The Great Pottery Throw Down

The search for Britain’s top home potter begins in the heart of the industry, Stoke-on-Trent, where a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls kicks off the first Throw Down showdown for ten hopeful contestants.

The remaining passionate potters tackle decorative hand basins using a 15,000-year-old coiling technique. Meanwhile, in a fiery Throw Down, the potters attempt to craft sky-high cylinders while blindfolded.

The contestants play with fire for their Main Make, using the 16th Century Raku technique to sculpt ten identical long-necked vases. Later, they have just 15 minutes to duplicate two ornate candlesticks thrown by master potter Keith.

In a monumental Main Make with semi-final placement at stake, the remaining ambitious potters activate their green thumbs to build five-foot garden sculptures. Later, will anyone be able to throw a wider plate than Judge Keith?

To secure a spot in the finals, the crafty contestants tackle their most technically demanding challenge yet: creating decorative chandeliers out of bone china.

The remaining contestants leave it all at the wheel for three Grand Finale-sized tests before one is crowned the first ever winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down!