← The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 5

10 episodes · 2022

  1. 1Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

    02 Jan 2022 · 57 min

    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. 2Pendulum Wall Clock

    09 Jan 2022 · 56 min

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

  3. 3Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

    16 Jan 2022 · 56 min

    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. 4Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge

    23 Jan 2022 · 57 min

    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. 5Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

    30 Jan 2022 · 56 min

    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. 61960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns

    06 Feb 2022 · 56 min

    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. 7Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

    13 Feb 2022 · 57 min

    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. 8Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

    20 Feb 2022 · 57 min

    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. 9Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

    27 Feb 2022 · 57 min

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

    06 Mar 2022 · 57 min

    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.