It's an all-American-themed quarter-final, as the remaining potters make Acoma pottery fired in cow dung and throw an Alabama ring bottle for a place in the semi-final.

Our semi-finalists stare into the mouth of hell as they create Hellmouth fireplaces, and take on a transferware challenge.

The potters take on a birthday tea set challenge, and a surprise second challenge that sees them making handleless milk jugs that must survive the bucket of doom.

The remaining potters make Staffordshire flatbacks and face a close shave in a surprise challenge.

In a bathroom-themed semi-final, the potters take on the infamous toilet challenge.

Our three finalists create statement Greek amphoras and take on some extreme throwing in their last surprise challenge.

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.

It's Retro Week, and the remaining potters are taken back in time as they make a trio of flying birds and tackle an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise challenge.

As the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, the potters make a roast dinner set and identical side plates that must survive the bucket of doom.

It's Garden Week and the potters create cascading water features and hedgehog houses.

It's teatime and the potters make novelty teapots and majolica decorated mugs. Plus, it's the return of the bucket of doom.

It's the quarter-final and the potters make vintage-style water filters fired in their own oil drum kilns and throw a coffee filter.

It's the quarter-final and the potters take on double gourd vases and old-fashioned posset pots.

Ten home potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. They must test their technical prowess in front of a special guest judge, ceramic designer Emma Bridgewater.

The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.

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.

The remaining potters get fruity when they're challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits, and face a blindfolded throw down with a twist.

It's Music Week and the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, receive a surprise special message from an iconic artist, and make mini musical instruments.

It's Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware. Judge Rich Miller sets a second terracotta challenge to engrave tiles.

The potters create a statement mantelpiece clock, and face a surprise blindfolded second challenge.

The remaining potters take on a sculpting challenge and hark to Stoke-on-Trent with bird bath creations.

The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.

It's Raku week and the potters create animal busts before taking on guest judge Jacqui Atkin's decorative challenge.

It's Raku week and the potters take on bulbous vessels and guest judge Laima Laurena's decorative challenge.

The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay.