The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015) is a reality web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Great Pottery Throw Down online in HD.
The Great Pottery Throw Down — Storyline
Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Keith Brymer Jones, Richard Miller, Siobhán McSweeney
The Great Pottery Throw Down — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2015-11-03 |
| Seasons | 9 |
| Episodes | 84 |
| Genre | Reality |
| Language | English |
| Network | Channel 4, BBC Two |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 7.8/10 (17 votes) |
The Great Pottery Throw Down — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Episode 1 (2015-11-03) — The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay.
- E2: Episode 2 (2015-11-10) — 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.
- E3: Episode 3 (2015-11-17) — 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.
- E4: Episode 4 (2015-11-24) — The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. The six potters must build a five-foot garden sculpture and transform an ordinary chimney pot.
- E5: Episode 5 (2015-12-01) — It's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent, and just five potters remain. They face their most technically demanding challenge yet – creating a decorative chandelier in bone china.
- E6: Episode 6 (2015-12-08) — 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.
Season 2
- E1: Episode 1 (2017-02-02) — 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.
- E2: Episode 2 (2017-02-09) — In the throw down challenge this week, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double-walled pot.
- E3: Episode 3 (2017-02-16) — It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.
- E4: Episode 4 (2017-02-23) — It is garden week, and the seven remaining potters must make stunning ceramics for the great outdoors.
- E5: Episode 5 (2017-03-02) — In week five, the six remaining potters try one of the most exhilarating techniques in ceramics – pit firing.
- E6: Episode 6 (2017-03-09) — In the quarter-final, the potters have ten minutes to throw the widest bowl they can while blindfolded.
- E7: Episode 7 (2017-03-16) — Comedian Johnny Vegas, a former pupil of Kate Malone, demonstrates how to throw a teapot in just one minute.
- E8: Episode 8 (2017-03-23) — In the final, the potters make a pair of identical, fully functioning light features out of porcelain.
Season 3
- E1: Breakfast Set & Egg Cups (2020-01-08) — 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
- E2: Chess Set & Mini Vases (2020-01-15) — The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing miniature vases at the wheel.
- E3: Raku & Animal Figurines (2020-01-22) — The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.
- E4: Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing (2020-01-29) — The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.
- E5: Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge (2020-02-05) — 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.
- E6: Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs (2020-02-12) — It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel.
- E7: Handmade Tiles & a Chimney (2020-02-19) — The six remaining potters are challenged to produce handmade tiles for a fireplace and to throw a chimney for a place in the quarter-final.
- E8: Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge (2020-02-26) — The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.
- E9: Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet (2020-03-04) — The potters face their biggest challenge yet, to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.
- E10: The Final: Quirky Tea Set & a Throwing Challenge (2020-03-11) — 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.
Season 4
- E1: Cheese Set & Port Chalices (2021-01-10) — Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices.
- E2: 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks (2021-01-17) — It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Throw Down first, judge Rich Miller tasks the potters with hand-making bricks.
- E3: Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down (2021-01-24) — 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.
- E4: Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge (2021-01-31) — 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.
- E5: Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments (2021-02-07) — 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.
- E6: Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles (2021-02-14) — 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.
- E7: Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter (2021-02-21) — It's Garden Week, and the remaining potters face a green-fingered challenge: to build an animal water feature and throw a strawberry planter for a place in the quarter-finals.
- E8: Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle (2021-02-28) — 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.
- E9: A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot (2021-03-07) — 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 fin
- E10: The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters (2021-03-14) — In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest throwing challenge ever set.
Season 5
- E1: Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles (2022-01-02) — 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.
- E2: Pendulum Wall Clock (2022-01-09) — The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge.
- E3: Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge (2022-01-16) — 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.
- E4: Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge (2022-01-23) — 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.
- E5: Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer (2022-01-30) — 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.
- E6: 1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns (2022-02-06) — 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.
- E7: Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps (2022-02-13) — 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.
- E8: Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks (2022-02-20) — 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.
- E9: Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware (2022-02-27) — 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.
- E10: The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture and a Devil's Work Challenge (2022-03-06) — 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.
Season 6
- E1: Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug (2023-01-08) — 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.
- E2: Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge (2023-01-15) — The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfold challenge.
- E3: Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge (2023-01-22) — 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.
- E4: Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge (2023-01-29) — It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. Series two semi-finalist Freya Bramble-Carter sets a challenge with a decorative flourish.
- E5: Gargoyles and Chimney Pots (2023-02-05) — The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge Gabriel Nichols.
- E6: Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills (2023-02-12) — It's an illuminating week, as the potters make an embossed table light, before guest judge, fashion and lifestyle designer Henry Holland, really tests their decadent design skills.
- E7: Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase (2023-02-19) — The six remaining potters go wild as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before throwing a tall, thin-necked vase for a place in the quarte
- E8: Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls (2023-02-26) — The remaining potters face an altered reality as they radically alter a coffee set and throw high-footed rice bowls. Whose shapeshifting creations will transport them to the semi-f
- E9: Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar (2023-03-05) — It's a bathroom-themed semi-final as the potters make Turkish bath-style sinks and tiles and attempt Moorcroft tube lining.
- E10: The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe (2023-03-12) — The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Great Pottery Throw Down have? 9 season(s) with 84 episodes.
Where can I watch The Great Pottery Throw Down? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.