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The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 5

2022 · 10 episodes

  1. 1. Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

    2022-01-02 · 57m

    Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 brand-new potters two challenges: to throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

  2. 2. Pendulum Wall Clock

    2022-01-09 · 56m

    The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge.

  3. 3. Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

    2022-01-16 · 56m

    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.

  4. 4. Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge

    2022-01-23 · 57m

    It's Raku week and the remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge.

  5. 5. Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

    2022-01-30 · 56m

    It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the task of making a sea kale forcer.

  6. 6. 1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns

    2022-02-06 · 56m

    It's back to the Swinging Sixties, as the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative glazed vessels, before guest judge Orla Kiely tests their repeating-pattern skills.

  7. 7. Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

    2022-02-13 · 57m

    It's Wildlife Week and the potters hand-build a table lamp, go wild in a Throw Down first, and get a surprise visit from a familiar face.

  8. 8. Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

    2022-02-20 · 57m

    Siobhán McSweeney's back, as the remaining potters create a self-sculpture, build their own sawdust kilns and make candlesticks under pressure, for a place in the semi-final.

  9. 9. Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

    2022-02-27 · 57m

    It's the semi-final and the potters are left feeling flushed as they make fully functional urinals, before recreating the iconic Wedgwood Jasperware, for a place in the final.

  10. 10. The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture and a Devil's Work Challenge

    2022-03-06 · 57m

    The potters make a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's work challenge set by Rich Miller, before the winner is crowned.

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