Siobhan McSweeney hosts the return of the pottery challenge, with this year’s 12 contenders starting off the series by making a birthday tea set and handleless milk jugs.
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 10: Siobhán McSweeney hosts the grand final, with the three remaining contestants faced with two of their toughest challenges yet; – to create a stacking, pyramid vase centrepiece and a sgraffito globe. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller face their hardest decision yet, as they decide which …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 9: It’s the semi-final and the potters are making pieces for the bathroom before taking on the iconic Moorcroft tube lining in the surprise second challenge. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller have a tough choice deciding who will go through to the following week’s grand finale. …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 8: It’s the quarter-final, and the remaining five potters face an altered reality as they throw and radically alter an abstract coffee set. The bucket of doom returns as judges Keith and Rich set a second challenge to throw multiple high-footed rice bowls under pressure, but who will …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 7: The six remaining potters discover their wild sides, as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before judges Keith and Rich set a surprise second challenge to throw a tall, thin-necked vase. Who will beast their way to the quarter-final, and who will be …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 6: It’s an illuminating week in the pottery, as the contenders make a table light with a continuous, embossed scene. In the second challenge, surprise guest judge – fashion and lifestyle designer Henry Holland – really tests their decadent design skills. Siobhán McSweeney hosts, with regular judges Keith …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 5: Siobhan McSweeney takes the remaining potters up on the roof to create gargoyles, and guest judge Gabriel Nichols, from William Blyth Roof Tiles, challenges the group to make a chimney pot. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller must then decide who will be named potter of …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 4: Siobhan McSweeney hosts Raku week, in which the contestants are challenged to make a pair of decorative planters, and set a special task by a potter from a past series. Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller assess their efforts and decide who will be named potter of …
The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 3: Siobhan McSweeney hosts Retro Week, in which the contestants are challenged to make a trio of flying birds and take on an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise task. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller assess the results and decide who will be potter of the week …