The Great Pottery Throw Down

Host Ellie Taylor joins returning judges Keith and Rich in welcoming the competition’s newest potters. Then, after throwing children’s crockery sets and ceramic milk bottles, which of the 12 will be crowned the first potter of the week?

The eleven remaining potters hand build pendulum wall clocks and face a surprise blindfold challenge, before Rich and Keith must decide whose time at the pottery has run out.

After the contestants visit their hometowns for an inanimate object challenge, Keith and Rich pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke with a surprise bottle kiln challenge. Then, one of the remaining ten must return home for good

Raku Week, the potters throw Japanese-inspired tea sets, before special guest judge and social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets a handle-pulling spot test challenge that sends one of them packing.

Garden Week finds the eight remaining potters tackling a trio of character gnomes and a seakale forcer for guest judge Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery. But who will be the Potter of the Week, and who will be heading home?

It’s back to the psychedelic '60s as the potters use a highly decorative glaze for a pair of vessels, before special guest judge Orla Kiely tests their repeating pattern design skills. But only some will groove into the next round.

Wildlife Week proves a roaring good time as the potters hand-build animal table lamps. Then, in a Great Pottery Throw Down first, the contestants are allowed to throw anything they want, before a special someone drops by the pottery.

The remaining five potters create self-sculptures and build their own sawdust kilns before Keith and Rich task them with crafting candlesticks under pressure. But who will light a path to the semis and whose journey will be extinguished?

Siobhán McSweeney returns for Bathroom Week, where the final four must flush away nerves to create functional urinals. Then, the remaining contestants must recreate iconic Wedgwood Jasperware but only three will make it to the finale.

The pressure is on as the final three tackle highly personal garden totem sculptures and a regal devil’s work challenge. Then, joined by Siobhán and Ellie, judges Keith and Rich decide which of the three will be crowned the winner!