The Great Pottery Throw Down

Host Ellie Taylor joins returning judges Keith and Rich in welcoming the new batch of potters, and after shaping children's crockery sets and ceramic milk bottles, one of the 12 will be crowned the first potter of the week.

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge; Judges Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones must decide who is potter of the week, and who will leave the pottery.

After the contestants visit their hometowns for an inanimate object challenge, Keith and Rich pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke with a surprise bottle kiln challenge; one of the remaining ten must return home for good.

The remaining potters throw a Japanese-inspired tea set, before guest judge and social media star Florian Gadsby sets them a handle pulling challenge.

Garden Week finds the eight remaining potters tackling a trio of character gnomes and a seakale forcer for guest judge Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery.

Inspired by the Swinging Sixties, the potters create a psychedelic pair of highly decorative glazed vessels before guest judge Orla Kiely tests their pattern skills.