Season 3 Plot
Melanie Sykes hosts the battle of the clay, as twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to become champion of the wheel
The Great Pottery Throw Down Season 3 aired on January 8th, 2020.
Season 3 Episodes
1. Breakfast Set & Egg Cups
Melanie Sykes hosts as 12 amateur potters compete against one another, with judges Keith Brymer Jones and Sue Pryke asking the contenders to throw a breakfast set and then egg cups.
2. Chess Set & Mini Vases
The eleven remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set and throwing miniature vases at the wheel.
3. Raku & Animal Figurines
Melanie Sykes hosts as the remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi
4. Multi-Coloured Slip Cast & Blindfolded Throwing
Melanie Sykes hosts as the remaining potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.
5. Matching Lamp Bases & a Ceramic Challenge
The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases, hoping to impress judges Sue Pryke and Keith Brymer Jones. Later, guest judge Emma Bridgewater drops in to set an emotional ceramic challenge for the contestants.
6. Nude Greek Statues & Greek Jugs
It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Sue Pryke decide who will be potter of the week, and who will be leaving the competition.
7. Handmade Tiles & a Chimney
Melanie Sykes hosts as the six remaining potters are challenged to produce handmade tiles for a fireplace and to throw a chimney for a place in the quarter-final.
8. Ginger Jars & a Scraffito Challenge
Melanie Sykes hosts the quarter-final as the remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.
9. Victorian Week & a Fully Functioning Toilet
Melanie Sykes hosts a Victorian-themed semi-final. The potters face their biggest challenge yet... to produce a fully functioning toilet for a place in the final.
10. The Final: Quirky Tea Set and a Throwing Challenge
Melanie Sykes hosts the grand finale as the three potters make a quirky tea set and face a throwing challenge to impress the judges and be crowned the winner.