All language subtitles for The.Great.Pottery.Throw.Down.S04E07.WEBRip.x264-ION10

Oh, hello. It's Garden Week.
Yep, a frog.

And for our seven
remaining potters,
their biggest challenge yet.

And, as usual, contractually,
I'm here to help.

Anyone say
"animal water feature"?

Welcome to
The Great Pottery Throw
Down.

Somebody get my agent.

-[McSweeney] Last week...
-Uh-oh.

...terracotta took its toll.

This is not fake panic.
This is proper panic.

-Henry's bottom cracked...
-Wow.

-Damn.
-...and he wasn't alone.

-Let's take a look
at the casserole.
-Oh, wow.

[Miller]
That's fairly conclusive.

But it was Shenyue...

[Jones]
It's a bit messy for
me.

...that was shown the exit.

Yeah, just gonna keep
pottering on.

-This time...
-[siren wails]

-...it's Garden Week.
-Oh, that's not working.

Hand-building
a fully functional
animal water feature...

It's a massive task
and not a lot of time.

-...and a tricky throw down...
-I can't even lift it.

...before the judges decide
who will make it through

-to the quarter-final...
-[crash]

-[Jodie] Oops.
-...and who...

-[pop]
-[gasps] Jesus.

...will be heading home.

[McSweeney] You all right?

Oh, yeah, it's fine.

Oh, sweetheart.

[Henry]
This week is Garden Week.

We're making water features
which is really, really cool,

something
I've never tried before.

[Hannah]
I feel intimidated.

It's the biggest thing
that we've made so far.

I was up till 1:00 a.m.
last night,

Sellotaping together
pieces of cardboard,
like, "Um..."

This week is definitely
a chance to go wild.

We're only a week away
from the semi-finals.

And I'm blooming still here,
you know.

And, uh, loving it. [laughs]

Good morning, potters.

[all] Good morning.

For your main make challenge,

Keith and Rich would like you

to hand-build
an animal water
feature.

Yeah, it's the biggest make
so far.

We're looking
for these water features

to stand at least
70 to 80 centimetres high.

We want your animal
to be the focal point
of your design.

I don't want a huge lily pad
and a tiny frog.

I want a big frog.

You each have one of these:
a water pump.

So really think about
how it's gonna fit
into your design.

These need to be functional
water features for the
garden,
so they have to work.

Potters, you have
three and a half
hours

to hand-build
your animal water feature,

and your time starts now.

[McSweeney] This is
the toughest challenge

the potters have faced
so far.

Not only must their
animal water feature be
at least 70 centimetres
high,

but they'll need to use
every bit of their
engineering know-how

to ensure
it functions properly.

You've gotta
think
of dimensions,

you've gotta think
of plugs,

where wires go,
water levels.

They are pushing us
to our absolute
limits,
these judges.

I have never made
anything
this big.

I'm not feeling very
confident in my design.
[laughs] What am I
doing?

[McSweeney] They have
three and a half hours
to make their structures

and then a further three
hours
to sculpt and refine
their animal water features.

It's a massive task
and not a lot of time.

So, week seven, Rich.
Animal water features.

Fantastic, and it
really is
a sculptural
challenge.

We're asking them
for the animal
that they're
making

to be the main
focal point.

Yeah, we want
that sense of realism.

The sort of surface
that they impart on the clay

emulating their animals.

This toad
at the front here,

he's just got lovely
sort of bumpy skin,

and it's immediately
recognisable.

I'm really keen to see
how our potters integrate
water
into their design--

how they retain that water
and how they allow it to flow.

You know, we're gonna
put the pump in, turn it
on,

see if
that water flows,

and if it doesn't,
well, they're in
trouble.

-[Jones] Morning, Henry.
-[Henry] Morning.

-How you feeling
after last week?
-Oh, last week was rough.

-Bit of a shocker, wasn't
it?
-Yeah, it was tough,

but I'm well
excited
this week.

So, Henry,
can you tell us about
your animal water feature?

My design is all
for my girlfriend,
really.

-Aw.
-Her favourite animal
is a raccoon

'cause they're so
mischievous,
funny and cheeky.

-What's your girlfriend's
name?
-Ellie.

But I call her
Starlight
a lot of the time.

-Starlight?
-Yeah.

Well, that's bloody lovely.

-It's lame, isn't it?
-[laughing]

[groans]

[McSweeney]
Henry aims to put a smile

on girlfriend Ellie's face

with a water feature
made to look like

a large dustbin containing
three troublesome racoons.

