The Great Pottery Throw Down
British TV series or programme
- Sara Cox
- Melanie Sykes
- Siobhán McSweeney
- Keith Brymer Jones
- Kate Malone
- Sue Pryke
- Richard Miller
"Making Time" by The Creation (2017–)
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, England (2021–)
More4 (2020)
Channel 4 (2021–)
present (present)
The Piano
The Great Pottery Throw Down is a British television competition programme that first aired on BBC Two from 3 November 2015 to 23 March 2017. It was then moved to More4 from 8 January to 11 March 2020, and has been broadcast by Channel 4 since 10 January 2021.
Format
In each episode, a group of amateur potters compete to complete two pottery challenges. In the "main make" challenge, contestants undertake a substantial multi-stage creative task: subject to given specifications, they must design a ceramic creation, build it from clay body, and decorate it, and present it to the judges for evaluation after it is fired in the kiln. In between stages of the main make, potters are given a "second challenge", a smaller-scale task testing a specific pottery skill, on which they are ranked from worst to best by the judges. At the end of each episode, the judges designate the best-performing contestant as "potter of the week". The contestant with the worst results is dismissed, and all others return for the following episode; the winner of the final episode is the overall winner of the series.
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Average UK viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 November 2015 | 8 December 2015 | Matthew Wilcock | 2.39 |
| 2 | 8 | 2 February 2017 | 23 March 2017 | Ryan Barrett | 3.34 |
| 3 | 10 | 8 January 2020 | 11 March 2020 | Rosa Wiland Holmes | TBA |
| 4 | 10 | 10 January 2021 | 14 March 2021 | Jodie Neale | TBA |
| 5 | 10 | 2 January 2022 | 6 March 2022 | AJ Simpson | TBA |
| 6 | 10 | 8 January 2023 | 12 March 2023 | Loïs Gunn | TBA |
| 7 | 10 | 7 January 2024 | 10 March 2024 | Donna Bloye | TBA |
Series 1 (2015)
Series 2 (2017)
Series 3 (2020)
Series 4 (2021)
Series 5 (2022)
Series 6 (2023)
Series 7 (2024)
International broadcasts
In July 2020, HBO Max secured the rights to distribute the show in the United States, where it premiered on 17 September 2020. As of December 2023, HBO Max has not released season 6 (originally aired January 2023 in the UK with season 7 starting January 2024) and has made no mention of it being released in the future. Currently, HBO Max only indicates 5 seasons exist on their website.[1]
A Canadian version, The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, premiered on CBC Television on 8 February 2024.[2]
The Festive Pottery Throwdown
The Festive Pottery Throwdown is a series of one-off Christmas specials where celebrities participate instead of members of the public.
2022
| Celebrity[3] | Known for | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Eclair | Comedian | |
| James Fleet | Actor | Winner |
| Jamie Laing | Made in Chelsea | |
| Sunetra Sarker | Actress and TV presenter |
2023
| Celebrity | Known for | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh Dennis | Comedian and Actor | Winner |
| Sophie Duker | Stand-up comedian | |
| Alice Levine | Radio and TV presenter | |
| Joe Swash | Former EastEnders actor |
References
- ^ "Great Pottery Throw Down HBO Max Trailer". www.thewrap.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'". Victoria Times-Colonist, 30 October 2023.
- ^ "The Great Festive Pottery Throw Down 2022 line-up: Meet the celebs taking part". Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
External links
- The Great Pottery Throw Down at BBC Online
- The Great Pottery Throw Down on Channel 4
- The Festive Pottery Throw Down on Channel 4
- The Great Pottery Throw Down at IMDb
- The Great Pottery Throw Down at UKGameshows.com
