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The Great Pottery Throw Down - Season 8 Episode 100 -
(special) The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2025
(special) The Festive Pottery Throw Down 2025
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00:00The rival, the stockings are up, the carriage is laid out for Rudolph and of course a mince pie for the big man himself.
00:07All that's left to do is decorate the tree.
00:09Oh, hi guys, you're here.
00:11Oh, I think we're going to need a bit more help.
00:14Hi.
00:15Our celebrity potters.
00:17You're all ready. Okay, let's get on with it.
00:20Oh.
00:21That one's going to look beautiful just there.
00:23Oh, they're putting it there.
00:25That looks lovely.
00:26Yeah, that'll be nice.
00:28It's looking good.
00:43All right then, we're ready.
00:46Welcome to the festive pottery throwdown.
00:58BR medieval premise
01:05Making time
01:08Shooting the line
01:11People have their useless
01:15People have their useless
01:18Right, here we go.
01:30Origami.
01:32I haven't got it wrong again, have I?
01:33The festive pottery throwdown is back.
01:35This will be like the footballer walking into Wembley.
01:38And getting competitive in clay...
01:40This is the Wembley of pottery.
01:42...is host of Countdown, TV and radio presenter Colin Murray.
01:46To not try and win this is disrespectful to the show,
01:51disrespectful to the judges, disrespectful to Christmas.
01:55So I'll be giving it everything.
01:56This is where it gets real.
01:58Bye.
02:00Dude in here.
02:01Author and broadcaster Amber Gill.
02:03I'm a very competitive being.
02:05I want to win everything that I do.
02:07I might pull it out the bag.
02:08When I get in there, I might get in the zone and pull it out the bag.
02:10That's what I'm hoping for.
02:11Don't start, Tim. That's disqualification.
02:13We know you're... We're up with... Do it up.
02:16Comedian and actor Tim Vine.
02:19Someone's got to win, I suppose.
02:21But we're not here to win, we're here to make art.
02:24Come on. Nobody believes that.
02:27And twinkle-toed actress Sarah Hadland.
02:30For me, pottery starts from the feet up.
02:33And this is what I'm bringing.
02:36A bit of glitz.
02:37Keith hasn't seen these yet, but I think he will like what he sees.
02:40Like, that might be de rigueur.
02:42You have to wear those.
02:43Tim, how would you feel about wearing those?
02:45I wouldn't mind.
02:46Well, no, I couldn't...
02:47With my back?
02:48Why don't you give your love?
02:53Oh, here we go.
02:56Hello.
02:58Hello.
03:02Well done.
03:04Well done.
03:05Welcome, Potters, for your main make challenge.
03:12The judges would like you to hand-build Santa's North Pole.
03:16Now, this could be a nice, cosy cabin or a pimped-up sleigh
03:21or whatever you think Santa's North Pole is.
03:24Now, your North Pole scene must consist of three model figures,
03:30at least one slab-built building and two other large items.
03:34Judges, any advice for our newbie Potters?
03:37Now, this is a hand-building challenge,
03:39so you should slab-build your main building,
03:43but you can use any other hand-building technique for your other pieces.
03:46But make sure you choose the right one suited to your design
03:50and, more importantly, your abilities.
03:52Oh.
03:53Rich?
03:54One of your model figures must be Santa,
03:57but the other two can be human or animal form.
04:00But all of your pieces should complement each other
04:03to create a cohesive, eye-catching festive set.
04:07OK, then, Potters, you have been given six hours
04:11to make and refine Santa's North Pole,
04:14and your time starts now!
04:17Potters, get potting!
04:19First things first.
04:21Clay.
04:21Each potter has been gifted 12 and a half kilos of clay.
04:26I've never seen anyone on the programme just do this.
04:29It's really satisfying.
04:30And, in the spirit of Christmas...
04:33Oh, my God, I've got so much to do.
04:34..all have received a few hours of basic pottery training.
04:38Well, Colin, what's going on there?
04:40I'm having a nightmare start.
04:41I need to learn how to calm down.
04:43For their festive builds to work,
04:45the Potters must use a rolling machine or guide sticks
04:48to create clay slabs, even in thickness and size.
04:52A potter who sings...
04:54Ow! Flip!
04:55Oh, just stuck your finger under the flat knot.
04:58Before using templates and formers
05:01to cut and shape a kit of parts.
05:03Oh, Tim, what am I doing?
05:07Woo!
05:08Cutting clay with a knife, that's what I call it.
05:11Normally, when I talk about pottery, people glaze over.
05:17We're going to the North Pole, Rich.
05:18We are, Keith.
05:19We've got four incredibly talented people up in the pottery.
05:23Now, whether they're talented for clay is another matter.
05:26At the very, very outset, they've got to have a plan.
05:29They've got to have a design plan.
05:31Yeah.
05:31I mean, their building is slab built,
05:33so it's not just about rolling a flat slab,
05:35keeping it plain and constructing a box.
05:37It's all about kind of injecting life into the surfaces.
05:40Yeah, and look,
05:40you don't have to be incredibly proficient at pottery
05:43to be able to get some really decent mark-making in there.
05:47I mean, this is a simple idea,
05:49just to cover the roof with something that looks like snow.
05:52That's fairly easy to do.
05:53Completely.
05:54And it would be great to see in their three modelled figures
05:57real character, real expression.
05:59And that can be by adding pieces on or decorating.
06:02That's right, but there's lots of risk here.
06:05How are they going to secure arms, legs, wings?
06:07If they're going to produce a Rudolph,
06:09how are they going to secure those antlers on there?
06:12Completely.
06:12So they need to make sure that those adornments
06:14are being put on at the right stage
06:16when everything is good and wet
06:17and you can get a good, solid join.
06:19And then they need to handle the items really carefully.
06:22The tiniest little movement and they're off.
06:24I just want something that feels joyful.
06:27Yeah.
06:27Feels like Christmas in a set.
06:29Yeah, Merry Christmas, Rich.
06:30Merry Christmas to you too, Keith.
06:34Hi, lovey.
06:35Hi.
06:35Hi, guys.
06:36Oh, I feel scared.
06:38So, look, tell us about your North Pole design.
06:41It's all based around a gingerbread house.
06:43Right.
06:43I had this mug when I was younger
06:44that had, like, gingerbread house on, like, candy canes.
06:48And when that came out,
06:49I knew I was getting a sick hot chocolate
06:51with, like, whipped cream marshmallows.
06:53Nice one.
06:53And then it was Christmas.
06:54So, that's what I'm doing right now.
06:56Amber's sweet retreat for Santa
06:58would be reached by Polar Express
07:00and shared with a gingerbread friend,
07:03snowman,
07:04and faithful animal companions.
07:06What else are you doing?
07:08I'm undecided on one.
07:10Okay.
07:10Okay.
07:11Between a reindeer or my dog.
07:13See how it turns out.
07:14Yeah, if they go up like this, it's an antler.
07:16If it goes down like this, it's a cocky spaniel.
07:17So, yeah.
07:18So, we'll see.
07:19We'll see when I get there.
07:20Yeah, it's a lot to think about.
07:22Well, look, good luck with it all.
