The Great Pottery Throw Down

Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.

Genre: Game-Show, Reality-TV

Cast:Keith Brymer Jones , Richard Miller , Rose Schmits , Sara Cox , Kate Olivia Malone , SiobhÃ¡n McSweeney , Melanie Sykes , Sue Pryke , Ellie Taylor , Rita Floyd , Jenny Eclair , James Fleet , Sylvain Longchambon , Jamie Laing , Sunetra Sarker , Emma Bridgewater , Kate Malone , Dolly Parton

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Thu, Feb 2, 2017

10 potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. For their Main Make they throw and decorate a 16-piece dinner service, in the Spot Test they sponge decorate a pair of jugs and they throw a giant cone on the wheel.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Thu, Feb 9, 2017

The 9 remaining contestants face three more challenges set by the judges. They have to throw a double-walled pot, create handles for casserole dishes and make a large clock from slab-rolled clay.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Thu, Feb 16, 2017

For their next challenge the potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics. Among the tasks they will be judged on are making rice bowls, carving an intricate design into a lantern and throwing a sake set.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

It's garden week and the remaining 7 potters have to come up with stunning ceramics for the great outdoors. They will have to make a working garden water feature, a dozen roses and a range of flower pots.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Thu, Mar 2, 2017

The six remaining home potters must make as many goblets as they can in 15 minutes in the Throw Down, for the Spot Test they hand coil a jug to look like a piece of fruit and throw two giant vases for the Main Make.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Thu, Mar 9, 2017

The quarter-finalists face a Main Make in which they have to hand coil and decorate 4 Russian nesting dolls. For their Spot Test they must carve a pattern on a Greek urn. They must undertake the Throw Down test blindfold.

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S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Four potters remain in the semi-finals. The Main Make is a functioning toilet. Johnny Vegas presents the throw down: five teapots in five minutes. Potters may make whatever they like for the spot test.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Thu, Mar 23, 2017

The Final Episode for the second season of The Great Pottery Throw Down. Contestants have battled all season long to be the best potter. Who will be honored with all the glory?

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Cheese Set & Port Chalices

Sun, Jan 10, 2021

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Richard Miller set the twelve new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices, as the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel. Hosted by Siobhán McSweeney.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks

Sun, Jan 17, 2021

It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Throw Down first, judge Rich Miller tasks the potters with handmaking bricks.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down

Sun, Jan 24, 2021

The remaining potters get fruity when they're challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits, and face a blindfolded throw down with a twist.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge

Sun, Jan 31, 2021

It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set a floral challenge by guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments

Sun, Feb 7, 2021

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6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles

Sun, Feb 14, 2021

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7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter

Sun, Feb 21, 2021

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8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle

Sun, Feb 28, 2021

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9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot

Sun, Mar 7, 2021

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10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters

Sun, Mar 14, 2021

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1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Children's Crockery Set & Milk Bottles

Sun, Jan 2, 2022

Comedian Ellie Taylor temporarily stands in for the injured Siobhán McSweeney to present the start of the fifth series of the pottery challenge. The 12 contestants must make a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Pendulum Wall Clock

Sun, Jan 9, 2022

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be crowned potter of the week and who will leave the competition?

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln

Jan 2022

The remaining potters make inanimate objects and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke, as they set a bottle kiln challenge.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

Sun, Jan 23, 2022

Ellie Taylor hosts Raku week, in which the potters are asked to make a Japanese-inspired tea set and then to take on a hand-pulling task. Ceramicist Florian Gadsby joins the judges to assess their efforts and eliminate a contestant.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Character Gnomes & a Sea Kale Forcer

Sun, Jan 30, 2022

It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the biggest second challenge ever, of making a sea kale forcing jar.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ 1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

2022

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7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

Sun, Feb 13, 2022

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps: The potters go wild in a Throw Down first and get a surprise visit from a familiar face

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

Sun, Feb 20, 2022

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9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

Sun, Feb 27, 2022

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10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge

Sun, Mar 6, 2022

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0Season 6

S6.E0 ∙ Festive Special

Sun, Dec 25, 2022

Siobhán McSweeney hosts a fabulously festive dollop of Christmas clay, as four celebs roll up their sleeves and take on two yuletide challenges set by judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jugs

Sun, Jan 8, 2023

The potters take on a birthday tea set challenge, and a surprise second challenge that sees them making handleless milk jugs that must survive the bucket of doom

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge

Sun, Jan 15, 2023

The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be potter of the week and who will leave the pottery?

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge

Sun, Jan 22, 2023

It's Retro Week, and Siobhán McSweeney takes the remaining potters back in time as they make a trio of flying birds and tackle an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise challenge

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Raku Hanging Planter and Frilly-Necked Vase

Sun, Jan 29, 2023

It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. And series two semi-finalist Freya Bramble-Carter sets a challenge with a decorative flourish.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Gargoyles and Chimney Pots

Sun, Feb 5, 2023

The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge Gabriel Nichols. Who will be named potter of the week and who'll be cast out of the pottery?

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills

Sun, Feb 12, 2023

It's an illuminating week, as the potters make an embossed table light, before guest judge, fashion and lifestyle designer Henry Holland, really tests their decadent design skills.

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S6.E7 ∙ Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase

Sun, Feb 19, 2023

The six remaining potters go wild as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before throwing a tall, thin-necked vase for a place in the quarter-final.

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S6.E8 ∙ Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls

Sun, Feb 26, 2023

The remaining potters face an altered reality as they radically alter a coffee set and throw high-footed rice bowls. But whose shape-shifting creations will transport them to the semi-final?

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar

Sun, Mar 5, 2023

It's a bathroom-themed semi-final as the potters make Turkish bath-style sinks and tiles and attempt Moorcroft tube lining. Who will be feeling flush, and will there be waterworks?

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe

Sun, Mar 12, 2023

The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centerpiece and a daring sgraffito globe. But who will be on top of the world when they're crowned the winner?