The BEST episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 4

Every episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 4!

Twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to be crowned best at the wheel.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: Channel 4Status: Continuing
Cheese Set & Port Chalices
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8.03
37 votes

#1 - Cheese Set & Port Chalices

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2021

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the twelve new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices, as the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel

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Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter
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8.00
25 votes

#2 - Animal Water Feature & a Strawberry Planter

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2021

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

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3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks
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7.88
34 votes

#3 - 3D Slab-Build & Handmade Bricks

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2021

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 handmaking bricks

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The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters
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7.87
30 votes

#4 - The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2021

Siobhán McSweeney hosts the grand final of the pottery contest, which turns the clock back to the 1920s with a series of art deco-themed challenges. The contenders must make a punch bowl and decanters and face the tiniest throwing challenge the show has ever set. Judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones are on board to assess the efforts and crown this year's winner.

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Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge
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7.85
27 votes

#5 - Naked Raku & a Floral Challenge

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2021

It's naked raku week in the pottery, as the potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases to impress judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones. In the spot test, guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd sets a floral challenge, but who will be named potter of the week, and who will leave the pottery?

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A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot
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7.81
27 votes

#6 - A Pedestal Sink & a Chamber Pot

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2021

Siobhán McSweeney hosts the semi-final of the pottery contest, in which the four remaining contestants face their biggest challenge to date. They must make a decorative chamber pot and a fully functional pedestal sink, before judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller decide which three potters will be going through to the final.

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Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down
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7.72
32 votes

#7 - Fruit Bowls & a Blindfolded Throw Down

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2021

The 10 remaining potters are challenged to make a bowl full of realistic ceramic fruits, and face a blindfolded throw down with a twist, as judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones decide who will be named potter of the week and who will be heading home. Siobhan McSweeney hosts.

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Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle
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7.61
23 votes

#8 - Native American Acoma Pottery & an Alabama Ring Bottle

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2021

It's the quarter-final, and the remaining potters face a challenge inspired by Native American Acoma pottery that involves firing their pots in cow dung. Judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones set a tricky second challenge to throw an Alabama ring bottle in this all-American week, but who will secure an all-important place in the semi-final?

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Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles
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7.58
26 votes

#9 - Terracotta Cookware & Engraved Tiles

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2021

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, before he and fellow judge Keith Brymer Jones decide who will be potter of the week and who will be leaving the competition. Siobhan McSweeney hosts.

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Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments
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7.56
27 votes

#10 - Music Legend Busts & Mini Musical Instruments

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2021

It's Music Week in the pottery, as the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, kick starting with a surprise special message from an iconic artist. The potters then face a fiddly second challenge to make a mini musical instrument, before judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones decide who will be named potter of the week and who will be heading home.

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