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Summary The reality series similar to The Great British Bake Off features 10-12 potters creating different types of pottery to be named the top British potter. [Premiered originally in the UK with the first two seasons on BBC Two, Season 3 on More4 and Season 4 on Channel 4; In the US, the first four seasons are on HBO Max]

  • TV-14
  • Channel 4
  • Feb 20, 2022
  • TV-14
  • Channel 4
  • Feb 20, 2022
The Great Pottery Throw Down
S5 • Episode 8
Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Air Date: Feb 20, 2022
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Summary The reality series similar to The Great British Bake Off features 10-12 potters creating different types of pottery to be named the top British potter. [Premiered originally in the UK with the first two seasons on BBC Two, Season 3 on More4 and Season 4 on Channel 4; In the US, the first four seasons are on HBO Max]

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Episode 1 • Jan 2, 2022 • 56 m
Children's Crockery Set & Milk Bottles
Comedian Ellie Taylor temporarily stands in for the injured Siobhán McSweeney to present the start of the fifth series of the pottery challenge. The 12 contestants must make a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.
Episode 2 • Jan 9, 2022 • 56 m
Pendulum Wall Clock
The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be crowned potter of the week and who will leave the competition?
Episode 3 • 2022 • 56 m
Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln
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.
Episode 4 • Jan 23, 2022 • 1 h 15 m
Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
Ellie Taylor hosts Raku week, in which the potters are asked to make a Japanese-inspired tea set and then to take on a hand-pulling task. Ceramicist Florian Gadsby joins the judges to assess their efforts and eliminate a contestant.
Episode 5 • Jan 30, 2022 • 1 h 15 m
Character Gnomes & a Sea Kale Forcer
It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the biggest second challenge ever, of making a sea kale forcing jar.
Episode 6 • 2022
1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns
Episode 7 • Feb 13, 2022
Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps: The potters go wild in a Throw Down first and get a surprise visit from a familiar face
Episode 8 • Feb 20, 2022
Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Episode 9 • Feb 27, 2022
Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
Episode 10 • Mar 6, 2022
The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
7 Seasons

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