The Great Pottery Throw Down

Season 4

2021 • 10 Episodes

Episodes

Cheese Set & Port Chalices - The Great Pottery Throw Down

1. Cheese Set & Port Chalices

January 10, 2021

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices.

3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks - The Great Pottery Throw Down

2. 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks

January 17, 2021

It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Throw Down first, judge Rich Miller tasks the potters with hand-making bricks.

Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down - The Great Pottery Throw Down

3. Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down

January 24, 2021

The remaining potters get fruity when they're challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits, and face a blindfolded throw down with a twist.

Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge - The Great Pottery Throw Down

4. Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge

January 31, 2021

It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set a floral challenge by guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd.

Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments - The Great Pottery Throw Down

5. Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments

February 7, 2021

It's Music Week and the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, receive a surprise special message from an iconic artist, and make mini musical instruments.

Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles - The Great Pottery Throw Down

6. Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles

February 14, 2021

It's Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware. Judge Rich Miller sets a second terracotta challenge to engrave tiles.

Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter - The Great Pottery Throw Down

7. Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter

February 21, 2021

It's Garden Week, and the remaining potters face a green-fingered challenge: to build an animal water feature and throw a strawberry planter for a place in the quarter-finals.

Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle - The Great Pottery Throw Down

8. Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle

February 28, 2021

It's an all-American-themed quarter-final, as the remaining potters make Acoma pottery fired in cow dung and throw an Alabama ring bottle for a place in the semi-final.

A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot - The Great Pottery Throw Down

9. A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot

March 7, 2021

It's the semi-final, and the remaining potters produce an elaborate and fully-functional pedestal sink and decorate a chamber pot in Bathroom Week, all for a place in the grand final.

The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters - The Great Pottery Throw Down

10. The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters

March 14, 2021

In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest throwing challenge ever set.