The Great Pottery Throw Down — Season 5
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. Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Aired 2 January 2022 • 57 min
Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 brand-new potters two challenges: to throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.
2. Pendulum Wall Clock
Aired 9 January 2022 • 56 min
The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge.
3. Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
Aired 16 January 2022 • 56 min
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.
4. Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge
Aired 23 January 2022 • 57 min
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.
5. Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
Aired 30 January 2022 • 56 min
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.
6. 1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns
Aired 6 February 2022 • 56 min
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.
7. Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Aired 13 February 2022 • 57 min
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.
8. Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Aired 20 February 2022 • 57 min
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.
9. Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
Aired 27 February 2022 • 57 min
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.
10. The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture and a Devil's Work Challenge
Aired 6 March 2022 • 57 min
The potters make a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's work challenge set by Rich Miller, before the winner is crowned.