The fifth series of The Great British Sewing Bee began on 12 February 2019 following a three-year hiatus.
[1] Joe Lycett replaced Claudia Winkleman as the presenter of the show, with both Esme Young and Patrick Grant returning as judges.
[2] The series was shot at 47-49 Tanner Street, Bermondsey,[3] though the exterior shots are of 1 Tanner Street.
[4][5] Sewer was the series winner Sewer was the series runner-up Best Garment: Sewer won "Garment of the Week" One of the judge's favourite sewers Sewer was safe and got through to next round One of the judge's least favourite sewers Sewer was eliminated The sewers' machines were replaced by vintage machines from the 1970s that they used the whole week.
N.B In the alteration challenge, the sewers were given a bin filled with the offcuts from the fabric they used over the last four weeks; the bins were tipped out so that the sewers had access to everyone who was still in the competition's offcuts from the previous weeks.