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The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 5

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Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Episode 157 min2022-01-02

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

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.

Pendulum Wall Clock
Episode 256 min2022-01-09

Pendulum Wall Clock

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

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
Episode 356 min2022-01-16

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

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.

Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge
Episode 457 min2022-01-23

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 social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge.

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
Episode 556 min2022-01-30

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

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.

1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns
Episode 656 min2022-02-06

1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns

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.

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Episode 757 min2022-02-13

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 surprise visit from a familiar face.

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Episode 857 min2022-02-20

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

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.

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
Episode 957 min2022-02-27

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

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.

The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture and a Devil's Work Challenge
Episode 1057 min2022-03-06

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 work challenge set by Rich Miller, before the winner is crowned.

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