The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 5

The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 5

Season 5

Ellie Taylor hosts the battle of the clay, as 12 of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion of the wheel
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Episodes10
DatesJan 2, 2022 - Dec 25, 2022
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Episodes

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Season 5Episode 175 min

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

The battle of the clay returns. Ellie Taylor hosts, as 12 of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion. They throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

Jan 2, 2022
Pendulum Wall Clock
Season 5Episode 275 min

Pendulum Wall Clock

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?

Jan 9, 2022
Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
Season 5Episode 375 min

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

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.

Jan 16, 2022
Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
Season 5Episode 475 min

Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

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.

Jan 23, 2022
Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
Season 5Episode 575 min

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

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.

Jan 30, 2022
1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns
Season 5Episode 675 min

1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

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.

Feb 6, 2022
Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Season 5Episode 775 min

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

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?

Feb 13, 2022
Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Season 5Episode 875 min

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

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.

Feb 20, 2022
Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
Season 5Episode 975 min

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

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.

Feb 27, 2022
The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
Season 5Episode 1075 min

The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge

The potters make a 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?

Mar 6, 2022

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