Channel 4 Casts On 'Game of Wool' for 2025

First, there was The Great British Baking Show, then The Great British Sewing Bee, followed by The Great Pottery Throwdown. Now, Channel 4 has commissioned another reality competition series based on the arts of homemaking: The Game of Wool. (The series is technically set in Scotland, hence the eschewing of The Great British moniker.) Grab your favorite circular needles and a couple of skeins of self-changing colorways, and don’t forget the stitch markers. It’s time for a host to come on down and call “On Your Mark, Get Set, KNIT.” Because when you play the game of wool you either bind off or get carded.

Channel 4 initially announced the series was being commissioned in the summer of 2024 when the audition age first launched to find the best home knitters in the UK. The audition process has not yet closed (it ends Friday, January 5, 2025), so the show has not yet finished casting on its knitters. However, they do have one cast member who will help encourage the shyer ones to gather up their stashes and bring their knitting bags: The show’s host, Olympic champion diver and knitting enthusiast Tom Daley. Daley only recently made the career change to presenting on Channel 4; this series will mark his first significant hosting role. However, as anyone who has ever sighed over the Chris Evans sweater in Knives Out can tell you, some men look great in sheep fluff.

The series’ first season will consist of eight one-hour installments. Ten ambitious knitters will face a series of complex and sometimes knotty challenges as they yarn over to compete to become the UK’s first TV Knitting Champion.