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The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 3

2020 · 10 episodes

  1. 1. Breakfast Set & Egg Cups

    2020-01-08 · 59m

    Melanie Sykes hosts as 12 amateur potters compete against one another, with judges Keith Brymer Jones and Sue Pryke asking the contenders to throw a breakfast set and then egg cups.

  2. 2. Chess Set & Mini Vases

    2020-01-15 · 47m

    The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing miniature vases at the wheel.

  3. 3. Raku & Animal Figurines

    2020-01-22 · 47m

    The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.

  4. 4. Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing

    2020-01-29 · 47m

    The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.

  5. 5. Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge

    2020-02-05 · 47m

    The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases. Guest judge Emma Bridgewater drops in to set an emotional ceramic challenge for the contestants.

  6. 6. Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs

    2020-02-12 · 47m

    It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel.

  7. 7. Handmade Tiles & a Chimney

    2020-02-19 · 47m

    The six remaining potters are challenged to produce handmade tiles for a fireplace and to throw a chimney for a place in the quarter-final.

  8. 8. Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge

    2020-02-26 · 47m

    The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.

  9. 9. Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet

    2020-03-04 · 47m

    The potters face their biggest challenge yet, to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.

  10. 10. The Final: Quirky Tea Set & a Throwing Challenge

    2020-03-11 · 48m

    Melanie Sykes hosts the grand finale as the three potters make a quirky tea set and face a throwing challenge to impress the judges and be crowned the winner.

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