The Great Pottery Throw Down — Season 3
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 (10)
1. Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
Aired 8 January 2020 • 59 min
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.
2. Chess Set & Mini Vases
Aired 15 January 2020 • 47 min
The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing miniature vases at the wheel.
3. Raku & Animal Figurines
Aired 22 January 2020 • 47 min
The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.
4. Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing
Aired 29 January 2020 • 47 min
The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.
5. Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge
Aired 5 February 2020 • 47 min
The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases. Guest judge Emma Bridgewater drops in to set an emotional ceramic challenge for the contestants.
6. Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs
Aired 12 February 2020 • 47 min
It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel.
7. Handmade Tiles & a Chimney
Aired 19 February 2020 • 47 min
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.
8. Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge
Aired 26 February 2020 • 47 min
The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.
9. Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet
Aired 4 March 2020 • 47 min
The potters face their biggest challenge yet, to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.
10. The Final: Quirky Tea Set & a Throwing Challenge
Aired 11 March 2020 • 48 min
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.