One of the racoons
will be spitting the water,

and the one with the
spoon
will be catching it.

-Hold on, hold on, hold on.
-[chuckles]

-So, water will go
in an arc and land...
-Like this.

-...in Henry's spoon?
-[Henry] Yeah.

-[Jones] Nice.
-I thought if I'm doing
something for Ellie,

it's gotta be ambitious,
it's gotta be out there.

Yeah.

[McSweeney]
Henry isn't the only potter
inspired by a loved one.

My dad's from
a little island called
Grenada
in the Caribbean.

He had a macaw
who, like, befriended
him
when he was a kid

and he always tells
us
about it,

so it's like a
little ode
to my dad.

[McSweeney] The friendly macaw
from Hannah's dad's childhood

will be perched on the side
of a colonial-style
two-tier fountain

decorated with
colourful tropical leaves.

There's a lot of engineering
that needs to go into this.

How are you going about
kind of managing

-that whole
construction element?
-Oh, yeah.

I'm just doing
really simple
shapes.

Because they're cylinders,

they should hold their
shape
fairly well,

and I need to make
sure
it's strong enough

that my macaw,
which is pretty big,
can be supported on the
top.

[McSweeney]
The structural integrity
of the potters' designs

has never been
more important.

So this'll be the part
that holds the water.

[Jodie] Thickness of clay
is important today.
Joins are important.

'Cause you can't have
a water feature

if there's
cracks
in your bowl.

[McSweeney] But building
structures this large

out of wet clay is risky.

[Sal] The most challenging
thing is to make it

so it doesn't collapse
under its own weight.

How thick are you making it?

Me, maximum two centimetres
I think.

I'm worried about
making it too thin
in case it, like,

-blurgh!
-Doesn't hold the weight,
innit?

-It's gonna be tricky.
-Yeah.

Oh, that's not working.

That centre, that centre,
look how wet the clay is.

[McSweeney]
So most of the potters
are using formers

to hold the shape
of their clay
as it dries and firms up.

I'll stuff
some balloons inside.
That'll help.

[pops]

Sorry.
Shall I do that again?
[laughs]

[McSweeney]
And when it comes to
formers,
pretty much anything goes.

This is
my nan's old
washbasin

she used to wash herself
in,
bless her,

before the days of
sinks.
[laughs]

[McSweeney] Nurse Jodie
will use her nan's bowl

to help form a basin
set upon a plinth.

This will contain
a half moon,
and sat proudly on top

will be a wolf howling
water
into the night sky.

-Why a wolf?
-I was trying to think of
a spirit animal kind of
thing.

Wolves are quite independent,
but also they're pack animals,

and they work
in a massive team.

-[Jones] Sure, yeah.
-[Jodie] And family-orientated,
so hopefully, um...

-Oh, that's lovely.
-...it'll work.

It's a very classic stance

-of a wolf howling.
-What I thought as well.
Triangle.

-Gives me a better chance
of having a sturdy
structure.
-[Jones] Yeah, good.

[McSweeney] But Jodie's wolf
isn't the only animal

that will need to be
sure-footed.

[Alon]
I'm planning to do an okapi.

It's related to a giraffe,

but it looks like sort of
a big horse with zebra legs.

As a home potter,

you don't really get
a lot of opportunities
to do something this big.

[McSweeney] Alon's
black-and-white-striped
okapi

will be
an abstract recreation

of his favourite
childhood animal.

A colourful blanket
will hold two water jugs,

and, like Henry,
he has ambitious plans
for his fountain.

-The water will jump over
and hopefully land...
-It's gonna jump over?

-It's gonna jump over.
-Yeah, right, okay.

-Is it gonna be balancing
on these sort of points
here?
-[Alon] Yes.

'Cause that's quite
big
to be balancing

-on four small points.
-Yeah, I'm confident.
[laughs]

-Okay. Okay.
-Wow.

[McSweeney]
Potters, two hours gone.

What was that?

-Two hours gone.
-How long?

[laughs]

-[siren wails]
-[laughing]

[McSweeney] As the potters'
basins take shape...

It's together now
as a structure.
But it is a bit wet.

...it's a race to get them
into the drying room
to firm up.

[Jodie] They need to dry.

And every minute counts
if the basins

are to have any hope
of being strong enough

to support the weight
of the animal sculptures.

[Henry] I'm just making
raccoon faces.

