Series 3

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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   1. Episode 1

   2023-10-08 · 47m

   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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   2. Episode 2

   2023-10-15 · 48m

   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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   3. Episode 3

   2023-10-22 · 47m

   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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   4. Episode 4

   2023-10-29 · 47m

   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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   5. Episode 5

   2023-11-05 · 48m

   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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   6. Episode 6

   2023-11-12 · 47m

   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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   7. Episode 7

   2023-11-19 · 47m

   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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   8. Episode 8

   2023-11-26 · 47m

   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?