The BEST episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 5
Every episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down season 5!
Twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to be crowned best at the wheel.
#1 - 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
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#2 - Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2022
Siobhan McSweeney returns to host the quarter-final, in which the contestants are challenged to create a self-sculpture and build their own sawdust kilns. For the second task, they must create candlesticks under pressure, before judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller decide who has secured the final places in the next round
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#3 - Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2022
It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the task of making a sea kale forcer.
#4 - Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2022
In this first episode, judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the potters two challenges: to throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles, as the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel.
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#5 - 1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2022
It's back to the Swinging Sixties, as the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative glazed vessels, before guest judge Orla Kiely tests their repeating-pattern skills.
#6 - 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
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#7 - Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2022
It's Wildlife Week and the potters hand-build a table lamp, go wild in a Throw Down first, and get a surprise visit from a familiar face. Who will make it to the quarter-final?
#8 - Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2022
It's Raku week and the remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and social media sensation Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge.
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#9 - Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2022
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.
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#10 - Pendulum Wall Clock
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2022
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.
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