The WORST episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down

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

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

Last Updated: 4/23/2025Network: Channel 4Status: Continuing
Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge
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#1 - 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?

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Gluggle Jugs and a Surprise Blindfold Challenge
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#2 - 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!

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Roast Dinner Set and Identical Side Plates
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#3 - 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?

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The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe
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#4 - 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?

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Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls
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#5 - 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?

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Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase
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#6 - 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

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Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills
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#7 - 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.

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Gargoyles and Chimney Pots
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#8 - 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.

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Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge
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#9 - 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.

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Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge
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#10 - 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.

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Staffordshire Flatbacks and a Surprise Challenge
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#11 - 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?

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Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug
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#12 - 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.

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The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge
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#13 - 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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Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware
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#14 - 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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Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks
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#15 - 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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1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns
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#16 - 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.

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Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps
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#17 - 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?

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Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Tube Lining
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#18 - Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Tube Lining

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2023

It's the semi-final and the potters are making pieces for the bathroom before taking on the iconic Moorcroft tube lining in the surprise second challenge. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller have a tough choice deciding who will go through to the following week's grand finale

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Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer
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#19 - 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.

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Mantlepiece Clock and Blindfold Challenge
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#20 - Mantlepiece Clock and Blindfold Challenge

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2025

The potters create a statement mantelpiece clock, and face a surprise blindfolded second challenge. Who's on borrowed time?

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The Final: Statement Greek Amphoras
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#21 - 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?

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Hellmouth Fireplaces
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#22 - Hellmouth Fireplaces

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2025

Our semi-finalists stare into the mouth of hell as they create Hellmouth fireplaces. Who'll set the judges' hearts on fire to claim a place in the final, and who'll fizzle out?

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Double Gourd Vases and Posset Pots
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#23 - Double Gourd Vases and Posset Pots

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2025

It's the quarter-final and the potters take on double gourd vases and old-fashioned posset pots. Whose double gourd will floor the judges and earn a place in the semi-final?

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Bird Baths and a Sculpting Challenge
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#24 - Bird Baths and a Sculpting Challenge

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2025

The remaining potters take on a sculpting challenge and hark to Stoke-on-Trent with bird bath creations. Who'll soar into the quarter-finals, and who's flying the nest for good?

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Vegetable Lamps and a Double-Walled Challenge
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#25 - Vegetable Lamps and a Double-Walled Challenge

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2025

The remaining potters sculpt realistic vegetable lamp bases and take on a double-walled challenge. Whose lamp will be the pick of the crop, and who'll be heading home?

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