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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Comedian Johnny Vegas, a former pupil of Kate Malone, demonstrates how to throw a teapot in just one minute.

In the quarter-final, the potters have ten minutes to throw the widest bowl they can while blindfolded.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The search for a top potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

It's Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware. Judge Rich Miller sets a second terracotta challenge to engrave tiles.

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

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 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?

The potters make body part pots and sculptures of their bodies in motion, fired in brick kilns that they build themselves.

The remaining potters attempt their own take on the popular gluggle jug and face a surprise blindfold challenge.

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

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

In a bathroom-themed semi-final, the potters take on the infamous toilet challenge.

It's the grand finale and the potters create striking chandeliers and faceted bowls.