07:24See you later on.
07:24Thank you very much.
07:28Does that look like tiles on a roof?
07:30Now that their slabs are cut to size
07:32and the clay is still soft and malleable...
07:35I'm going to make a feature of the heart.
07:36...the potters can use tools
07:38to add texture and details
07:40to the surface of their slabs.
07:42Do you know what might be quite cute?
07:43It's a little circular window.
07:46Well, that's where the chimney's going to go.
07:48It's not about what you leave in,
07:49it's what you take out.
07:51This is the roof, is it?
07:52That's the roof.
07:52That's gorgeous, thanks.
07:54This is the front of my house.
07:56I'm going to place, like, a 3D Christmas tree on the top
07:58just to give it a little bit of pizzazz.
08:01Yeah.
08:01And are you going to scratch and sniff that on now
08:04or are you going to assemble it later on?
08:07Yeah.
08:08Yeah.
08:09I think we're done here.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Everything's sort of labelled with the countdown letters.
08:15On the house, it'll say North Pole
08:17and inside the house, it'll say home.
08:21Hi, lovey.
08:22Hey.
08:22Hi, Colin.
08:23How are you?
08:24Hello, how are we doing?
08:25Good.
08:25My piece is called Home is Where the Heart Is.
08:27Yeah.
08:27And it's all based about Santa getting back to the things that he loves
08:31because he's shattered.
08:32Yeah.
08:33So when he comes home, he wants his wife and he wants his dog.
08:37Colin's North Pole scene is all about creature comforts.
08:41Santa's house will have a detachable roof
08:43revealing a snug bed for Santa and Mrs Claus,
08:46while outside there's a hot tub for Rudolph to blow off steam.
08:51What are you most worried about?
08:53Rudolph's hot tub.
08:54I'm about ten minutes behind.
08:56That's quite detailed.
08:57Yeah.
08:57So you've really marked out your time management, have you?
09:00Yeah.
09:01They were generous with my GCSE art.
09:03They give me a U.
09:05But what I'm good at is maths.
09:07Like, everything has to be scheduled for me or I get panicked.
09:10Hopefully you'll calm down a bit.
09:12Yes.
09:12And you'll let the clay process do its thing.
09:15Best of luck with it, Colin.
09:16Thank you so much.
09:17That's Rudolph relaxing.
09:19He's going to have a few drinks.
09:20His mates are coming round later.
09:22Colin isn't the only potter aiming to take the stress out of Christmas.
09:27Hot tubs are so, so passe.
09:30Santa's not going to be going in a hot tub.
09:32He's going to have a little ice bar
09:33and then he's going to have a little chocolate fountain.
09:35Post-Christmas pampering is the order of the day at Sarah's Spa,
09:41where Santa can soothe his aching muscles
09:43before joining his friends, Grandpa Robin and Penguin,
09:47for some festive fun.
09:48This illustration wasn't done by myself.
09:50Right.
09:51This is done by my child.
09:52This is our cat Percy.
09:53So it's going to be Santa paws.
09:56Do you see?
09:56I see what you've done there.
09:59Also, what I'm doing is a fisherman's cottage,
10:01which is where I spend my family Christmases on the Kent coast.
10:03And what I'm trying to do is lots of spares.
10:07Oh, OK.
10:07I'm thinking ahead.
10:08Because you can let all this now dry off leather hard
10:11and then put it all together not too wet.
10:15Yeah.
10:16Good luck.
10:16Thank you very much.
10:19Potters!
10:20The drying room is...
10:22Oh.
10:24Open!
10:26I presume the drying room does what it says on the tin, does it?
10:29In we go.
10:31Before the celebrity potters can start to construct their North Pole buildings...
10:35Too pepperoni for Siobhan.
10:38She knows my order.
10:40They must ensure each piece is dry and firm enough to support its own weight.
10:44Sarah's made more slabs than the entire eight series of the pottery thrown out.
10:49While most of the potters are creating their structures entirely from slabs,
10:54Tim is treading a different path.
10:56I have to build a little staircase using the Tim Vine gouging method.
11:01I know what you're thinking.
11:03This isn't going to work.
11:04I think it might.
11:09What are you doing?
11:10It looks like you're stuffing a turkey.
11:11I'll show you what I'm doing here.
11:14Look, I'm building Santa's Snowshaw Club.
11:18I beg your pardon?
11:19Snowshaw Club.
11:19It just rhymes with social.
11:21Nice.
11:21The way in is you go up the stairs on the side of the building and down the chimney on the top.
11:24Right.
11:25So there needs to be stairs on the side.
11:27So long as Santa doesn't get stuck in the chimney,
11:30Tim's North Pole Snowshaw Club will offer darts,
11:34carol okey and sprout golf to take his mind off his Christmas duties.
11:38Christmas to me is all about fun and family.
11:42So there's me as Santa Claus hitting sprouts to my dad.
11:46And then the reindeer is my mum sat in the armchair doing carol okey.
11:50Right.
11:50And is your mother called carol?
11:52She's not.
11:52She's called Diana, but she does like to sing.
11:55You have given yourself an awful lot to do, so we will leave you.
11:58A lot of awful to do.
11:59Yeah, good luck, mate.
12:02Right.
12:02Now then, where was I?
12:04Who were those guys?
12:07Potters!
12:08You're halfway through!
12:11Time really does go whizzing by when you don't know what the hell you're doing.
12:14The judges are expecting to see at least three modelled figures.
12:18Don't think about it, just do it.
12:20Here we go.
12:21One of which needs to be the main man himself.
12:24This is Santa.
12:25This is him.
12:27It's supposed to be a leg.
12:29And the Potters must use their artistic skills to bring him to life.
12:33This is going to be my Santa paws.
12:35I don't know why, but it looks more like a bird.
12:38Than a cat.
12:39The smile is the moment the character comes alive, and it's done with a simple spoon.
12:47Oh, that's nice.
12:48That's nice.
12:49Come on, just give us a little grin.
12:50Oh, now he looks a bit more like a cat.
12:54Little Percy boy.
12:56He would be perfect for Santa.
12:58My Santa is terrible, but you know what?
13:00When you paint him red, he's Santa.
13:03This is Santa's beard.
13:04I thought it would be nice to have a cute little texture up of the beard, you know, rather than just like painting it.
13:09I didn't think about that.
13:10I think he looks great.
13:12Are you going to win?
13:13Uh, no, because funny enough, I'm not the most competitive person here.
13:19Gotcha.
13:20Yeah, yeah.
13:22You don't care if you win.
13:24No.
13:24You're going to win?
13:24I mean, all right, I'd rather win than lose.
13:27This is not called the Great Pottery Friendly, is it?
13:34Potters, that's two hours left.
13:37Aye, aye, aye.
13:37Get out of my way.
13:38Where's my leather hearts?
13:41Definitely, like, feels like it's going to stand up, though.
13:44Now that their slab pieces have reached the sturdy leather heart stage...
13:47I'm trying to see if my house is going to connect together.
13:51..the celebrity potters can start to assemble their main buildings.
13:55It's OK.
13:55I mean, it's about right.
13:57Where's the back of this thing?
