The Great Pottery Throw Down
"The ultimate hands-on competition."
Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 50m
Release: 2015
Rating: 7.5
Season 1 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
Season 2 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
02 Feb 2017
"10 potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. For their Main Make they throw and decorate a 16-piece dinner service, in the Spot Test they sponge decorate a pair of jugs and they throw a giant cone on the wheel."
09 Feb 2017
"The 9 remaining contestants face three more challenges set by the judges. They have to throw a double-walled pot, create handles for casserole dishes and make a large clock from slab-rolled clay."
16 Feb 2017
"For their next challenge the potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics. Among the tasks they will be judged on are making rice bowls, carving an intricate design into a lantern and throwing a sake set."
23 Feb 2017
"It's garden week and the remaining 7 potters have to come up with stunning ceramics for the great outdoors. They will have to make a working garden water feature, a dozen roses and a range of flower pots."
02 Mar 2017
"The six remaining home potters must make as many goblets as they can in 15 minutes in the Throw Down, for the Spot Test they hand coil a jug to look like a piece of fruit and throw two giant vases for the Main Make."
09 Mar 2017
"The quarter-finalists face a Main Make in which they have to hand coil and decorate 4 Russian nesting dolls. For their Spot Test they must carve a pattern on a Greek urn. They must undertake the Throw Down test blindfold."
16 Mar 2017
"Four potters remain in the semi-finals. The Main Make is a functioning toilet. Johnny Vegas presents the throw down: five teapots in five minutes. Potters may make whatever they like for the spot test."
Season 3 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
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."
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."
Season 4 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
Season 5 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
Season 6 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
Season 7 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
Season 8 - The Great Pottery Throw Down
2025-01-19
"The remaining potters attempt a toy Noah's ark and animals, and a surprise second challenge sends them potty."
2025-01-26
"It's Raku week and the potters take on bulbous vessels and guest judge Laima Laurena's decorative challenge."
2025-02-02
"The potters create shop fronts filled with memories and ancient Greek psykter vases."
2025-02-09
"The remaining potters sculpt realistic vegetable lamp bases and take on a double-walled challenge."
2025-02-16
"The remaining potters take on a sculpting challenge and hark to Stoke-on-Trent with bird bath creations. Who'll soar into the quarter-finals, and who's flying the nest for good?"
2025-02-23
"It's the quarter-final and the potters take on double gourd vases and old-fashioned posset pots."
2025-03-02
"It's the semi-final and the remaining potters stare into the mouth of hell as they create Hellmouth fireplaces. Who'll set the judges hearts on fire for a place in the final, and who'll fizzle out?"
2025-03-09
"Our three finalists create statement Greek amphoras and take on some extreme throwing in their last surprise challenge. Who'll be crowned Throw Down winner of 2025?"
