All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Wondrous wood: the craft of the wood turner

    • October 8, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Paul Martin launches a campaign to get Britain back in touch with its proud craft traditions. Five talented amateur makers compete for the opportunity of a lifetime, and Paul travels to Derbyshire to celebrate and try his hand at an ancient woodland skill.

  • S01E02 The art of the waterways

    • October 9, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Paul Martin explores the tradition of narrow boat art under the watchful eye of teacher and painter Jane Marshall on board her waterborne home on the Shropshire Union Canal.

  • S01E03 The secrets of stone carving

    • October 10, 2012
    • BBC Two

    A wood carver and a glass-blower are among the five amateur makers who must persuade our judges that they are worthy of a life-changing opportunity. And presenter Paul Martin travels to the Cotswolds to meet Ann-Magreth Bohl, sculptor-in-residence at the Rococo Gardens in Painswick, for a lesson in the ancient art of stone carving.

  • S01E04 All that glisters: the craft of the silversmith

    • October 11, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Hitting the campaign trail to get Britain back in touch with its hand-made heritage, presenter Paul Martin meets a silversmith at the top of his game. Judges Glenn Adamson, Mary Jane Baxter and Piyush Suri have to decide who, from among five talented amateurs, will be named Judges' Favourite and win a potentially-life-changing prize

  • S01E05 The glories of glass-blowing

    • October 12, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Paul Martin visits one of the UK's last glass cones in Stourbridge, and tries his hand at glass-blowing. Meanwhile judges Glenn Adamson, Piyush Suri and Mary Jane Baxter have to choose which one of five talented amateurs to name Judges' Favourite and award a potentially life-changing opportunity.

  • S01E06 Fabric screen printing

    • October 15, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Five talented amateur crafts people, including a guerrilla knitter, compete for a prize that money can't buy. Paul Martin champions Britain's handmade traditions, going on a journey which leads him into a world where heritage meets high fashion.

  • S01E07 The magic of decorative copper-working

    • October 16, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Paul Martin travels to Newlyn in Cornwall, to celebrate its handmade tradition of metal working. Five talented amateur makers, including a ceramicist and an illusion knitter, go before the judges, with the chance to win an amazing prize.

  • S01E08 The craft of the potter

    • October 17, 2012
    • BBC Two

    In a bid to inspire Britons to take up a craft, presenter Paul Martin travels to St Ives in Cornwall to learn about the time-honoured traditions of studio pottery. Another five talented amateur designer-makers, including a stone carver and a toy maker, run the gauntlet as they hope to be named Judges' Favourite and win a fantastic opportunity.

  • S01E09 The traditional craft of the master weaver

    • October 18, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Paul Martin continues his quest to uncover our nation's craft traditions, and travels to Wales to meet master weaver Stuart Neil. Meanwhile, the judges have to decide which one of five talented amateurs, including a model maker and a furniture maker, is worthy of a potentially life-changing opportunity.

  • S01E10 Judges' favourite

    • October 19, 2012
    • BBC Two

    Taking his craft campaign into the city, presenter Paul Martin meets a team of master cutlers, led by Nicky Wright, at one of Sheffield's last remaining scissor factories. Meanwhile our judges must decide which one of five budding amateur craftspeople to award a coveted prize by naming them Judges' Favourite.