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Season 5 – The Great Pottery Throw Down

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Ten home potters from around the United Kingdom travel to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of British pottery, to take part in a competition to become top potter.
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Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) 01/10/2023
3/5
It’s all about the contestants here, who are as lovely a bunch of people as you could hope to meet. Go to Full Review Maureen Ryan Vanity Fair 04/13/2022
The mature part of my brain knew I should have rationed episodes so they’d last. Mature brain lost: I gobbled up all 10 installments in a weekend and loved every second of it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/18/2022 Not to be a #spoiler, but Episode 8 had so much extraordinary energy that it surpassed anything else on any season of the Throwdown. LOTS of tears from Keith this season, all of them earned. See more 03/07/2022 not sure why they swapped presenters half way through See more Read all reviews
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Keith Brymer Jones

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Rich Miller

Judge

Ellie Taylor

Host

Siobhan McSweeney

Host

Orla Kiely

Judge

Adam Keeling

Judge

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 2, 2022 Tableware WeekTableware Week Host Ellie Taylor joins returning judges Keith and Rich in welcoming the new batch of potters, and after shaping children's crockery sets and ceramic milk bottles, one of the 12 will be crowned the first potter of the week. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 9, 2022 Hand-Building 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. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 16, 2022 Old Home Week 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. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 23, 2022 Raku Week The remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and social media star Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 2, 2022 Garden Week Garden Week finds the eight remaining potters tackling a trio of character gnomes and a sea kale forcer for guest judge Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 6, 2022 1960s Week Inspired by the Swinging Sixties, the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative glazed vessels before guest judge Orla Kiely tests their pattern skills. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 13, 2022 Wildlife Week Wildlife Week proves a roaring good time as the potters hand-build animal table lamps; in a Great Pottery Throw Down first, the contestants receive permission to throw anything they want, before a special someone drops by the pottery. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 20, 2022 Sculpture Week Siobhán McSweeney is back, as the five remaining potters create a self-sculpture, build their own sawdust kilns and make candlesticks under pressure, for a place in the semi-final. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 27, 2022 Semifinal: Bathroom Week The final four must flush away their nerves to create functional urinals, and then recreate iconic Wedgwood Jasperware for the remaining three spots. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 6, 2022 The Final The potters make a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's work challenge set by Rich Miller. Details

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The Great Pottery Throw Down — Season 5

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Season Info

Director
Mark Drake, Mark Drake
Executive Producer
Richard McKerrow, Sarah Thomson-Woolley, Luke Byrne
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 2, 2022
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