The Great British Sewing Bee: Celebrity New Year Special contestants: Who's in the 2021 line-up?
SARA Pascoe steps into Joe Lycett's shoes as she takes over hosting duties on The Great British Sewing Bee.
She is first taking charge of two festive celebrity specials. Here's what's in store on New Year's Day…
Who's starring in the celebrity New Year Special of The Great British Sewing Bee?
Lawrence Chaney
Lawrence Chaney is a 25-year-old Scottish Glasgow-based drag queen.
They are best known for winning the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK,which earned them the Bafta Scotland Audience Award.
Lawrence likes to keep their followers up to date with regular story posts on their Instagram.
They currently have over 400 thousand followers.
Search the handle @lawrencechaney to find out more.
Rose Matafeo
Rose Catherine Lettitia Matafeo is a 29-year-old New Zealand comedian, actress, and TV presenter.
She was a writer and performer on the NZ late-night comedy sketch show Funny Girls.
Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show Horndog in 2018.
Claire Richards
Claire Richards is a 44-year-old English singer-songwriter and dancer.
She is best known for being a member of the pop group Steps from 1997 until 2001, after she left.
Richards entered Celebrity Big Brother and came in fourth place in 2013.
From April to June 2014, Richards was a regular panellist on Loose Women.
Kirsty Wark
Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark is a 66-year-old Scottish journalist, newsreader, and television presenter.
She is best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993.
Wark also did the show's weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014.
She married television producer Alan Clements (born 1961) in September 1989.
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When is The Great British Sewing Bee: Celebrity New Year Special on TV?
The New Year episode will air on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 9pm on BBC1.
Their challenges are to rustle up a festive waistcoat, transform some old clothes into children’s party dresses and fit a food-themed fancy dress outfit to a model.
Patrick Grant and Esme Young are back to cast their eye over the creations, with Sara Pascoe as host.
This comes after the Christmas special which airs on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, on BBC1 at 8pm.
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