The Great Pottery Throw Down

Host Ellie Taylor joins returning judges Keith and Rich in welcoming the competition’s newest potters. Then, after throwing children’s crockery sets and ceramic milk bottles, which of the 12 will be crowned the first potter of the week?

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge; Judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones must decide who is potter of the week, and who will leave the pottery.

After the contestants visit their hometowns for an inanimate object challenge, Keith and Rich pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke with a surprise bottle kiln challenge; one of the remaining ten must return home for good.

Raku Week, the potters throw Japanese-inspired tea sets, before special guest judge and social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets a handle-pulling spot test challenge that sends one of them packing.

Garden Week finds the eight remaining potters tackling a trio of character gnomes and a seakale forcer for guest judge Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery.

It’s back to the psychedelic '60s as the potters use a highly decorative glaze for a pair of vessels, before special guest judge Orla Kiely tests their repeating pattern design skills. But only some will groove into the next round.