The Great Pottery Throw Down

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2015-11-03

The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2015-11-10

Nine potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity, all aiming to be named top potter. This week they must make a decorative hand basin.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2015-11-17

The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. In the main make, they must make ten identical long-necked vases using the raku technique.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2015-11-24

The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. The six potters must build a five-foot garden sculpture and transform an ordinary chimney pot.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2015-12-01

It's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent, and just five potters remain. They face their most technically demanding challenge yet - creating a decorative chandelier in bone china.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2015-12-08

It is the grand final and the four remaining potters have just three tests left before one is crowned the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down.

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2017-02-02

Ten home potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. They must test their technical prowess in front of a special guest judge, ceramic designer Emma Bridgewater.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2017-02-09

In the throw down challenge this week, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double-walled pot.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2017-02-16

It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2017-02-23

It is garden week, and the seven remaining potters must make stunning ceramics for the great outdoors.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2017-03-02

In week five, the six remaining potters try one of the most exhilarating techniques in ceramics - pit firing.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2017-03-09

In the quarter-final, the potters have ten minutes to throw the widest bowl they can while blindfolded.

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2017-03-16

Comedian Johnny Vegas, a former pupil of Kate Malone, demonstrates how to throw a teapot in just one minute.

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2017-03-23

In the final, the potters make a pair of identical, fully functioning light features out of porcelain.

1. Breakfast Set & Egg Cups

Air Date: 2020-01-08

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. Chess Set & Mini Vases

Air Date: 2020-01-15

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

3. Raku & Animal Figurines

Air Date: 2020-01-22

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

4. Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing

Air Date: 2020-01-29

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

5. Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge

Air Date: 2020-02-05

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. Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs

Air Date: 2020-02-12

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

7. Handmade Tiles & a Chimney

Air Date: 2020-02-19

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. Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge

Air Date: 2020-02-26

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

9. Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet

Air Date: 2020-03-04

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

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

Air Date: 2020-03-11

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.

1. Cheese Set & Port Chalices

Air Date: 2021-01-10

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices.

2. 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks

Air Date: 2021-01-17

It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Throw Down first, judge Rich Miller tasks the potters with hand-making bricks.

3. Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down

Air Date: 2021-01-24

The remaining potters get fruity when they're challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits, and face a blindfolded throw down with a twist.

4. Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge

Air Date: 2021-01-31

It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set a floral challenge by guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd.

5. Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments

Air Date: 2021-02-07

It's Music Week and the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, receive a surprise special message from an iconic artist, and make mini musical instruments.

6. Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles

Air Date: 2021-02-14

It's Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware. Judge Rich Miller sets a second terracotta challenge to engrave tiles.

7. Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter

Air Date: 2021-02-21

It's Garden Week, and the remaining potters face a green-fingered challenge: to build an animal water feature and throw a strawberry planter for a place in the quarter-finals.

8. Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle

Air Date: 2021-02-28

It's an all-American-themed quarter-final, as the remaining potters make Acoma pottery fired in cow dung and throw an Alabama ring bottle for a place in the semi-final.

9. A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot

Air Date: 2021-03-07

It's the semi-final, and the remaining potters produce an elaborate and fully-functional pedestal sink and decorate a chamber pot in Bathroom Week, all for a place in the grand final.

10. The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters

Air Date: 2021-03-14

In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest throwing challenge ever set.

1. Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

Air Date: 2022-01-02

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. Pendulum Wall Clock

Air Date: 2022-01-09

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

3. Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

Air Date: 2022-01-16

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. Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge

Air Date: 2022-01-23

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. Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

Air Date: 2022-01-30

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. 1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns

Air Date: 2022-02-06

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. Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

Air Date: 2022-02-13

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. Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

Air Date: 2022-02-20

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. Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

Air Date: 2022-02-27

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

Air Date: 2022-03-06

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.

1. Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug

Air Date: 2023-01-08

The potters take on a birthday tea set challenge, and a surprise second challenge that sees them making handleless milk jugs that must survive the bucket of doom.

2. Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge

Air Date: 2023-01-15

The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfold challenge.

3. Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge

Air Date: 2023-01-22

It's Retro Week, and the remaining potters are taken back in time as they make a trio of flying birds and tackle an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise challenge.

4. Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge

Air Date: 2023-01-29

It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. Series two semi-finalist Freya Bramble-Carter sets a challenge with a decorative flourish.

5. Gargoyles and Chimney Pots

Air Date: 2023-02-05

The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge Gabriel Nichols.

6. Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills

Air Date: 2023-02-12

It's an illuminating week, as the potters make an embossed table light, before guest judge, fashion and lifestyle designer Henry Holland, really tests their decadent design skills.

7. Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase

Air Date: 2023-02-19

The six remaining potters go wild as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before throwing a tall, thin-necked vase for a place in the quarter-final.

8. Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls

Air Date: 2023-02-26

The remaining potters face an altered reality as they radically alter a coffee set and throw high-footed rice bowls. Whose shapeshifting creations will transport them to the semi-final?

9. Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar

Air Date: 2023-03-05

It's a bathroom-themed semi-final as the potters make Turkish bath-style sinks and tiles and attempt Moorcroft tube lining.

10. The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe

Air Date: 2023-03-12

The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe.

1. Roast Dinner Set and Identical Side Plates

Air Date: 2024-01-07

As the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, the potters make a roast dinner set and identical side plates that must survive the bucket of doom.

2. Gluggle Jugs and a Surprise Blindfold Challenge

Air Date: 2024-01-14

The remaining potters attempt their own take on the popular gluggle jug and face a surprise blindfold challenge.

3. Staffordshire Flatbacks and a Surprise Challenge

Air Date: 2024-01-21

The remaining potters make Staffordshire flatbacks and face a close shave in a surprise challenge.

4. Raku Week and Animal Busts

Air Date: 2024-01-28

It's Raku week and the potters create animal busts before taking on guest judge Jacqui Atkin's decorative challenge.

5. Water Features and Hedgehog Houses

Air Date: 2024-02-04

It's Garden Week and the potters create cascading water features and hedgehog houses.

6. Novelty Teapots and Majolica Mugs

Air Date: 2024-02-11

It's teatime and the potters make novelty teapots and majolica decorated mugs. Plus, it's the return of the bucket of doom.

7. Illuminating Light Sculptures

Air Date: 2024-02-18

It's an illuminating week as the potters take on lighting sculptures and a surprise challenge.

8. Vintage Water Filters and a Coffee Filter

Air Date: 2024-02-25

It's the quarter-final and the potters make vintage-style water filters fired in their own oil drum kilns and throw a coffee filter.

9. Bathroom Week

Air Date: 2024-03-03

In a bathroom-themed semi-final, the potters take on the infamous toilet challenge.

10. The Final: Chandeliers and Faceted Bowls

Air Date: 2024-03-10

It's the grand finale and the potters create striking chandeliers and faceted bowls.

1. A Salad Set and Sangria Jugs

Air Date: 2025-01-05

As the battle of clay begins, the hopefuls take on a salad set challenge and make identical sangria jugs that must survive the bucket of doom.

2. Mantlepiece Clock and Blindfold Challenge

Air Date: 2025-01-12

The potters create a statement mantelpiece clock, and face a surprise blindfolded second challenge.

3. Noah's Ark and Potties

Air Date: 2025-01-19

The remaining potters attempt a toy Noah's ark and animals, and a surprise second challenge sends them potty.

4. Raku Vessels and a Decorative Challenge

Air Date: 2025-01-26

It's Raku week and the potters take on bulbous vessels and guest judge Laima Laurena's decorative challenge.

5. Shop Fronts and Greek Psykter Vases

Air Date: 2025-02-02

The potters create shop fronts filled with memories and ancient Greek psykter vases.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2025-02-09

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2025-02-16

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2025-02-23

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2025-03-02

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2025-03-09