The Great Pottery Throw Down — Season 1
The ultimate hands-on competition.
About this season
Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
Aired 3 November 2015 • 50 min
The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay.
2. Episode 2
Aired 10 November 2015 • 50 min
Nine potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity, all aiming to be named top potter. This week they must make a decorative hand basin.
3. Episode 3
Aired 17 November 2015 • 50 min
The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. In the main make, they must make ten identical long-necked vases using the raku technique.
4. Episode 4
Aired 24 November 2015 • 50 min
The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. The six potters must build a five-foot garden sculpture and transform an ordinary chimney pot.
5. Episode 5
Aired 1 December 2015 • 50 min
It's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent, and just five potters remain. They face their most technically demanding challenge yet - creating a decorative chandelier in bone china.
6. Episode 6
Aired 8 December 2015 • 50 min
It is the grand final and the four remaining potters have just three tests left before one is crowned the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down.