The Great Pottery Throw Down

Host Siobhán McSweeney welcomes twelve hopeful artists to pottery mecca Stoke-on-Trent, where two challenges await: throwing cheese sets and port chalices. As the clay battle kicks off at the wheel, who will be the first to leave?

The potters' second week is all about bricks and mortar! After the eleven remaining contestants slab-build a 3D structure, judge Rich tasks them with hand-making bricks for the first time.

The ten remaining potters sink their teeth into crafting a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits before a blindfolded throw down with a twist sends one of them packing.

For "Naked Raku" week, the potters must throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases to impress Rich and Keith. After the floral-themed spot test is judged by a flower expert, who will be named potter of the week, and who will leave for good?

"Music Week" sounds off with a special surprise message from Dolly Parton. After sculpting lifelike busts of musical legends and mini instruments, the remaining potters face the music with another elimination.

As the battle of clay continues, "Terracotta Week" tasks the contestants with making their own range of cookware and engraving tiles before one of their own must go home.

The potters test their green thumbs in "Garden Week," creating animal-inspired water features and throwing strawberry planters. With a spot in the quarterfinal on the line, the pressure is tapped to full blast.

For the quarterfinal, a challenge inspired by Acoma pottery finds the contestants firing their work in cow dung. After an equally tricky second challenge, who will secure that all-important place in the semifinal?

The contestants must wash away the remaining competition with elaborate and fully functional pedestal sinks and decorative chamber pots to secure a place in the grand finale.

The pressure kicks into high gear as the final three potters turn the clock back to the 1920s to face two of their toughest challenges yet. Only one can be named winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down!