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Season 5 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2022

Crockery Set and Ceramic Milk Bottles

The battle of the clay returns. Ellie Taylor hosts, as 12 of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion. They throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

Pendulum Wall Clock

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2022

Pendulum Wall Clock

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?

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2022

Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln Challenge

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.

Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2022

Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

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.

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2022

Character Gnomes and a Sea Kale Forcer

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.

1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2022

1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

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.

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2022

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

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?

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2022

Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

Siobhán McSweeney's back, as the remaining potters create a self-sculpture, build their own sawdust kilns and make candlesticks under pressure, for a place in the semi-final.

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2022

Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

It's the semi-final and the potters are left feeling flushed as they make fully functional urinals, before recreating the iconic Wedgwood Jasperware, for a place in the final.

The Festive Pottery Throw Down

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Dec 25, 2022

The Festive Pottery Throw Down

Siobhán McSweeney hosts a fabulously festive dollop of Christmas clay, as James Fleet, Jenny Eclair, Jamie Laing and Sunetra Sarker make slab-built scenes and mulled wine tumblers.

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