14:02Sides, base.
14:04I never wrote back on here.
14:07Are you missing a piece, buddy?
14:09Yeah, I forgot to make a back,
14:10despite the fact that I did have a cutout for the back here.
14:13No.
14:15Um, I'm just going to go over here a moment.
14:17Hang on.
14:19Yeah.
14:20You know you, uh...
14:22You've got these spare bits of wool.
14:25Yeah.
14:27Have you got any...
14:29Any chance of a bit of wool?
14:33I can have that, can I?
14:34You can have it.
14:35Let me just see if it fits.
14:36It's got that in it, though. Is that all right?
14:36Well, I'll probably chop that off.
14:38Let me have a little look.
14:39This fits like a dream.
14:41You got me out of pottery jail.
14:43You're absolutely welcome, Tim Vine.
14:46To create strong structures,
14:48the potters must score either side of their pieces.
14:51This is just basic entry-level scoring.
14:53Before bonding them together with slip.
14:56I didn't put any slip in that.
14:57What an idiot.
14:58I'll fix that in a bit.
14:58And well-made joins are vital to prevent a Christmas catastrophe in the kiln.
15:03I am putting it in, like, a sealant.
15:05That's how I hope it's going to stay up.
15:07There's a massive crack.
15:09Gaps.
15:10Gaps, sorry.
15:11Hello.
15:12Gaps and cracks.
15:13How may I help you?
15:15That would be my, um, building company's name.
15:18Well, it's about to ask the number, actually.
15:19Potters, guess what?
15:24Half an hour left.
15:25Make it matter.
15:26All right.
15:27Major point.
15:28I've connected my roof by accident.
15:31So we've got to cut this away.
15:32Why?
15:33Because all my bits have to fit inside.
15:35Ah!
15:36That's enough.
15:36Wow.
15:37This is so cool.
15:39With their buildings constructed...
15:41Next up, the dartboard.
15:43Dartboard, please, Vine.
15:44The potters can turn their attention to crafting their remaining pieces.
15:48He looks like one of those novelty loo roll holders.
15:52I'm making my dog.
15:53He's called Buddy.
15:54He's only, like, 20 months this Christmas.
15:56But it's definitely a risk, because there's bits that can fall off.
15:59I know my darts.
16:00I play for a pub team.
16:02They're called the Wallers.
16:03And Christmas is about games, isn't it?
16:05I'm actually doing a train.
16:07This didn't stick properly.
16:09Normally, I'd push it together and, like, wet it.
16:12But it is extremely dry.
16:14So we're just going to have to wing it.
16:16Right.
16:16Moving on now to the pain.
16:18Now, the trick about the penguin is to make it really quickly.
16:21I've got one more character to do.
16:22It might be a penguin, but I've just heard that Sarah's got a penguin in hers.
16:25So I'm wondering whether I should change mine last minute and make the Yeti.
16:30I'm doing my father represented by the Yeti.
16:34He's coming up now.
16:39How long we got?
16:41Potters, that's ten minutes left.
16:43Holy flip.
16:44Tim's just having a little weep at his bench.
16:46It's all right, Tim.
16:48Happy Yeti.
16:48They must be happy.
16:49He's going to have a little bit of a smile here.
16:51Santa.
16:52Let's get you looking better.
16:54That's Grandpa Robin.
16:56He's rock hard.
16:57I don't think I can do a lot with that.
16:59But he hasn't got any wing on us.
17:01Rudolf looks all right.
17:02I don't.
17:03I wonder if his antlers is a bit messed up, but it could be an injury or something.
17:07I don't know.
17:08Animals aren't symmetrical, are they?
17:10They're just, you know.
17:11Oh, I've just realised I haven't made my chocolate fountain.
17:14Santa is looking a little bit more like Santa now.
17:17Ah!
17:18Idiot.
17:21My Santa fell off the table.
17:24Man down.
17:26Potters, you have five minutes left.
17:29Oh, ho, ho.
17:30Don't panic.
17:31The key thing is not to panic.
17:32How are we getting on here?
17:34Ah, my Santa is getting remade from scratch.
17:35What?
17:36He looks great.
17:36Look at his beard.
17:38Who amongst us doesn't have a beard that's slightly flat on one side?
17:41I'm absolutely in pre-fall here.
17:44At the moment, I'm debating the size of the sprouts.
17:46I think they should be quite big sprouts.
17:48Tim, I'm having a bit of a crisis.
17:50One moment, please.
17:51Need to help out a friend.
17:51Yes.
17:52How can I make that into a chocolate fountain?
17:54What about if you have lots of rolly-rollies coming out?
17:59Yes.
17:59One minute left.
18:01I need to get back to the sprouts.
18:02Everything has to be in the drying room.
18:04But I've got a desperately old Santa here.
18:06Oh, this is a mess.
18:07That's my bad.
18:09Okay, my friends.
18:09Whatever you do.
18:11Don't explode.
18:12If this doesn't make Keith cry, I don't know what will.
18:14I want my roof off for the kiln.
18:16Can you do that for me?
18:16Yep.
18:17All fine with princess.
18:18There we go.
18:20I don't want to drop it.
18:22Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
18:30Well done.
18:30Well done.
18:31Well done.
18:32Yeah.
18:33Congratulations.
18:35Have a well-deserved rest.
18:36Maybe a mince pie, some eggnog, and go away.
18:38Bye.
18:39Ho, ho, ho.
18:42I'm an idiot.
18:44I drop my Santa.
18:46I'm 80% on surviving the kiln.
18:48Something might fall off, or I might lose a dog's tail.
18:51But that doesn't matter.
18:52Dogs lose tails.
18:53I think the hardest thing is just knowing the steps and making sure everything's cut to
18:57the right size.
18:58But my gingerbread house is sick.
18:59I'm happy with Santa.
19:01I'm happy with the whole gang.
19:02In my lack of preparation, I forgot to make the back of the Snowshull Club.
19:07And Sarah was very good to me.
19:08That kept me in the race for fourth position.
19:10I absolutely saved his bacon.
19:13He did pay it back, though, because he helped me out with the chocolate fountain.
19:16Although now, on reflection, did he help me out?
19:19My money's on granite sculpture.
19:31With their North Pole scenes and the kiln...
19:34Do you think on a show called The Throwdown, we might be showing.
19:38Throwing it down.
19:38Yeah.
19:40The celebrity potters now face a festive second challenge.
19:48Oh!
19:51Oh, yeah.
19:53Welcome back, potters, to your second challenge, which is a very festive throwdown.
19:59You will be making the well-known reindeer drinking bowl.
20:05Oh!
20:06Right, now, to show us how it's done is Master Potter, Keith Primer-Jones.
20:10Keith, please take the wheel.
20:11OK.
20:13So, here you have a kilo of clay.
20:15So, get your ball, shove it on the wheel, wet your hands, wet the clay.
20:21What I'm doing now is I'm kneading the clay to get it all the same consistency.
20:25Now, it's easier to centre the clay when the wheel is going as fast as it possibly can.
20:33OK?
20:34This left hand on the outside, your right hand over the top, and you just push towards the centre.
