Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker - Season 2

First aired: 9/21/2022 8 episodes

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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 9/21/2022

Mel Giedroyc returns with the carpentry contest, which sees 10 woodworking enthusiasts fight hammer and nail as they create various projects that combine epic scale with fine craftsmanship and cutting-edge design. To remain in the competition they have to impress the judges, entrepreneur and woodworking expert Sophie Sellu and design academic Tom Dyckhoff, while a series of surprise challenges keep them on their toes - and give them the chance to win a lifeline.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 9/28/2022

The carpentry enthusiasts are challenged to make a beautiful, freestanding, handcrafted clock inspired by an important time in their life. But as time ticks by, little goes to plan, and the woodworkers are tested to their limits. However, an opportunity to win immunity comes in the form of the skills challenge, where they must reproduce a bunch of realistic roses from delicate pieces of wood planed from a block of ash.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 10/5/2022

Mel Giedroyc welcomes the eight remaining woodworkers back, and awaiting them this time is literally child's play, as they craft a high-quality toy inspired by their own childhood. The woodworkers are tasked with carving a modern take on the traditional Welsh love spoon, but who will sweep judges Sophie Sellu and Tom Dyckhoff off their feet with their love token, and who will be dumped from the competition?

4. Episode 4

Aired: 10/12/2022

The carpentry enthusiasts are challenged to make bespoke day beds inspired by a design movement, ensuring it is strong, practical and comfortable. As ever, an opportunity to win immunity comes in the form of the skills challenge, which this week sees them burning an image onto wood. Presented by Mel Giedroyc

5. Episode 5

Aired: 10/19/2022

Mel Giedroyc hosts, as the woodworkers create a sea-inspired sculpture from a tree trunk and turn a perfectly proportioned spinning top on a traditional pole lathe in the skills test

6. Episode 6

Aired: 10/26/2022

Mel Giedroyc hosts, as the woodworkers make a stylish rocking chair and bird box. Who will roll into the semi-final and who will finally fall off their perch?

7. Episode 7

Aired: 11/2/2022

Mel Giedroyc hosts the semi-final, as the woodworkers carve a bespoke desk and wooden vase for a place in the final. Who will have a good day at the office?

8. Episode 8

Aired: 11/9/2022

The Final: Mel Giedroyc hosts, as the woodworkers build a home bar complete with a sign, before happy hour starts for the winner of Britain's Best Woodworker.