Celebrity Craft Masters

Revision as of 10:43, 28 July 2019

Host

Kirstie Allsopp

Co-hosts

Judges: Polly MacPherson and Piyush Suri

Narrator: Julie Hesmondhalgh

Broadcast

Raise the Roof Productions for Channel 4, 1 July 2019 to present

Synopsis

Kirstie Allsopp asks two celebrities to do some craft work at their own home. They'll be guided and assisted by a crafting expert, and the celeb brings three makes to Kirstie's "Crafting HQ".

We see the celeb and crafter working to fill a broad brief, showing their imagination. We see them work to fill a narrower brief, showing a different skill. And we see them work together to "upcycle" something, renovate a discarded or disused item.

For the final round, our celebs are asked to make an item from scratch, using commonplace tools and techniques. It's the only timed round, the work is to be completed in half an hour or so.

Kirstie and some knick-knacks.

Passing judgement on the creations are the two judges, Polly Macpherson and Piyush Suri. They'll explain their preferences, critique the work, and explain why they're in favour of something or not. While there is nothing so formal as numbered scores, we're left in no doubt who won which challenge. This informality is a hallmark of the show, almost everyone drinks tea from a mug throughout, and it feels like we're eavesdropping on a circle of folk improving their own work. The best performer over the whole show wins a small trophy.

Celebrity Craft Masters is entirely on-brand for Kirstie Allsopp. It's homemade, has overtones of rustic life and an escape from the rat race. It's also on-brand for Channel 4, something very different at 5pm from The Chase and Pointless.

Trivia

Billed in some places as Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters.

Feedback

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 == Synopsis ==
-An unusual challenge from the interior designer: famous faces are asked to do something craft-based. Stars turn their old trash into treasure, learn skills, and show their hidden talents.
+Kirstie Allsopp asks two celebrities to do some craft work at their own home. They'll be guided and assisted by a crafting expert, and the celeb brings three makes to Kirstie's "Crafting HQ".
-Channel 4's press release added:
+We see the celeb and crafter working to fill a broad brief, showing their imagination. We see them work to fill a narrower brief, showing a different skill. And we see them work together to "upcycle" something, renovate a discarded or disused item.
-: Every day two celebrities will go head to head to win Kirstie's craft trophy. At home, they'll be paired with a professional crafter, who will teach them to make three items, with surprising and sometimes brilliant, sometimes disastrous results!
+For the final round, our celebs are asked to make an item from scratch, using commonplace tools and techniques. It's the only timed round, the work is to be completed in half an hour or so.
-: Then they'll travel to Kirstie's Craft HQ, the home of all things handmade, where our expert judges, professor of design and craft Polly Macpherson and designer Piyush Suri, will be pulling no punches. Finally, our two intrepid celebrities will face off in a 30-minute timed crafting challenge, under the watchful eye of Kirstie and the judges and without their professional crafters there to guide them. Will they remember what they've learned so far, or will they decide to go off piste? Along the way, Kirstie will be on hand to cheer our celebs on, offer tips, and lend a hand when the chips are down.
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+''Kirstie and some knick-knacks.''
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-The winner gets a crafting cup.
+Passing judgement on the creations are the two judges, Polly Macpherson and Piyush Suri. They'll explain their preferences, critique the work, and explain why they're in favour of something or not. While there is nothing so formal as numbered scores, we're left in no doubt who won which challenge. This informality is a hallmark of the show, almost everyone drinks tea from a mug throughout, and it feels like we're eavesdropping on a circle of folk improving their own work. The best performer over the whole show wins a small trophy.
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+''Celebrity Craft Masters'' is entirely on-brand for Kirstie Allsopp. It's homemade, has overtones of rustic life and an escape from the rat race. It's also on-brand for Channel 4, something very different at 5pm from [[The Chase]] and [[Pointless]].
 == Trivia ==
 Billed in some places as ''Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters''.
+== See also ==
+[[Weaver's Week 2019-07-28|Weaver's Week review]]
 [[Category:Lifestyle]]
 [[Category:Channel 4 Programmes]]
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-[[Category:Awaiting Review]]