← The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 3

10 episodes · 2020

  1. 1Breakfast Set & Egg Cups

    08 Jan 2020 · 59 min

    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. 2Chess Set & Mini Vases

    15 Jan 2020 · 47 min

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

  3. 3Raku & Animal Figurines

    22 Jan 2020 · 47 min

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

  4. 4Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing

    29 Jan 2020 · 47 min

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

  5. 5Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge

    05 Feb 2020 · 47 min

    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. 6Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs

    12 Feb 2020 · 47 min

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

  7. 7Handmade Tiles & a Chimney

    19 Feb 2020 · 47 min

    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. 8Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge

    26 Feb 2020 · 47 min

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

  9. 9Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet

    04 Mar 2020 · 47 min

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

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

    11 Mar 2020 · 48 min

    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.