20:43So, you want a nice, contained lump of clay on there, OK?
20:47So, once you've got it centred, use your middle finger, and just press down, and then move the clay out.
20:57If one hand is working on the clay, the other hand is always there to support what the other hand is doing.
21:03So, I'm making a nice, flat bottom.
21:05Don't go down too far.
21:07We don't want napkin rings.
21:08We want a base to this thing.
21:10And just gently squeeze the clay out.
21:15Now, you slow the wheel down a bit.
21:17OK, yeah.
21:19You get your hands like a crab, and then just change the direction of the clay.
21:25Oh.
21:26And then we want a nice, straight side.
21:31Oh, look at that.
21:34Get your wooden template to make a nice, clean finish.
21:40Get your wire.
21:42Don't ruin it now by wiring through your pot.
21:46Wire it through one more time, and there you go.
21:48Wow.
21:49That's amazing.
21:52Beautiful.
21:52Look at that.
21:53Symmetry.
21:55All right, then, potters, please back to your benches.
21:59You have been given 30 minutes to make as many identical reindeer drinking bowls as you can.
22:07And your time starts now.
22:10Remove the hessian.
22:13He's off.
22:14Colin's off.
22:17Oh.
22:19Sarah, try not to grip it too hard.
22:21Sorry.
22:23Yeah.
22:23Looking nice and steady, Amber.
22:26She's just centred it.
22:28I'm going to bring it up.
22:29Watch me.
22:30Up.
22:30Up.
22:31Up she comes.
22:32And then I go down.
22:34That's it.
22:34Down.
22:35It's exhausting.
22:36That's why I'm on this side, wearing the nice frocks.
22:39What did I say about supporting?
22:41If one hand is working on the clay...
22:44It's a lot at once.
22:45I find it a bit overwhelming.
22:46I can't remember how I get my middle finger in.
22:49Slow the wheel down, Colin.
22:51More water.
22:52Now can I do my crab and push away?
22:54See, it's a million things.
22:56How are you going to play the drums and guitar?
22:57Oh, no.
23:01I think I'm going to take it off and start again.
23:04Oh, ah.
23:05Lost it.
23:07It's a real nuisance there.
23:09How are you doing, Tim?
23:10Uh-oh.
23:11Hang on.
23:12I'm just trying to get this thing back onto the centre.
23:15Ugh.
23:16This is really tall.
23:17Try and make it slightly wider.
23:21Get that one off.
23:23What, this one off?
23:24Yeah, clean it out.
23:25Where's my sponge?
23:26I should have quit while I was ahead and taken it off.
23:28Anyone taking one off yet?
23:30Yeah, but it's terrible.
23:31I'm about to.
23:31I think that's perfect.
23:33The best looking ball I've ever seen in my life.
23:36Absolutely delighted.
23:38Well done, Colin.
23:39That's my second.
23:41And it was better than my first.
23:43I'm going to have to start again.
23:44There's no point in using that, is it?
23:46I'm going to restart.
23:47I might as well just get one decent pot.
23:49Do you feel that the second one is going to go well for you?
23:54Uh...
23:54Good.
23:56Try not to rush it, Colin.
23:58Try not to rush.
24:00I love this part.
24:02I'm basically behind.
24:03Everyone's, uh...
24:04There's all this success going on.
24:05Don't press down too far because you'll end up with no bottom.
24:09No.
24:09We don't want that.
24:10Nobody wants no bottom.
24:12I don't know what I'm doing.
24:13A bit of rib action on the outside.
24:14Yeah.
24:15Yeah.
24:16Oh, oh, oh.
24:18I feel like I'm just making a plate here.
24:23I've never felt so crap in anything in my life.
24:27Potters!
24:28Oh, let me guess.
24:29We're halfway through.
24:30Yeah, you're halfway through.
24:31Are you serious?
24:33Yeah.
24:34Plenty of time.
24:35Come on.
24:36Oh, no!
24:37Oh, that was my really good one.
24:39Right, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
24:40Nothing to see here.
24:42Wow.
24:43Try and relax with that one.
24:44Okay.
24:45Colin.
24:45I'll try and salvage it.
24:47Oh, Tim.
24:48Oh, well done, Tim.
24:48Oh, it's a matter of rubbish.
24:50Now get one sip out of that.
24:52I knew you'd be really good at this.
24:54Yeah, it's probably about jeans.
24:56It doesn't look like watermatch.
24:59It's very good, but is it a reindeer drinking bowl?
25:02Yeah.
25:03But their little red noses will get stuck in it.
25:05There's only one with a red nose.
25:07That's for the other ones.
25:08Yeah, you have an answer for everything.
25:09Cheerio.
25:12Potters!
25:13Five minutes left.
25:16That's looking great, Colin.
25:17Much better.
25:18Tim, how many have you done?
25:21Two, I think.
25:22Sarah?
25:22Three, I think.
25:23Colin?
25:24One.
25:25And four for the bin.
25:26Okay.
25:27Amber?
25:28Two.
25:29I'd eat out of those.
25:30We're looking for identical.
25:32Oh, identical?
25:33Oh, dear, I don't think I heard that bit.
25:36This is like a plant plant.
25:38Oh, a bit better.
25:39Colin, that's brilliant.
25:42Well done, Tim.
25:43Time for one more.
25:45Right, let's get one in.
25:46Let's get one in a buy.
25:47Come on.
25:48I'm going for it.
25:50Ah!
25:53You all right there, Tim?
25:55I'm trying.
25:56Are you allowed to do this?
25:58Scrake out that little bit.
26:00Oh, no, no.
26:01Okay.
26:01I think I can save that.
26:0210, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
26:12Step away from your festive reindeer drinking bowls.
26:17Oh, they look really nice.
26:19Oh, they look really nice.
26:20I've done my best.
26:22Keith and Rich are looking for reindeer drinking bowls, identical in shape and size.
26:27And any that don't make the grade will be devoured by the bucket of doom.
26:31Hello, Sarah.
26:32Hello, I love you.
26:32Hello.
26:32Is this the order?
26:36Well, that's not very good, is it?
26:37Oh!
26:40The base was too thick.
26:41He loves it.
26:42Just don't think of him as the same Keith.
26:43He's just a different Keith.
26:46You'll have to fight me for them, Keith, because I'm really happy with them.
26:49You like them?
26:49No, it's fine.
26:51But that one might have to go in.
26:53It was too wide and it had sort of slightly collapsed.
26:56But these two, really, really good.
26:57I can see the consistency in the wall thickness.
27:00This one is definitely the most aligned with Keith's shape.
27:03Yeah, brilliant.
27:03I'm so sorry about that.
27:04That's all right.
27:08You're going to need a bigger bucket.
27:10Look, they laughed at Salvador Dali, didn't they?
27:13Well, that's going in.
27:15I'd have put it in for you.
27:17That's going in.
27:18That's going in.
27:18This one.
27:20That's cruel.
27:21And that one's going in.
27:22Yeah, I agree.
27:24So there you go.
27:25Oh, you're keeping three.
27:26Keeping three.
27:27The wall thickness is very consistent.
27:29The height's very consistent.
