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.

The potters make a garden totem sculpture that tells their life story, followed by a regal devil's work challenge set by Rich Miller, before the winner is crowned.

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.

It's Garden Week, and the remaining potters face a green-fingered challenge: to build an animal water feature and throw a strawberry planter for a place in the quarter-finals.

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 brand-new potters two challenges: to throw a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

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.

Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set the 12 new potters two challenges against the clock: to throw a cheese set and port chalices.

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

Our semi-finalists stare into the mouth of hell as they create Hellmouth fireplaces, and take on a transferware challenge.

It's Raku Week! The potters make animal sculptures and guest judge Nick Mackman sets a sculpting spot test.

Our three finalists create statement Greek amphoras and take on some extreme throwing in their last surprise challenge.

It's all about bricks and mortar, as the 11 remaining potters slab-build a 3D building and, in a Throw Down first, judge Rich Miller tasks the potters with hand-making bricks.

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

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.

It's the semi-final, and the remaining potters produce an elaborate and fully-functional pedestal sink and decorate a chamber pot in Bathroom Week, all for a place in the grand final.

In an art deco-inspired final, the potters make a punch bowl and decanter, before facing the tiniest throwing challenge ever set.

As the battle of clay begins, the hopefuls take on a salad set challenge and make identical sangria jugs that must survive the bucket of doom.

It's the semi-final and the potters make mosaics and water fountains inspired by Rome's Trevi Fountain.

It's teatime and the potters make novelty teapots and majolica decorated mugs. Plus, it's the return of the bucket of doom.

As the battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, the potters make a roast dinner set and identical side plates that must survive the bucket of doom.

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.

It's naked raku week and the remaining potters throw, burnish and fire a pair of vases, and are set a floral challenge by guest judge and flower-making expert Rita Floyd.

It's Garden Week and the potters create cascading water features and hedgehog houses.

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

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.

The remaining potters attempt a toy Noah's ark and animals, and a surprise second challenge sends them potty.

It's the quarter-final and the potters make vintage-style water filters fired in their own oil drum kilns and throw a coffee filter.

The potters face a multi-coloured slip cast challenge to make two vases, and a blindfolded throwing challenge to throw the widest bowl.

It's Greek Week, and the remaining contestants are challenged to sculpt a nude Greek statue and throw Greek jugs at the wheel.

The remaining potters create holiday souvenir sets inspired by seaside towns, and candlestick holders.

It's an illuminating week as the potters take on lighting sculptures and a surprise challenge.

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.

In the throw down challenge this week, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double-walled pot.

It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.

The potters create a statement mantelpiece clock, and face a surprise blindfolded second challenge.

The remaining potters tackle raku firing, hand-build two animal figurines and face the tricky ceramic technique of nerikomi.

The remaining five potters make two ginger jars and face a Scraffito challenge spot test for a place in the semi-final.

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.

It's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent, and just five potters remain. They face their most technically demanding challenge yet - creating a decorative chandelier in bone china.

It is the grand final and the four remaining potters have just three tests left before one is crowned the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down.

In week five, the six remaining potters try one of the most exhilarating techniques in ceramics - pit firing.

The eight remaining potters are challenged to build a pair of matching lamp bases. Guest judge Emma Bridgewater drops in to set an emotional ceramic challenge for the contestants.

It's Raku week and the potters create animal busts before taking on guest judge Jacqui Atkin's decorative challenge.

The remaining potters take on a sculpting challenge and hark to Stoke-on-Trent with bird bath creations.

The remaining potters make Staffordshire flatbacks and face a close shave in a surprise challenge.

Ten home potters compete to become the new champion of British pottery. They must test their technical prowess in front of a special guest judge, ceramic designer Emma Bridgewater.

It is garden week, and the seven remaining potters must make stunning ceramics for the great outdoors.

The potters return to Stoke-on-Trent for more tests of their skills and creativity. The six potters must build a five-foot garden sculpture and transform an ordinary chimney pot.

It's Music Week and the remaining potters sculpt a life-like bust of a music legend, receive a surprise special message from an iconic artist, and make mini musical instruments.

The potters create shop fronts filled with memories and ancient Greek psykter vases.