The Great British Sewing Bee 9x9 - Episode 9

Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the sewingroom as they get to work with utilitarian clothing, with aplace in the final at stake.Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Youngchallenge the sewers to make an office staple – the trenchcoat, which originated as part of a military uniform. Theymust tackle the multiple parts that make this coat sodistinctive, from the storm flaps to the epaulettes to thedouble-breasted design.The sewers really need to use theirimaginations in the Transformation Challenge as it turns tohousework and making a garment from old cleaning products,including cleaning cloths, rubber gloves and mopheads.TheMade-to-Measure Challenge is boiler suits. Once worn to stokeboilers, they are now a fixture on the catwalk and high streetalike. Multiple pockets feature, but the sewers' biggestchallenge is to make sure their boiler suits fit their modelsperfectly around the crotch and bottom.Who will get promoted tothe final, and who will be pipped to the post and take theirleave of the competition?