27:31And actually, they're kind of in line with Keith's shape.
27:34It's a fantastic effort.
27:35Fantastic.
27:36Thank you so much.
27:36Cheers.
27:40You know what, Tim?
27:42You've...
27:42Messed it up.
27:45You've done all right, mate.
27:46I saw you struggling on the wheel
27:48and the fact that you've never done it before.
27:50It's amazing, mate.
27:51You should be really proud of yourself.
27:53No, thank you.
27:54That one's going.
27:55Of course.
27:55That would be my first go as well, actually.
27:57But there's a real sense of sort of continuity
27:59between these three, isn't there?
28:01They are incredibly consistent.
28:02Really good job.
28:03Really good job.
28:03Thank you very much.
28:04Well done.
28:05Nice work.
28:09My gosh.
28:10They look amazing.
28:11They do.
28:12They're not quite what we were looking for.
28:14Oh, no.
28:15You just needed to pull the clay out wider.
28:17I mean, that one.
28:19No, but...
28:19No.
28:20No.
28:21But it'll be okay.
28:22No, no, no.
28:23I don't think...
28:24Look at that.
28:25Tooth do what you need to do.
28:26No!
28:26What's that?
28:27Oh, no!
28:27Oh!
28:28Oh, yeah.
28:30Yeah.
28:31Wow.
28:31That's a look.
28:34I'm actually really upset.
28:35But you know what, Amber?
28:36These are amazing.
28:37Do you know I actually really enjoy it, though?
28:39Like, I think that's what it is.
28:40Yeah, like, I love it.
28:41Well, you should really pursue it, I think.
28:43Well done, loving it.
28:44Really well done.
28:44Come on, Amber.
28:45Yeah, well done.
28:49Keith and Rich will now rank the Potters from worst to first.
28:54In joint third place is Tim and Amber.
28:59The reason for this, Tim, yours are a bit low, but the right width.
29:04And Amber, your throwing is probably the best.
29:07It just wasn't the shape that we were looking for.
29:11So, in second place...
29:12Sarah, well done.
29:17Wow.
29:17So, Colin, first place.
29:20Well done.
29:20Wow.
29:21Well done.
29:22Well done, Colin.
29:23Wow.
29:25When he said joint third, I'm like, brilliant, I'm not last.
29:28When he said Sarah second, I was like, are you kidding me?
29:31Well done, babe.
29:31I'm going home.
29:32I'm getting a wheel.
29:33I'm buying clay.
29:34Because if Keith says I've got a talent for it, how can I not?
29:38How can I not take it up?
29:39I have to.
29:39Everyone's a kid at Christmas time.
29:47It's decoration day for our celebrity potter's North Pole scene.
29:51Well, here we go.
29:52The big reveal.
29:54After a 24-hour bisque fire, kiln technician Princess is laying out the pieces ready for glazing.
30:00I'm worried.
30:03Lots of talk of explosion and so on and on.
30:06Oh, my word.
30:08Look.
30:08Oh, that's slightly helpful.
30:09There's no priest at the end of any of the tables.
30:15Decorating is where we'll really see me fly.
30:17I love painting.
30:18I just painted some stairs.
30:20Free hand.
30:21Everyone's a kid at Christmas time.
30:25A holly jolly kid.
30:27Welcome back, potters.
30:29Now, as you can see, your North Pole scenes have been bisque fired and are hiding under the
30:35hessian, waiting to be decorated.
30:37Rich, any advice for our, I think, quite nervous-looking potters?
30:41Your decoration is going to help bring your North Pole scenes to life.
30:45Just give proper consideration to your colour choices, where you put that colour and how
30:50you're applying it.
30:51We're just all really keen to see your artistic sides coming through.
30:55Keith?
30:56Now, you're just about to see if your pieces have survived that biscuit kiln.
31:00Don't worry if they're not how you had hoped.
31:03You can still give us that magic.
31:05You have been given a range of glazes and three hours to use them.
31:10And your time starts now!
31:15Remove the hessian!
31:17Oh, hello.
31:19My Rudolph's lost his nose.
31:21Rudolph the no-nosed reindeer.
31:23Oh, no!
31:25What?
31:26Grandpa Robin's lost a wing.
31:28Well, Santa's heart fell off.
31:30The train in Newcastle has no back on it.
31:33No, it seems to have mainly been one bit.
31:35And it's certainly very pleased that the dartboard is still stuck to the inside wall there.
31:39I'm especially pleased with this.
31:41Oh, no, that's what we're putting the paint in, sorry.
31:45The celebrities have a range of underglazes to help bring their North Pole scenes to life.
31:51I think the thing is, is to do colour by colour.
31:53Otherwise, you're just going to cross-pollinate.
31:56The more layers of underglaze they add, the stronger and more defined their colours will become.
32:02It's all about doing it three times.
32:04It's so porous, this, that the first layer you put on just disappears, goes straight into it.
32:08So I need to crack on, really, getting some of this paint on, and then on again, and then on again.
32:13I thought I'd start at the roof, and then just figure the rest out later.
32:17Whatever colour I feel in the moment, that's what I'll do.
32:21While most of the potters are going with the flow...
32:23I want to have a nice, relaxing paint.
32:26Colin is forging ahead.
32:29He's already painted the whole thing yellow.
32:31I worked out, if I spent a minute on every heart I had to paint, I'd have no time.
32:36I can't do the art, but I can do the maths.
32:38Colin's like the Usain Bolt of pottery, but I'm taking a different tactic.
32:44I'm doing VDW, very detailed work.
32:47Everything all right?
32:48Well, I've had a bit of a casualty.
32:52Grandpa Robin's wing fell off.
32:53Oh, OK.
32:54Usually, you can use glaze to stick things back on,
32:57but obviously, it being on the side, it's probably going to fall off.
33:01So, you could paint a wing on there.
33:05I could see you doing that.
33:06Really?
33:06Yeah.
33:07And then it also shows a bit of coping in very difficult circumstances.
33:10Just a bit more original, isn't it?
33:12Yeah.
33:12See you later.
33:18Potters, that's one hour gone.
33:20An hour?
33:20Yeah.
33:22That's one bow gone.
33:25How's my wall doing, Tim?
33:27It's very good, actually.
33:28Your wall is the one I've got the dartboard on.
33:30Have you even painted anything?
33:31What have you been doing?
33:33It's cute.
33:33What do you mean?
33:34It's inside the house.
33:36Oh, it looks cute.
33:37Mm-hmm.
33:38My praise and do.
33:40That's not enough, though.
33:41Do you need to hurry up?
33:43Well, I realise that.
33:43Yeah, thank you.
33:49I love anything, like, artsy and creative.
33:51Like, it's a bit of a hot mess,
33:52but it looks like it's meant to be like that.
33:54Oh, I can't wait to take this home.
33:57My little one is going to be very happy with this.
34:00I mean, obviously not Percy.
34:01I think he'd be horrified.
34:03This is Rudolph's naughty spa.
34:06I think Santa's born old,
34:08and Rudolph never grows up.
34:09So you're Rudolph in this scenario?
34:11Well, no.
34:12Santa is 748 years old.
