home bar complete with a sign, before happy hour starts for the winner of Britain's Best Woodworker.

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Episode 7
Air date: 02/Nov/2022 · Runtime: 46 min
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The semi-finalists carve a bespoke desk and a wooden vase for a place in the final. Who will have a good day at the office, and who will be working from home?

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The semi-finalists carve a bespoke desk and a wooden vase for a place in the final. Who will have a good day at the office, and who will be working from home?

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Episode 6
Air date: 26/Oct/2022 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers make a stylish rocking chair with a modern twist and a bespoke bird box. Who will roll into the semi-final and who will finally fall off their perch?

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The woodworkers make a stylish rocking chair with a modern twist and a bespoke bird box. Who will roll into the semi-final and who will finally fall off their perch?

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Episode 4
Air date: 12/Oct/2022 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers make a daybed inspired by a design movement and master the art of pyrography by scorching a portrait of Mel onto wood. But whose hopes of progressing will go up in flames?

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The woodworkers make a daybed inspired by a design movement and master the art of pyrography by scorching a portrait of Mel onto wood. But whose hopes of progressing will go up in flames?

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Episode 3
Air date: 05/Oct/2022 · Runtime: 48 min
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The woodworkers create a childhood-inspired toy and a modern take on a traditional Welsh love spoon. Who can serve up a masterpiece for a guaranteed place in the next round?

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The woodworkers create a childhood-inspired toy and a modern take on a traditional Welsh love spoon. Who can serve up a masterpiece for a guaranteed place in the next round?

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Episode 2
Air date: 28/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers race against time to make a handcrafted clock and a bunch of realistic roses from delicate pieces of planed wood. But whose time is finally up?

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The woodworkers race against time to make a handcrafted clock and a bunch of realistic roses from delicate pieces of planed wood. But whose time is finally up?

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S2E1
Episode 1
Air date: 21/Sep/2022 · Runtime: 48 min
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Ten new woodworkers enter the woodland workshop where their first tasks await... to make a dining table inspired by a country of their choice and impress the judges with their veneer panelling.

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Ten new woodworkers enter the woodland workshop where their first tasks await... to make a dining table inspired by a country of their choice and impress the judges with their veneer panelling.

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Season 1 · Series 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 21/Oct/2021
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S1E6
Episode 6
Air date: 25/Nov/2021 · Runtime: 48 min
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In the grand final, the last three woodworkers make towering garden buildings and face the trickiest skills challenge. Who will be crowned Britain's best woodworker?

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In the grand final, the last three woodworkers make towering garden buildings and face the trickiest skills challenge. Who will be crowned Britain's best woodworker?

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Episode 5
Air date: 18/Nov/2021 · Runtime: 48 min
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It's the semi-final, and the woodworkers build a drinks cabinet with sliding doors and face a steamy skills challenge. Who will make it to the final?

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It's the semi-final, and the woodworkers build a drinks cabinet with sliding doors and face a steamy skills challenge. Who will make it to the final?

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Episode 4
Air date: 11/Nov/2021 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers unleash their wild side with big-build animal sculptures, and take a step back to Viking times in a demanding skills challenge.

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The woodworkers unleash their wild side with big-build animal sculptures, and take a step back to Viking times in a demanding skills challenge.

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Episode 3
Air date: 04/Nov/2021 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers create chairs that could become design classics, and try to whittle their way to victory in the skills challenge. And the judges have a surprise in store.

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The woodworkers create chairs that could become design classics, and try to whittle their way to victory in the skills challenge. And the judges have a surprise in store.

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S1E1
Episode 1
Air date: 21/Oct/2021 · Runtime: 47 min
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The woodworkers build a bed of dreams that may become the stuff of nightmares for some, and celebrate the fine skill of hand carving in the surprise skills challenge.

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The woodworkers build a bed of dreams that may become the stuff of nightmares for some, and celebrate the fine skill of hand carving in the surprise skills challenge.

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Alex de Rijke
Alex de Rijke
Self - Judge
Helen Welch
Helen Welch
Self - Judge
Mel Giedroyc
Mel Giedroyc
Self - Presenter
Sophie Sellu
Sophie Sellu
Self - Judge
Tom Dyckhoff
Tom Dyckhoff
Self - Judge

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Cathy Mac
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Bobby Tutton
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Emma Reynolds
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Charis Begam
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