Sharpen your saws and dust off your drills, because Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker season 3 will soon be hitting our screens!
Over the coming weeks host Mel Giedroyc will be welcoming 10 new artisans to the Welsh Valleys, before whittling them down until one is crowned "Britain's Best Woodworker".
Here's everything we know...
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker season 3 release date
The eight-part series was filmed in rural Wales earlier this year and will premiere on Channel 4 on Sunday 8th October at 8pm.
How does Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker work?
Ten woodworkers will be challenged to craft beautiful and ambitious builds to exacting briefs over a series of competitive rounds taking place in a stunning woodland setting.
Each episode of the series centres around a "Big Build" in which the contestants will create large and imaginative wooden structures and objects, as expert judges scrutinize their designs, techniques and skills.
In every episode, the competitors will also be asked to complete a "skills test", which will secure the winner immunity from being sent home that week.
An official synopsis reads as follows...
"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."
Who's who in Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker season 3 - meet the woodworkers
Name: Ade
Occupation: Trainee carpenter
Location: Birmingham
About: Ade has travelled the world and previously worked in hospitality before recently starting a new career as a trainee carpenter. He is new to woodworking but believes his joinery experience and drawing and design ability could give him the advantage.
Name: Clare
Occupation: Tradeswoman
Location: Glasgow
About: Self-employed tradeswoman chose a hands-on career after completing a women in construction course. She also has a degree in Fine Art Sculpture and woodwork is her artistic release. However, without a proper workshop, her only space to practice is under a gazebo, battling with the Scottish elements.
Name: Jen
Occupation: Teacher
Location: Aberdeen
About: Jen studied graphic design at university before taking up woodworking as a hobby and training as a teacher. Jen teaches Design Technology in a secondary school and says she has the coolest job in the school.
Name: Leo
Occupation: Teacher
Location: Liverpool
About: Music teacher Leo took up woodwork in 2018 when he had to give up his hobbies of golfing, fishing and playing the piano following a car accident that resulted in the functional loss of his right arm. Leo set up a YouTube channel to document his woodworking journey and now he uses the platform to raise awareness of his disability and his craft.
Name: Nathanael
Occupation: Tool shop assistant
Location: Cheshire
About: At just 18, Nathanael is the youngest woodworker in the competition. Nathanael found his passion for woodwork at school after his teacher introduced him to a lathe and he now makes unique pieces of art on it. In 2019, Nathanael won the title of Young Woodworker of the Year.
Name: Caroline
Occupation: Veterinary nurse
Location: Tyne and Wear
About: Mum-of-two Caroline works as a veterinary nurse and also runs a women’s woodcraft course, practicing traditional woodcrafts like carving and whittling. Caroline took up woodwork in her late 30s and, although more used to working to at a smaller scale, her have-a-go attitude means she won’t shy away from the big builds.
Name: Nate
Occupation: Housing manager
Location: Kent
About: Nate lives with his wife and two young sons and is slowly renovating their house. Nate gave up a job in IT to work in a role that helps people, to honour his late mum’s memory, who was a nurse. Nate’s father was a passionate woodworker and Nate says he has learnt his DIY skills through osmosis by watching what his dad used to do.
Name: David
Occupation: Assistant head teacher
Location: Preston
About: Primary school assistant head teacher David is originally from Merseyside and now lives in Preston with his wife, daughters and cats. David’s interest in woodwork developed during lockdown as he completed jobs at home and in the garden.
Name: Paula
Occupation: Carer
Location: Oxford
About: Paula is a life-long woodworking hobbyist having been introduced to it at the tender age of nine by her father. Paula has taught basic woodwork skills in a rehab centre and, alongside her husband, has fostered over 30 children. Paula has also represented Great Britain in roller hockey.
Name: Wolfgang
Occupation: IT manager
Location: West Midlands
About: Originally from Germany, Wolfgang lives in the West Midlands with his wife, two horses and two cats. His passion for wood started when he was just 10 and he now has a particular focus on woodturning. Wolfgang’s style is art deco with a 21st century twist.
Who are the Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker series 3 judges?
Tom Dyckhoff is a British writer, broadcaster and historian on architecture, design and cities. He's best known for being a BBC TV presenter of The Great Interior Design Challenge, The Culture Show, I Love Carbuncles, The Secret Life of Buildings (on Channel 4) and Saving Britain's Past.
Sophie Sellu has been hand-carving wooden objects for kitchen and home for 10 years under the brand Grain & Knot. She graduated from the Manchester School of Art in 2009, and now lives and works in London.
Where is Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker filmed?
The series is filmed in South Wales at Glanusk Estate in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The woodland is open to visitors, with caravans, cottages and lodges available for hire.
Is there a Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker series 3 trailer?
Not yet, but we'll be sure to post it here when it lands.
