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Episode 5

The Great Pottery Throw Down Series 1
Episode 5 of 6

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's semi-final week in Stoke-on-Trent and just five potters remain, determined to secure their place in the final.

For their main make, the potters face their most technically demanding challenge yet - creating a decorative chandelier in bone china. This delicate and translucent clay was first produced in Britain at the end of the 18th century as a cheap alternative to Chinese porcelain. The potters must pour liquid clay into plaster moulds to make the pieces for their chandeliers in a process called slip casting.

For their spot test, steady hands are required when judges Kate Malone and Keith Brymer Jones test the potters' banding skills. They must paint consistent and fine lines onto plates which are revolving on the wheel. And for the throw down, they have just 15 minutes on the wheel to make the largest closed sphere they can, a hollow ball of clay which could collapse at any moment.

59 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Nov 2020 15:15
BBC Two

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    The Fireballs

    Bulldog

  • 00:22

    The Fairey Band

    Strings of Life

  • 00:29

    The Fairey Band

    Pacific 202

  • 00:30

    Herman’s Hermits

    I'm Into Something Good

  • 00:40

    Bumble

    Bumble Boogie

  • 00:57

    The Chantays

    Pipeline

Credits

Presenter Sara Cox
Judge Keith Brymer Jones
Judge Kate Malone
Executive Producer Anna Beattie
Executive Producer Richard Bowron
Executive Producer Richard McKerrow
Executive Producer Suzanne McGairl
Series Producer Elliott Gerner
Series Producer Karen Richardson
Production Company Love Productions

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