The BEST episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down
Every episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down!
Twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to be crowned best at the wheel.
#1 - Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2023
It's the quarter-final, and the remaining five potters face an altered reality as they throw and radically alter an abstract coffee set. The bucket of doom returns as judges Keith and Rich set a second challenge to throw multiple high-footed rice bowls under pressure, but who will secure an all-important place in the semi-final?
#2 - Bathroom Week
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2024
In a bathroom-themed semi-final, the potters take on the infamous toilet challenge. Who'll take the plunge for a place in the final, and who'll be left with that sinking feeling?
#3 - Vintage Water Filters and a Coffee Filter
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2024
It's the quarter-final and the potters make vintage-style water filters fired in their own oil drum kilns and throw a coffee filter. Who'll bring the heat with semi-final-worthy filters?
#4 - Illuminating Light Sculptures
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2024
The potters create black and white illuminated sculptures and take on a surprise challenge. Who'll be beaming with joy and whose time in the spotlight has come to an end?
#5 - Novelty Teapots and Majolica Mugs
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2024
It's teatime and the potters make novelty teapots and majolica decorated mugs. Plus, it's the return of the bucket of doom... but will it be a storm in a teacup? And whose brew will get them through?
#6 - Water Features and Hedgehog Houses
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2024
It's Garden Week and the potters create cascading water features and hedgehog houses. Whose structure will the judges be gushing over, and who will be hedging their bets?
#7 - Raku Week and Animal Busts
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2024
It's Raku week and the potters create animal busts before taking on guest judge Jacqui Atkin's decorative challenge. Who will the judges go wild for and name potter of the week?
#8 - Staffordshire Flatbacks and a Surprise Challenge
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2024
The remaining potters make Staffordshire flatbacks and face a close shave in a surprise challenge. But whose mantlepiece classic will take pride of place, and who will be left on the shelf?
#9 - Gluggle Jugs and a Surprise Blindfold Challenge
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024
The remaining potters attempt their own take on the popular gluggle jug and face a surprise second challenge - blindfolded!
#10 - Roast Dinner Set and Identical Side Plates
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2024
As the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, the potters make a roast dinner set and identical side plates that must survive the bucket of doom. Who will get roasted and who will get served?
#11 - The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2023
The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe. But who will be on top of the world when they're crowned the winner?
#12 - The Final
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2024
It's the grand finale and the potters create striking chandeliers and faceted bowls. Whose dazzling design will bowl over the judges to be crowned the 2024 winner?
#13 - Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2023
The six remaining potters go wild as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before throwing a tall, thin-necked vase for a place in the quarter-final
#14 - Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2023
It's an illuminating week, as the potters make an embossed table light, before guest judge, fashion and lifestyle designer Henry Holland, really tests their decadent design skills.
#15 - Gargoyles and Chimney Pots
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2023
The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge Gabriel Nichols.
#16 - Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2023
It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. And series two semi-finalist Freya Bramble-Carter sets a challenge with a decorative flourish.
#17 - Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2023
It's Retro Week, and Siobhán McSweeney takes the remaining potters back in time as they make a trio of flying birds and tackle an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise challenge.
#18 - Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2023
The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be potter of the week and who will leave the pottery?
#19 - Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2023
The potters take on a birthday tea set challenge, and a surprise second challenge that sees them making handleless milk jugs that must survive the bucket of doom.
#20 - The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2022
Ellie Taylor and Siobhán McSweeney host the conclusion of the contest. In the first round, the finalists must create a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story. Rich Miller then sets them a regal devil's work challenge before he and fellow judge Keith Brymer Jones decide which of the three potters will be crowned this year's champion
#21 - Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2022
Siobhan McSweeney hosts a bathroom-themed semi-final, in which the potters are challenged to make fully functional urinals and recreate Wedgwood Jasperware. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller face their toughest decision of the series - picking three potters to go through to the grand final
#22 - The Final: Statement Greek Amphoras
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2025
Our three finalists create statement Greek amphoras and take on some extreme throwing in their last surprise challenge. Who'll be crowned Throw Down winner of 2025?
#23 - The Final: Mini Model Theatres
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2026
The finalists take on mini model theatres and a tricky throwing technique. Whose final curtain call will crown them as champion?
#24 - Mosaics and Water Fountains
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2026
It's the semi-final and the potters make mosaics and water fountains inspired by Rome's Trevi Fountain. Whose fountain will make a splash, and whose mosaic will leave them picking up the pieces?
#25 - Body Part Pots and Sculptures
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2026
The potters make body part pots and sculptures of their bodies in motion, fired in brick kilns that they're building themselves. Whose fired-up figures will carve them out a place in the semi-final?