In the drying room,
I've got the two sections
of the bin,

which I think will fit
together
relatively nicely.

[Alon] With this clay,
I don't really want to use
the drying room too much,

'cause if it gets too dry,
it just starts cracking
like crazy.

[Hannah] The thing that
I am a bit worried about
is my macaw.

It's huge. In fact,
I'm making it slightly
smaller than life-sized.

I wish I'd chosen pigeons.
That would've been
not so dramatic. [chuckles]

[Sal] This is my giant shell.

This guy's called
a ugly frog mollusc.

That's the bottom of my shell
like that, see?

So now I've gotta make
the fat bit.

Oops. [chuckles]

[McSweeney]
Sal's love of the sea
is on full display

in her garden water feature.

A giant mollusc
will spout water

through an unusually
colourful animal

with an unusually
colourful name.

The nudibranch
sits on the--

-The what?
-The nudibranch.

-It's a good name, innit?
Sea slug.
-Ah.

-These are the nudibranchs?
-Yeah.

There are thousands of them.
Every one's different,

and they're all
bright and crazy.

So I'm just gonna
make mine up.

-[Jones] Wow.
-She is gonna be

as flamboyant and colourful
as possible.

-Really, really bright.
-Bright.

-Okay.
-Sat on the top.

[McSweeney]
Does she have a name?

We could call her Siobhán.

-Siobhán can think of one.
-[laughter]

I don't think
I want to be
named
after a sea slug.

She's a flamboyant nude.

-Do you not want to be--
-She's a sea slug.

-She's a sea slug.
-[laughter]

[McSweeney] And Sal's
not the only potter

looking to the ocean
for inspiration.

I am starting
to make my tentacles.

My design is based on
looking after the seas.

I'm gonna use an octopus
to make us all think
that it's a sea monster,

but the rock pool itself
will have loads of litter
floating in it.

And then hopefully
that'll make people realise

that it's us
that are the sea monster

'cause we're mistreating
the seas.

[McSweeney]
With water cascading

down its eight tentacles,

Adam's intricate octopus
will sit in a rock pool

protecting a variety
of colourful sea creatures.

We know you're
very good
sculpturally.

-Thank you.
-How are you
about the practicalities

of making sure the whole thing
sticks together?

I'm very much
form over function,

so on this one,
I'm really trying to be
a bit of an engineer with it.

I've done the measurements,
and I've done
lots of practising.

-Hopefully I get it done.
[laughs]
-Excellent.

-Bye-bye.
-Ah, did you just make that?

That might be a water snail
in my rock pool.

-[Miller] Ooh. Immortalised.
-You're my favourite.

[all laugh]

[McSweeney]
But Adam's isn't the only

multi-suckered sculpture
in the pottery.

There is an octopus
competition
happening.

You all right over
there,
Octopussy?

-[laughs]
-How you doing, buddy?

I thought, an octopus.

Probably other people
won't do anything like it.

And then Adam did it,
you know. I hate him.
[laughs]

[McSweeney]
Peter has used his vast
engineering experience

to design
a domesticated octopus

enjoying a relaxing soak
in a giant rusty bath.

A hidden water pump
will spout water
through his central column

and back down through
his animal's tentacles.

It's almost like
you've thought about it.

-I know. It's bonkers. Yeah.
-[Jones] It's funny, isn't it?

-Do you think this really
suits
your engineering background?
-Yeah, I love this.

-It's a challenge.
-You can see some love

-has gone into these things.
-Yes, I've got all the bits.

"Got all the bits."
Yeah.

[McSweeney] Potters,
you have one hour left.

-Oh, my Lord.
-One hour left.

[McSweeney]
As the potters' basins
emerge
from the drying room...

[Peter] Everything's starting
to firm up a bit,
which is good.

...they need to be refined
before construction
can commence.

This is just for texture now.

I'm cratering
the surface of the
moon.

Just really want this
to look good,

so I wanna get as much detail
into it as I can.

My biggest priority
is making sure
that this is watertight.

Still a little bit
wet,
but that's what we've
got

I don't want
things
collapsing on me.

-[pop]
-[gasps] Jesus.

Sorry.
I'm popping my
balloons.

[pop]

[giggles]

[McSweeney] And wet clay
is a major concern
for Henry...

-Okey-dokey.
-...and Alon.

[Alon] I'm thinking
to flip it over.

I just really hope
it doesn't start collapsing.

-Gonna work?
-Got it.

Yeah, that's fine.
That did it.

