The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 6

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Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug

1 - Birthday Tea Set and Handleless Jug

Air Date: January 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.

Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge

2 - Keepsake Box and Blindfold Challenge

Air Date: January 15, 2023

The 11 remaining potters craft a keepsake box with a disguised lid before facing a surprise blindfold challenge.

Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge

3 - Trio of Birds and Hot Water Bottle Challenge

Air Date: January 22, 2023

It's Retro Week, and the remaining potters are taken back in time as they make a trio of flying birds and tackle an old-fashioned hot water bottle surprise challenge.

Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge

4 - Hanging Planters and a Decorative Challenge

Air Date: January 29, 2023

It's Raku Week, and the potters hope to impress the judges with their hanging planters. Series two semi-finalist Freya Bramble-Carter sets a challenge with a decorative flourish.

Gargoyles and Chimney Pots

5 - Gargoyles and Chimney Pots

Air Date: February 5, 2023

The remaining potters head for the roof to create gargoyles and chimney pots for expert guest judge Gabriel Nichols.

Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills

6 - Embossed Table Light and Decadent Design Skills

Air Date: February 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.

Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase

7 - Endangered Animal Sculptures and a Tall Vase

Air Date: February 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.

Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls

8 - Abstract Coffee Set and Rice Bowls

Air Date: February 26, 2023

The remaining potters face an altered reality as they radically alter a coffee set and throw high-footed rice bowls. Whose shapeshifting creations will transport them to the semi-final?

Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar

9 - Turkish Bath Sinks and Moorcroft Ginger Jar

Air Date: March 5, 2023

It's a bathroom-themed semi-final as the potters make Turkish bath-style sinks and tiles and attempt Moorcroft tube lining.

The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe

10 - The Final: Pyramid Vase and Sgraffito Globe

Air Date: March 12, 2023

The remaining potters create a stacking pyramid vase centrepiece and a daring sgraffito globe.