9.0/1015 votesLoading...#1 - Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2022
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
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8.9/1014 votesLoading...#2 - Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2022
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
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8.6/1016 votesLoading...#3 - The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2021
In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest throwing challenge ever set. Who will be crowned the winner?
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8.6/1010 votesLoading...#4 - Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2022
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?
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8.6/106 votesLoading...#5 - Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2022
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
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8.4/1024 votesLoading...#6 - Episode 8
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/2017
In the final, the potters make a pair of identical, fully functioning light features out of porcelain.
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- 8.3/1022 votesLoading...
#7 - Episode 7
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2017
Comedian Johnny Vegas, a former pupil of Kate Malone, demonstrates how to throw a teapot in just one minute.
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8.3/1017 votesLoading...#8 - A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2021
It's the semi-final, and the remaining potters produce an elaborate and fully-functional pedestal sink and decorate a chamber pot in Bathroom Week - all for a place in the grand final
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8.3/108 votesLoading...#9 - The Final
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2024
It's the grand finale and the potters create striking chandeliers and faceted bowls. Whose dazzling design will bowl over the judges to be crowned the winner?
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- 8.2/1026 votesLoading...
#10 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/2015
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.
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8.2/1033 votesLoading...#11 - Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2020
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.
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8.2/107 votesLoading...#12 - The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2022
The potters make a garden 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 of the pottery?
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- 8.1/1022 votesLoading...
#13 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/2017
It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.
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- 8.1/1021 votesLoading...
#14 - Episode 6
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2017
In the quarter-final, the potters have ten minutes to throw the widest bowl they can while blindfolded.
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8.1/1017 votesLoading...#15 - The Final: Quirky Tea Set and a Throwing Challenge
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2020
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.
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8.1/1023 votesLoading...#16 - Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2021
It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set a floral challenge by guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd.
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8.1/1016 votesLoading...#17 - Pendulum Wall Clock
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2022
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?
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- 8.1/108 votesLoading...
#18 - The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2023
The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe. But who will be on top of the world when they're crowned the winner?
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- 8.0/1021 votesLoading...
#19 - Episode 5
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2017
In week five, the six remaining potters try one of the most exhilarating techniques in ceramics - pit firing.
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8.0/1015 votesLoading...#20 - Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2022
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
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- 7.8/1029 votesLoading...
#21 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2015
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.
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- 7.8/1026 votesLoading...
#22 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/17/2015
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.
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- 7.8/1022 votesLoading...
#23 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/2017
In the throw down challenge this week, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double-walled pot.
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- 7.8/1022 votesLoading...
#24 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2017
It is garden week, and the seven remaining potters must make stunning ceramics for the great outdoors.
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7.8/1020 votesLoading...#25 - Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2022
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, as the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel
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The Best Episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down
Every episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down!
Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.
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Best Episodes Summary
"Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer" is the best rated episode of "The Great Pottery Throw Down". It scored 9/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/30/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge".