
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.
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.
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.

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Episode 1: The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2022
James Fleet, Jenny Eclair, Jamie Laing and Sunetra Sarker take to the wheel to make a slab-built ill...

Episode 2: The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2023
Hugh Dennis, Sophie Duker, Alice Levine and Joe Swash take on some festive firing as they hand-build...

Episode 3: The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2024
This year, the celebrity contestants joining the judges at Gladstone Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent are c...
Episode 1: Episode 1
The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from l...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Nine potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity, all aiming to b...
Episode 3: Episode 3
The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. In the main make...
Episode 4: Episode 4
The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. The six potters...
Episode 5: Episode 5
It's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent, and just five potters remain. They face their most technical...
Episode 6: Episode 6
It is the grand final and the four remaining potters have just three tests left before one is crowne...
Episode 1: Episode 1
Ten home potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. They must test their technic...
Episode 2: Episode 2
In the throw down challenge this week, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double-wa...
Episode 3: Episode 3
It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.
Episode 4: Episode 4
It is garden week, and the seven remaining potters must make stunning ceramics for the great outdoor...
Episode 5: Episode 5
In week five, the six remaining potters try one of the most exhilarating techniques in ceramics - pi...
Episode 6: Episode 6
In the quarter-final, the potters have ten minutes to throw the widest bowl they can while blindfold...
Episode 7: Episode 7
Comedian Johnny Vegas, a former pupil of Kate Malone, demonstrates how to throw a teapot in just one...
Episode 8: Episode 8
In the final, the potters make a pair of identical, fully functioning light features out of porcelai...

Episode 1: Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
Melanie Sykes hosts as 12 amateur potters compete against one another, with judges Keith Brymer Jone...

Episode 2: Chess Set & Mini Vases
The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing minia...

Episode 3: Raku & Animal Figurines
The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky cerami...

Episode 4: Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing
The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing...

Episode 5: Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge
The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases. Guest judge Emma...

Episode 6: Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs
It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and thro...

Episode 7: Handmade Tiles & a Chimney
The six remaining potters are challenged to produce handmade tiles for a fireplace and to throw a ch...

Episode 8: Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge
The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place...

Episode 9: Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet
The potters face their biggest challenge yet, to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in t...

Episode 10: The Final: Quirky Tea Set & a Throwing Challenge
Melanie Sykes hosts the grand finale as the three potters make a quirky tea set and face a throwing...

Episode 1: Cheese Set & Port Chalices
Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 new potters two challenges against the clock: t...

Episode 2: 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks
It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Thr...

Episode 3: Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down
The remaining potters get fruity when they're challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fr...

Episode 4: Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge
It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set...

Episode 5: Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments
It's Music Week and the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, receive a surpr...

Episode 6: Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles
It's Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware....

Episode 7: Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter
It's Garden Week, and the remaining potters face a green-fingered challenge: to build an animal wate...

Episode 8: Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle
It's an all-American-themed quarter-final, as the remaining potters make Acoma pottery fired in cow...

Episode 9: A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot
It's the semi-final, and the remaining potters produce an elaborate and fully-functional pedestal si...

Episode 10: The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters
In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest...

Episode 1: Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 brand-new potters two challenges: to throw a ch...

Episode 2: Pendulum Wall Clock
The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge.

Episode 3: Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
The remaining potters make inanimate objects and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller pay tribu...

Episode 4: Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge
It's Raku week and the remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and s...

Episode 5: Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest jud...

Episode 6: 1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns
It's back to the Swinging Sixties, as the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative gla...

Episode 7: Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
It's Wildlife Week and the potters hand-build a table lamp, go wild in a Throw Down first, and get a...

Episode 8: Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Siobhán McSweeney's back, as the remaining potters create a self-sculpture, build their own sawdust...

Episode 9: Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
It's the semi-final and the potters are left feeling flushed as they make fully functional urinals,...

Episode 10: The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture and a Devil's Work Challenge
The potters make a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's w...

Episode 1: Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug
The potters take on a birthday tea set challenge, and a surprise second challenge that sees them mak...

Episode 2: Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge
The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfol...

Episode 3: Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge
It's Retro Week, and the remaining potters are taken back in time as they make a trio of flying bird...

Episode 4: Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge
It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. Series two s...

Episode 5: Gargoyles and Chimney Pots
The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge...

Episode 6: Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills
It's an illuminating week, as the potters make an embossed table light, before guest judge, fashion...

Episode 7: Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase
The six remaining potters go wild as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired...

Episode 8: Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls
The remaining potters face an altered reality as they radically alter a coffee set and throw high-fo...

Episode 9: Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar
It's a bathroom-themed semi-final as the potters make Turkish bath-style sinks and tiles and attempt...

Episode 10: The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe
The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe.

Episode 1: Roast Dinner Set and Identical Side Plates
As the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, the potters make a roast dinner set and identical side...

Episode 2: Gluggle Jugs and a Surprise Blindfold Challenge
The remaining potters attempt their own take on the popular gluggle jug and face a surprise blindfol...

Episode 3: Staffordshire Flatbacks and a Surprise Challenge
The remaining potters make Staffordshire flatbacks and face a close shave in a surprise challenge.

Episode 4: Raku Week and Animal Busts
It's Raku week and the potters create animal busts before taking on guest judge Jacqui Atkin's decor...

Episode 5: Water Features and Hedgehog Houses
It's Garden Week and the potters create cascading water features and hedgehog houses.

Episode 6: Novelty Teapots and Majolica Mugs
It's teatime and the potters make novelty teapots and majolica decorated mugs. Plus, it's the return...

Episode 7: Illuminating Light Sculptures
It's an illuminating week as the potters take on lighting sculptures and a surprise challenge.

Episode 8: Vintage Water Filters and a Coffee Filter
It's the quarter-final and the potters make vintage-style water filters fired in their own oil drum...

Episode 9: Bathroom Week
In a bathroom-themed semi-final, the potters take on the infamous toilet challenge.

Episode 10: The Final: Chandeliers and Faceted Bowls
It's the grand finale and the potters create striking chandeliers and faceted bowls.

Episode 1: A Salad Set and Sangria Jugs
As the battle of clay begins, the hopefuls take on a salad set challenge and make identical sangria...

Episode 2: Mantlepiece Clock and Blindfold Challenge
The potters create a statement mantelpiece clock, and face a surprise blindfolded second challenge.

Episode 3: Noah's Ark and Potties
The remaining potters attempt a toy Noah's ark and animals, and a surprise second challenge sends th...

Episode 4: Raku Vessels and a Decorative Challenge
It's Raku week and the potters take on bulbous vessels and guest judge Laima Laurena's decorative ch...

Episode 5: Shop Fronts and Greek Psykter Vases
The potters create shop fronts filled with memories and ancient Greek psykter vases.

Episode 6: Vegetable Lamps and a Double-Walled Challenge
The remaining potters sculpt realistic vegetable lamp bases and take on a double-walled challenge.

Episode 7: Bird Baths and a Sculpting Challenge
The remaining potters take on a sculpting challenge and hark to Stoke-on-Trent with bird bath creati...

Episode 8: Double Gourd Vases and Posset Pots
It's the quarter-final and the potters take on double gourd vases and old-fashioned posset pots.

Episode 9: Hellmouth Fireplaces
Our semi-finalists stare into the mouth of hell as they create Hellmouth fireplaces, and take on a t...

Episode 10: The Final: Statement Greek Amphoras
Our three finalists create statement Greek amphoras and take on some extreme throwing in their last...
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