Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 18, 2022
Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, hosts the programme in which amateur craftspeople explore the history and importance of six key disciplines, with guidance from experts in each field. In the opening edition, Sarah Goss challenges them to create a carving inspired by William Morris and the arts and crafts movement.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 25, 2022
Under the watchful eye of tutor Derek Hunt, the students forge a stained glass panel that must include a special symbol.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2022
Rezia Wahid sets an intricate task asking our craftspeople to use different types of weaving in as they weave material of their choice.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2022
Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, hosts as tutor Phil Carter challenges the craftspeople to create a fire poker with a leaf detailing.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2022
Stonemason Zoe Wilson challenges the students to carve an ivy leaf from stone.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2022
Third-generation pargeter Johanna Welsh delivers the final masterclass in her speciality, which is a form of ornamental plasterwork.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2022
Equipped with craft and guile, the time is now for the students to impress as the Prince awaits their graduation piece.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2023
Stained glass guru John Reyntiens - who has worked on Windsor Castle and Big Ben - takes the junior crafters under his wing.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2023
The junior crafters learn to carve with sculptor Clunie Fretton, and get a wheelwrighting lesson from expert Mike Rowland.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2023
With the help of experts Ndidi Ekubia MBE and Thomas Lyte, the junior crafters are guided through a plethora of silversmithing techniques.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2023
The junior crafters look to the countryside for inspiration and unveil their final pieces at King Charles' Highgrove House
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2024
The comedian returns with the programme celebrating traditional crafts, beginning with blacksmith Ian Thackray giving juniors Bran, Brad and Georgia a masterclass. Bill also visits Ironbridge in Shropshire.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2024
Simon Smith gives a stone-carving masterclass to three novices, while Bill visits Salisbury Cathedral, home to Britain's tallest stone spire
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2024
In the third Masterclass, three junior mosaic enthusiasts take part in a workshop hosted by mosaic royalty Paul Siggins, while Bill visits the iconic St Paul's Cathedral in London for its distinct mosaics, in which you can see the look of the cathedral evolve from the original designs by Sir Christopher Wren, austere and restrained, to the Victorians who injected a bit of sparkle to the domes!
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2024
Nick Hands and Ellen Bills lead three novices through the art of letterpress printing, while Bill finds out about a feud that erupted between two leaders of the private letterpress world at the turn of the 20th century.
Specials
Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Jun 20, 2024
The comedian speaks to the next generation of young musicians and explores what is required to maintain musical instruments in the UK.