The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 3

2020 · 10 episodes · 8h 3m in all

Episodes

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   1. Breakfast Set & Egg Cups

   8 Jan 2020 · 59 min

   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.

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   2. Chess Set & Mini Vases

   15 Jan 2020 · 47 min

   The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing miniature vases at the wheel.

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   3. Raku & Animal Figurines

   22 Jan 2020 · 47 min

   The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.

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   4. Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing

   29 Jan 2020 · 47 min

   The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.

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   5. Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge

   5 Feb 2020 · 47 min

   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.

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   6. Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs

   12 Feb 2020 · 47 min

   It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel.

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   7. Handmade Tiles & a Chimney

   19 Feb 2020 · 47 min

   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.

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   8. Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge

   26 Feb 2020 · 47 min

   The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.

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   9. Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet

   4 Mar 2020 · 47 min

   The potters face their biggest challenge yet, to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.

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    10. The Final: Quirky Tea Set & a Throwing Challenge

    11 Mar 2020 · 48 min

    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.