34:15I'm 48, and I need to nap in the afternoon.
34:17But you have the best excuse.
34:21You do live radio on Christmas Day.
34:23I do.
34:24It feels lovely because live radio is company.
34:29Yeah.
34:29I feel that...
34:30It's for me as much as for anyone listening.
34:31I love it.
34:32We don't realise how important it is
34:33to just having a friendly voice.
34:35I completely agree with you,
34:36and I either have, will be,
34:38or am currently listening to you on the radio right now.
34:41I think that the guys in the dance team
34:44would look at this and go,
34:45you know, that's not bad.
34:49Is that red?
34:50Yeah.
34:51Ho, ho, ho!
34:52There's nothing ho, ho, ho going on here.
34:54I'll tell you for why.
34:55Because I've been doing incredibly detailed work,
34:58I haven't really got very much done.
35:00Do you want to do something
35:00that's really fun about Christmas?
35:02Yes.
35:03Hello?
35:05Oh, I've got a cracker.
35:07Woo!
35:08Where'd you get the cracker from?
35:10I'm jealous.
35:11Right, so you ready?
35:13Yeah.
35:15Oh, no.
35:16We're halfway.
35:18Well, that's a terrible thing to do to me.
35:20What an awful thing to do.
35:23I was thinking,
35:23oh, she's picked me to pull the cracker.
35:25That's nice.
35:25That's nice I've been singled out for that.
35:28That's savage.
35:29And also I've lost count of my coats.
35:36Should have made a freaking plan.
35:38I haven't even done the Yeti yet.
35:40Oh, my God.
35:41I love that North Pole sign.
35:43That's my countdown letters.
35:45I love it.
35:46Best game ever.
35:47How are people doing very detailed work in a rush?
35:51Tim, are you doing detailed work?
35:53No.
35:54Sorry, just a bit under it here.
35:57Yellow arches.
35:58Potters, a reminder of what you're playing for.
36:04Oh, it's so beautiful.
36:06Can I touch it?
36:07No.
36:08This is going to be yours or yours or yours.
36:11Don't come round my bench, lady.
36:14You've absolutely burnt your bridges round here.
36:19This looks so bad.
36:21I'm not going to try to stick the back back on because I feel like that's a lost cause.
36:24It stays facing forward.
36:26My nose has fallen off.
36:27So, I'm going to paint the backup nose on.
36:30Like, and that way if it falls off again, there's a backup nose behind it, right?
36:34Oh, yeah, that's essential.
36:35Yeah.
36:35I've made a mistake.
36:36I was going to do the armchair yellow and I've gone and done his top yellow.
36:39So, he can't have the armchair yellow or he'll disappear.
36:42Come on, Vine.
36:43It's basic stuff.
36:44Ho, ho, ho.
36:46Hello.
36:46What's that?
36:47This is Santa's hat, but it's now removable.
36:49He doesn't want the hat on all the time, right?
36:50Oh, please.
36:51It gets very stuffy and also he's indoors.
36:53He's not an animal.
36:53Yeah, he doesn't need...
36:54He's got decorum.
36:55Yeah.
36:56And a bald head.
36:58Is he not bald?
37:01Yes, he is.
37:03Potters, that's half an hour left.
37:05Got Potter's wills from all the dabbing and doping.
37:08Oh, Timmy, no.
37:09Every single brush stroke is over the line.
37:12I don't even know what Santa looks like anymore.
37:13What does he look like?
37:14I forgot.
37:15Where's red?
37:16Absolute carnage.
37:17Right.
37:18Just focus on Grandpa Robin.
37:20That's the wing.
37:21What do we think about that?
37:22Do we think that's very detailed work?
37:25Very proud of Rudolph because it actually looks like what it's supposed to look like.
37:29Mrs. Claus, you almost did not have hair.
37:32No, she does.
37:36Rudolph's head just fell off.
37:39What the hell, man?
37:45I think I'm going to glaze it back together.
37:47Potters, a reminder that all your items need to be glazed.
37:50And remember, wipe those bottoms.
37:52I don't know that there's anything ready yet.
37:54Yeah, I'm going to go for it.
37:55I'm going to go now.
37:56I haven't even done my sprouts yet.
37:59Oh, no.
37:59I've just lost my red nose in there.
38:01You haven't.
38:02Oh, no.
38:03There it is.
38:03Oh, it's all right.
38:04Christ, it's over.
38:05Come on.
38:05Come on.
38:06Come on.
38:06I mean, this should be very detailed work.
38:09Tim, are you glazing all those peas?
38:11Sprouts.
38:12Sprouts, sorry.
38:13No, look, the sprouts is one thing I'm not glazing.
38:15I can't wipe the bottoms of every single blooming sprout.
38:19I feel like it's going to break.
38:20Go all the way in.
38:20You'll be all right.
38:22Guess what, Potters?
38:23You've five minutes left.
38:24Am I the only one that hasn't dunked?
38:27Not yeti.
38:29Covering up all that hard work.
38:31You're going to have to dunk, Sarah.
38:32Slap it on.
38:33Absolutely savage, isn't it?
38:35That's kind of really poorly painted.
38:37Oh, well.
38:38You're done.
38:40Oh, yeah.
38:41How does everybody not get hysterical doing this?
38:44I can't get it here.
38:46I think I do.
38:48There you go.
38:49It's absolute mayhem.
38:50May I just ask whether you think that's the bottom?
38:54That is the bottom.
38:56I feel like we've put in nine hours of care and then ten minutes of ruining it.
39:03Wait, that looks so nice.
39:05I've never seen this.
39:06I've never seen this.
39:07A panicked glazing session before.
39:09Really?
39:10Five, four, three, two, one.
39:15Items down, ye are finished, well done.
39:18Oh.
39:19Wow.
39:21Now, the only thing you've left to do is to bring your North Pole scenes down to Princess,
39:26who's waiting for you in the kiln.
39:27Potter's dismissed.
39:29Wouldn't it be awful if you dropped something now?
39:31Don't say that.
39:33I think I've approached this the same way I approach life.
39:35Half a plan, half not a plan.
39:37Just see how it goes.
39:39I'm keeping both my fingers crossed.
39:42I didn't stop for three hours.
39:44It was like bang, bang, bang.
39:46Ho, ho.
39:47I've got him.
39:47It's rough and ready, but I think I got through everything.
39:52These sprouts are rolling everywhere.
39:54There's some way of ring-fencing my sprouts.
39:56I think that one of the main things that I've taken away from this is you've got to go for it.
40:01And that's what I've done, is I've gone for it.
40:04Can I say I love your Yeti?
40:05Oh, thank you.
40:06High hopes for him.
40:07Yeah.
40:07Everyone else seemed, like, relatively stressed, but I became hysterical.
40:13Very few bottoms have been wiped.
40:14Maybe his.
40:15OK.
40:17Don't know about that.
40:18But then I realised that very detailed work means you're about an hour behind.
40:23And there's no point lying.
40:24It was slapdash.
40:25And I don't know what Keith's going to have to say about it.
40:37It's Judgment Day.
40:39And just like a helpful elf, Princess is collecting the celebrity Potter's North Pole scenes from the kiln.
40:44I hope we all have something to take home.
40:47I'd like to take home your pieces, not mine.
40:51I'll keep mine.
40:52I've created this teeny little world, unimportant, pointless in many ways.
40:57But it was important to me that all three of the inhabitants of that world were happy.
41:01I'm actually very excited.
41:04There is something really satisfying about making something with your hands and then having something at the end of it.
41:11I just really, really want it all to be lovely.
41:14Oh, look, there they are.
41:18Blimey.
41:19Oh, look.
41:21Oh, my Lord.
41:22I'm really happy.
41:24Your house is fab.
41:25What is that?
41:26It's a chocolate fountain, obviously.
41:28That's gorgeous.
41:29Oh, Colin, look at the detail.
41:32I want to live here.
41:33This is the world you want to live in, right?
41:35I think that's pretty cool.
41:38It actually looks so good.
41:40Don't look at that.
41:42Don't look at that.
41:44Of the three characters, I think the Santa with the binoculars has come out the best.
41:48I'm pleased with the stairs.
41:49I like the sort of slightly wonkiness to them.
41:52It looks almost deliberate.
41:53I absolutely love my house.
41:55A few weeks ago, I wouldn't even know how to create anything like this.
41:59This is like pleasing my soul.
42:01That's not good news.
42:02My roof doesn't fit.
42:05Oh, no.
42:05Are you sure?
42:06Yeah.
42:07If you'd have said to me the roof would be a bit loose and that's it, like, I'd be very happy.
42:11I'm so happy the dog's together.
42:14I just really hope my child likes it.
42:17I mean, I really hope so.
42:20I want this to be like the Christmas thing that we have every Christmas and we go and get it.
42:26And we say, where's Santa Paws?
42:28I am really happy.
42:30I'm really happy.
42:31Well, Potters, I think Santa would be very happy in any of your North Pole scenes.
42:51But, unfortunately, it's not up to me.
42:53It's up to the two judges themselves.
42:55So, shall we get on with it?
42:56Yeah, absolutely.
42:56Okay, then.
42:58Tim, would you please bring your North Pole scene up to the judges?
43:01Wow, Tim.
43:03Serving up the sprouts.
43:08Good grief.
43:15It's a place of fun, games and laughter.
43:20The Santa Claus figure is me.
43:22The other two may be my mum and dad.
43:24And it's a slightly weird way to represent them.
43:28But, nonetheless, they were the people who filled my life with fun and laughter.
43:33And so they are.
43:34It's amazing how the people that you love come into your head and you express that through what you make.
43:40And, look, it's a wonderful, joyous sort of scene.
43:43It really is.
43:44I think there's so much, so much to love about this set.
43:47I love your stairs.
43:49Where you've carved it with a wire, it's got this lovely softness.
43:52It's kind of this aged quality.
43:53They look warm, don't they?
43:54Yeah, they look warm.
43:55They look great.
43:56Do you know what I love about it the most?
43:58The dartboard.
44:00The dartboard's great.
44:01The dartboard is incredible.
44:03To be able to do that in such a detailed way is really, really wonderful.
44:08And the quality of making is pretty good.
44:09You know, the slabs are nice and thin.
44:11Nothing's opened up.
44:12Actually, on the subject of the slabs, of course, the back slab was provided by Sarah Hadland.
44:18And what a kind thing to do that was.
44:19Yes, exactly.
44:20Potters, you do tend to find, are very generous, you know?
44:23They give their time, their knowledge, even their slabs.
44:25Yeah.
44:26Great.
44:26Thank you very much.
44:29It's a marshmallow world in the winter.
44:33It's a gingerbread house.
44:34I don't know if you know, but in Newcastle, all the houses are made out of gingerbread.
44:39You know what?
44:40It's fantastic.
44:41This construction is really, really good.
44:44For someone who's never done clay before, that is great.
44:46But we saw that on the wheel as well.
44:48Yeah.
44:49You've got a real affinity with the clay.
44:51I know you were a bit upset about the back of your train coming away.
44:55Yeah.
44:55Yeah.
44:56But it's not to take away from what is a really funky little object.
44:59Yeah, it's cute, right?
45:00And Santa's beard, you know?
45:02There's just loads of little quirky details that just kind of make it feel really, really well thought out.
45:07And you know what?
45:08The reindeer, I really like that.
45:10Do you do?
45:11I do.
45:11Okay, the antler's fallen off.
45:13But it's the fact that the reindeer's really quite expressive.
45:16His head's listening to one side, you know?
45:19Oh, no mind, it's come off.
45:21Yeah.
45:21Because that's how they talk.
45:22Oh, no mind, I'll grow another one.
45:24Exactly.
45:24Yeah.
45:25That really, really works.
45:27Well done, Amber.
45:36Well, look, lovey.
45:37It's great.
45:40It's fantastic.
45:41It's wonderful.
45:42A really bold move to make something this big when you haven't really done anything.
45:47But structurally, incredibly sound.
45:49Really, really wonderful.
45:51The construction of your house, it's almost faultless.
45:54No warpage at all on those slabs.
45:57It would have been nice to see a bit more decoration around the sides, maybe.
46:01Well, I started doing very detailed work.
46:03I remember.
46:04And then it slipped into slapping it on in a slightly hurried fashion.
46:10I mean, I know you lost a wing on your robin.
46:11On my robin, yeah.
46:12But, you know, you've decorated it back in.
46:14There's just a beautiful simplicity to the design somehow.
46:17It just has a lovely kind of warm, soft quality to it.
46:21I would love to think, if it isn't too maudlin, that maybe when I'm no longer here, my child would get those out as an adult and be like, my mum made this and have it as a Christmas tradition.
46:32If that's not too bleep.
46:33You've manipulated this, Clay.
46:34You can feel your fingerprints.
46:35That's going to be a direct connection between you and your family.
46:39It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
46:41Just really lovely.
46:42You should be so proud of it.
46:44Are you surprised by your reaction of what you've made?
46:47Yeah.
46:48Yeah.
46:49Well, that's good, isn't it?
46:51That's great.
46:52Absolutely brilliant.
46:53I mean, I feel a bit sorry for my child that that's what I go through in her head.
46:58But, yeah.
47:00Yeah.
47:00Well done.
47:01Thank you very much.
47:01It's a wonderful set.
47:02Really lovely.
47:03Well, thank you.
47:06I'll be home for Christmas.
47:10Can I put it together?
47:12Great.
47:13Excellent.
47:14So, Santa's coming home.
47:15So, I wanted to give him what he would want.
47:18After all that work, he wants a bed.
47:20Look at that.
47:22And watch TV.
47:24There's only one thing he's watching, which is you guys, right?
47:27Oh, of course he is.
47:29Wow, look at that.
47:31Amazing.
47:32Second of all, it's very cold.
47:34Oh, nice.
47:35So, let's just get the bubbles into that bath.
47:37But there you go.
47:38So, that's it put together.
47:42Colin, we can see there's a hell of a lot that's gone in here.
47:47The characters are really, really expressive, even down to the dog.
47:50Look, I love the way that you've worked the eyeballs off the head there.
