The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 5
Season 5
Episodes
Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
The battle of the clay returns. Ellie Taylor hosts, as 12 of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion. They throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.
Pendulum Wall Clock
The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be crowned potter of the week and who will leave the competition?
Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
The remaining potters make inanimate objects and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke, as they set a bottle kiln challenge.
Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
It's Raku week and the remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge.
Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the task of making a sea kale forcer.
1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns
It's back to the Swinging Sixties, as the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative glazed vessels, before guest judge Orla Kiely tests their repeating-pattern skills.
Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
It's Wildlife Week and the potters hand-build a table lamp, go wild in a Throw Down first, and get a surprise visit from a familiar face. Who will make it to the quarter-final?
Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Siobhán McSweeney's back, as the remaining potters create a self-sculpture, build their own sawdust kilns and make candlesticks under pressure, for a place in the semi-final.
Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
It's the semi-final and the potters are left feeling flushed as they make fully functional urinals, before recreating the iconic Wedgwood Jasperware, for a place in the final.
The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
The potters make a totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's work challenge set by Rich Miller. Who will be crowned the winner?
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