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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".

  • Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
    9.0/1015 votes
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    #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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
    8.9/1014 votes
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    #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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters
    8.6/1016 votes
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    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
    8.6/1010 votes
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    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
    8.6/106 votes
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    #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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
    8.6/106 votes
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    #6 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
    8.4/1024 votes
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    #7 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 7
    8.3/1022 votes
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    #8 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot
    8.3/1017 votes
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    #9 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    8.2/1026 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
    8.2/1033 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    8.1/1022 votes
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    #12 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    8.1/1021 votes
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    #13 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final: Quirky Tea Set and a Throwing Challenge
    8.1/1017 votes
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    #14 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge
    8.1/1023 votes
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    #15 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pendulum Wall Clock
    8.1/1016 votes
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    #16 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe
    8.1/108 votes
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    #17 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    8.0/1021 votes
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    #18 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
    8.0/1015 votes
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    #19 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final
    8.0/107 votes
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    #20 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
    7.9/1019 votes
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    #21 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    7.8/1029 votes
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    #22 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    7.8/1026 votes
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    #23 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    7.8/1022 votes
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    #24 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
    7.8/1022 votes
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    #25 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A