The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 3

The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 3

Season 3

Melanie Sykes hosts the battle of the clay, as twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion of the wheel
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Episodes10
DatesJan. 8, 2020 - März 11, 2020
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Episodes

Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
Season 3Episode 175 min

Breakfast Set & Egg Cups

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.

Jan. 8, 2020
Chess Set & Mini Vases
Season 3Episode 260 min

Chess Set & Mini Vases

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

Jan. 15, 2020
Raku & Animal Figurines
Season 3Episode 360 min

Raku & Animal Figurines

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

Jan. 22, 2020
Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing
Season 3Episode 460 min

Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing

Melanie Sykes hosts as the remaining potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.

Jan. 29, 2020
Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge
Season 3Episode 560 min

Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge

The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases, hoping to impress judges Sue Pryke and Keith Brymer Jones. Later, guest judge Emma Bridgewater drops in to set an emotional ceramic challenge for the contestants. 

Feb. 5, 2020
Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs
Season 3Episode 660 min

Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs

It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Sue Pryke decide who will be potter of the week, and who will be leaving the competition. 

Feb. 12, 2020
Handmade Tiles & a Chimney
Season 3Episode 760 min

Handmade Tiles & a Chimney

The six remaining potters are challenged to produce handmade tiles to fit a fireplace surround and hearth, before throwing a chimney in the second challenge for a chance to secure a place in the quarter final.

Feb. 19, 2020
Quarter-Final - Ginger Jars and a Scraffito Challenge
Season 3Episode 860 min

Quarter-Final - Ginger Jars and a Scraffito Challenge

In the quarter-final, the five remaining potter face two tough challenges, including producing two ginger jars around a pit fire. Back in the pottery, judges Sue Pryke and Keith Brymer Jones set the potters a Scraffito challenge spot test.

Feb. 26, 2020
Semi-Final - Victorian Week and a Fully Functioning Toilet
Season 3Episode 960 min

Semi-Final - Victorian Week and a Fully Functioning Toilet

Melanie Sykes hosts a Victorian-themed semi-final. The potters face their biggest challenge yet... to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.

März 4, 2020
Final - Mad Hatter's Tea Set
Season 3Episode 1060 min

Final - Mad Hatter's Tea Set

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.

März 11, 2020

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