The Great Pottery Throw Down Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

Children's Crockery Set & Milk Bottles

56 mins

Comedian Ellie Taylor temporarily stands in for the injured Siobhán McSweeney to present the start of the fifth series of the pottery challenge. The 12 contestants must make a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

Episode 2

Pendulum Wall Clock

56 mins

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be crowned potter of the week and who will leave the competition?

Episode 3

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln

56 mins

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.

Episode 4

Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

75 mins

Ellie Taylor hosts Raku week, in which the potters are asked to make a Japanese-inspired tea set and then to take on a hand-pulling task. Ceramicist Florian Gadsby joins the judges to assess their efforts and eliminate a contestant.

Episode 5

Character Gnomes & a Sea Kale Forcer

75 mins

It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the biggest second challenge ever, of making a sea kale forcing jar.

Episode 6

1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

Episode 7

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps: The potters go wild in a Throw Down first and get a surprise visit from a familiar face

Episode 8

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

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.

Episode 9

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

Siobhan McSweeney hosts a bathroom-themed semi-final, in which the potters are challenged to make fully functional urinals and recreate Wedgwood Jasperware.

Episode 10

The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge

Ellie Taylor and Siobhán McSweeney host the conclusion of the contest.