{"id":780400,"date":"2026-09-23T22:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780400\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:32:17","slug":"sara-pascoe-sewing-bee-dumped-me-for-a-younger-woman-news-2026-chortle-the-uk-comedy-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780400\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Pascoe: Sewing Bee dumped me for a younger woman : News 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comic reveals it wasn’t her decision to leave<\/p>\n

Sara Pascoe has revealed that she was dumped from The Great British Sewing Bee against her will.<\/p>\n

The comic \u2013\u00a0now 45 \u2013 noted that she was \u2018replaced with a younger woman\u2019, fellow comedian Sophie Willan<\/a>, who\u2019s seven years her junior.<\/p>\n

Pascoe hosted the series in 2022 and 2023, before\u00a0taking a year off to have a second child, when Kiell Smith-Bynoe<\/a>\u00a0stood in. She then returned in 2025 for a series\u00a0before it was announced that Alma’s Not Normal creator Willan,\u00a0below, would be taking over.<\/p>\n

\"Willan<\/p>\n

Harry Hill asked her about the show on his eponymous YouTube show, saying: \u2018Do you still do that?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018No. They replaced me with a younger woman,\u2019 she replied. \u2018Showbusiness is harsh.\u2019<\/p>\n

When Hill asked if she \u2018gave it up\u2019,\u00a0 Pascoe replied: \u2018No I didn’t, absolutely not.\u2019<\/p>\n

She added: \u2018I’m very lucky for the work I’ve had, I’m very gracious, I have bought a house, I send love and light to everyone\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

The comic joked that she had a plan to enter the show as a contestant and try to work her way back up to the presenting gig.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The BBC declined to comment.<\/p>\n

When Willan was announced as host in September last year, the broadcaster\u00a0said: \u2018Sara has been a brilliant, witty and much-loved presence in the sewing room and both the BBC and the Bee team thank her for three wonderful series.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pascoe followed in the footsteps of\u00a0Claudia Winkleman and Joe Lycett<\/a> in fronthing the show.<\/p>\n

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