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10 episodes

The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 5

First aired Jan 1, 2022Season 5

Browse all 10 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

NR
Jan 2, 202257 min

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.

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Episode 2

Pendulum Wall Clock

NR
Jan 9, 202256 min

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge.

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Episode 3

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

NR
Jan 16, 202256 min

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.

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Episode 4

Japanese Tea Set and a Handle Pulling Challenge

NR
Jan 23, 202257 min

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.

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Episode 5

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

NR
Jan 30, 202256 min

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.

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Episode 6

1960s Glazed Vessels and Repeating Patterns

NR
Feb 6, 202256 min

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.

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Episode 7

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

NR
Feb 13, 202257 min

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.

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Episode 8

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

NR
Feb 20, 202257 min

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.

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Episode 9

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

NR
Feb 27, 202257 min

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.

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Episode 10

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

NR
Mar 6, 202257 min

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.