47:55They sort of come out.
47:56It's incredible.
47:57And, you know, it's no mean feat doing letters.
48:00Letters are always dodgy.
48:01Because if one goes wrong, you lose that whole concept.
48:04So, well done you.
48:06Completely.
48:06You've managed to kind of impart the most exquisite level of detail.
48:11Rudolph in the hot tub.
48:12His nose stayed on.
48:14His nose stayed on, yeah.
48:15It's great.
48:16I had real problems with my roof.
48:18It's a wee bit wobbly.
48:19Well, you didn't fire that roof on top of the structure.
48:22You fired it flat on the kiln shelf.
48:24It just stretched out in the heat.
48:26But you've given us something so beautifully creative,
48:29so wonderfully expressive, you know.
48:31And it just feels like such a joyful celebration of Christmas.
48:35You enjoyed the process, did you?
48:37Yeah, I love it.
48:39Where does the emotion come from?
48:40It's clay, and all of a sudden you get overawed by it.
48:43But clay is so expressive, and you lose yourself in it.
48:47I mean, I'll just say now, and Rich hopefully will agree with me,
48:51you've done amazingly well.
48:54Oh.
48:55You really have.
48:55It's fantastic to see all your pieces here.
48:59And I hope you all had a really positive experience from it,
49:02because we're just so pleased and appreciative of you making your memories in clay for us.
49:09It's fantastic.
49:10Yeah, wonderful.
49:12Congratulations.
49:13You should be so proud.
49:14Well done.
49:14Thank you, Colin.
49:15Thanks for all your help.
49:15Well done, lovey.
49:17Brilliant.
49:17Well done, Colin.
49:18Well done, Colin.
49:19Nice work.
49:21Well done, mate.
49:24Potters, you've made it very difficult for our judges,
49:27and for that, I personally thank you.
49:29Now you all deserve a bit of a rest while our judges decide who will be our festive champion.
49:36Potters dismissed, and well done.
49:38Well done.
49:39Great work.
49:40Well done, Jane.
49:41Did you cry?
49:42That was amazing.
49:44I'll be honest, like, I've watched this.
49:48I've had friends on this, and I've never connected to why it's emotional.
49:54I get it now.
49:55When you've finished your piece, it's frozen in time.
50:00That's amazing.
50:01I think my favourite comment has to be that, basically, they have a natural talent for Pottery,
50:06which I think is the biggest compliment I can get.
50:08I was delighted with what they said.
50:10They seem to genuinely like it.
50:12And to get any compliments from these people who know what they're doing is a thrill.
50:16They were just so generous and lovely about what we've made.
50:19Within families, it's lovely to have traditions.
50:22It's what really makes your Christmas memories really special.
50:26And I hope that my child will be holding Percy dressed as Santa on top of an ice bath.
50:32And A will go, that was our beloved family cat.
50:35And that will say, my mum made that.
50:40And that will be really special.
50:42What a gang.
50:52Absolutely.
50:53They've done really well, haven't they?
50:54They have.
50:55And I think they all had a really genuinely positive experience from it.
50:58Yeah.
50:59Yeah.
50:59And I think it shows in what they've made.
51:01You occasionally get someone who displays an innate affinity with the clay.
51:07We've had that with Amber, haven't we?
51:09Yeah.
51:09She just was really patient with the clay.
51:11And that's what you need to be.
51:12Yeah.
51:13You know, that slow, very centred, very calculated approach really worked in her favour.
51:17It did.
51:17And you could see that with what she'd made for her North Pole scene.
51:20Tim had fun.
51:22Yeah, he did.
51:23Yeah.
51:23Out of all our pods, he had the most out there story.
51:25Every single piece played its part in this wonderful story of his family.
51:30A slight lack of knowledge with the clay.
51:32But the staircase was a marvel.
51:34That's where that lack of knowledge can really pay off.
51:36Yeah, yeah.
51:37Because you take those risks where you wouldn't ordinarily.
51:39And I think he was really pleased with it as well.
51:42And of course, Colin, how he managed to get so much done.
51:46Like, the energy.
51:47I mean, the moment he opened the bag, he was on it.
51:50He was on it, yeah.
51:50He was really, really focused, wasn't he?
51:52And the level of detail, the intricacy in the surfaces was just extraordinary.
51:57What do you think about Sarah's North Pole scene?
52:01The construction of that house, the construction of Santa Paws, was really lovely.
52:05Really nice.
52:05All of the individual components, all of the modelled figures had such character.
52:10And a lovely story as well.
52:12Yeah.
52:12Do you know who's going to be Fester Potter?
52:14Is there a winner?
52:15I think it's a decision between two of them.
52:17Ooh.
52:18Well, I'll leave you to ruminate on that.
52:21But before we go, let's pull a cracker.
52:23Yes.
52:24Happy Christmas, guys.
52:26Finally.
52:27One, two, three.
52:29Yay!
52:30Happy Christmas.
52:32Story of my life.
52:33As Keith and Rich make their final decision, a crowd has gathered to hear who will be
52:45the winner of this year's festive Pottery Throwdown.
52:48Welcome to this year's festive final.
53:04It's great to see you all and to have the band back.
53:06Hi.
53:07Hi.
53:07Hi.
53:08Please, will you give an incredibly warm welcome to our fabulous celebrity potters, Sarah, Amber,
53:17Colin and Tim.
53:19Come on down.
53:28Okay.
53:30The judges have made their decision.
53:32The winner of this year's festive Pottery Throwdown is...
53:39Colin!
53:46Woo!
53:49Congratulations.
53:50Well done.
53:52With a small C, I'm a pottery champion.
53:55Like, if I went into the normal series, you wouldn't even pick me out of the audition.
53:59CHEERING
54:00I thought what I was bad at, at school I had to be bad at forever.
54:05That's not true.
54:07So I'm proud of myself definitely for that.
54:08I'm proud of everyone whose name is on this.
54:10Well done.
54:11Really well done.
54:12Really well done.
54:14Colin, I mean, talk about investment.
54:16His North Pole concept was wonderful.
54:19The attention to detail, the attention to decoration, and I'm so glad it all really came together
54:24for you.
54:25Colin put so much focus, work and dedication in it, all of it.
54:30That it actually would have been a travesty if it wasn't him.
54:33We wish you a merry Christmas.
54:36We wish you a merry Christmas.
54:38I've absolutely loved this.
54:40Did I make Keith cry?
54:41I think I did.
54:43His eyes were moist.
54:44But I just want to see my child's reaction to what I've made.
54:48That's going to be the biggest judging.
54:50We wish you a merry Christmas.
54:53The main thing I'm going to take away from this is actually the desire to have another go again.
54:59Keith said this would happen and we should always believe what Keith says.
55:02And I do.
55:03I want to have another go at it.
55:04And a happy new year.
55:07What a fantastic bunch of celebrity potters we've had.
55:11All of them embraced the process of making with clay and just had the most fantastic time.
55:16I mean, what more could you ask for for Christmas?
55:21Happy Christmas, viewers.
55:23Happy Christmas, viewers.
55:23Happy Christmas, viewers.
55:24Happy Christmas, viewers.
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