Thank you. Oh, it's gone--
Flip back, flip back.

Sorry. You all right?
Yeah, no. Way too soft.

Not the right time.
[chuckles] Too wet.

[McSweeney] While Alon decides
to finally make use
of the drying room...

This is why I should never
be
an architect or engineer

or anything
that involves
precision.

-...Hannah's water feature
is starting to take shape.
-Ah, okay.

The thing that
I am a bit worried
about
is my macaw,

which has to sit on this.

And my macaw's, like, so heavy.
It's a bit of a design error.

[Peter] I'm just putting
some of the tentacles on now.

Trying to get
a bit of shape and form.

Oh, Peter, that is
a resplendent
tentacle.
[laughs]

-[Sal] You two getting in
each other's heads over there.
-[laughs]

[Adam]
These are squibbly-wibblys.

They're inspired
by sea urchins.

These will populate
the rock pool, and the octopus
will be protecting them.

[McSweeney] The judges have
demanded lifelike animals...

This is the
nudibranch.
I've got to make sure
she's good-looking.

...so attention to detail
is crucial.

[Jodie] I just need to add
a lot of fur to this now.

I've got three
racoons.
This one's come out
really angry.

Um, he was meant
to look strained,

but actually he's just
really, really
aggressive.

[McSweeney] But for Alon's
upside-down okapi...

-Sal?
-[Sal] You ready?

No. [chuckles]

...time is running out.

-Thank you.
-Of course.

[Alon] That's better.

[McSweeney] Potters,
you have half an hour left.

[howls]

Oh, yeah. That'll do nicely.

This is...
[chuckles]
This is fine.

I'm just trying to be water

and try and think how water
will cascade down this

and through the holes
so that it doesn't
spill out
over the edge.

See, I'm not an engineer,
but I did plan for that.

How can I make him
less heavy?

Right. Just gonna cut a hole.

Be a bit of a bummer
if it was too short,
wouldn't it?

[Alon] Sixty-four now.

So, with the horns,
it'll be a bit higher.

Potters,
you've ten minutes left,
ten minutes!

[exhales]

[McSweeney] For Hannah's macaw,
it's the moment of truth.

[Hannah] Oh, my gosh.
I'm so nervous.

No, it's
literally--
It's breaking.

The bowl's cracked.

[sighs]
It's breaking the
thing.

[sniffles, exhales]

[McSweeney]
You all right,
darling?

[crying]
Oh, yeah, it's fine.

-Oh, sweetheart.
-It just cracked.

-I just designed it
badly and...
-Okay.

...bird's gonna break,
and I can't put it
on there, so...

Okay. It's beautiful,
and you're right in it

so you can't see it,
but I can assure you
it's beautiful.

-Davina Macaw, she always
pulls herself together again.
-She does, yeah.

If anyone can,
Davina can pull herself
together again.

[chuckles] Thanks.

Darling potters,
you have one minute left.

I'm absolutely knackered.

Oh, it's like a nightmare.

[Alon] It's just a white
slip.
Wanted to have
a cleaner feel to it.

-Ah.
-[crash]

[Jodie] Oops.

[Hannah] I am heartbroken.

Lovely potters,
please put down your
tools,

turn off your hair dryers,
wipe your tears,

take a deep breath
and give yourselves
a round of applause.

Congratulations.

The fact that everyone had
a piece at the end of it

that is standing
is incredible,

'cause that is a massive,
massive challenge.

-[sighs]
-Babes, it's fabulous.

I knew that was a bad idea.
I didn't plan it very well

so I guess
I'm annoyed at myself.

Right, are you ready?

I just hope now
the kiln is nice
to us

and that basin doesn't crack,

because it doesn't matter
what they look like going
in,

it matters
what they look like
coming out.

Hannah, you've done
really, really well.

-I don't know why...
-[McSweeney] Group hug.

Thanks. [sniffles]

[McSweeney] Garden Week
continues in the pottery.

But what does that mean
for the potters
in their second challenge?

-Potters, this week,
it's going to be...
-Throw down!

...a throw down,
and we're going to continue
with the garden theme

as we are asking you
to throw one of these.

-A strawberry planter.
-[all gasping]

-Okay, master potter Keith,
please take to your wheel.
-Okay.

So, this is ten kilos of
clay.
Quite big.

-It's gonna be centring me.
-[gasps]

When you centre
a big lump of clay like
this,

just work at it in sections.

So as you pull
the clay up...

this bit's centred now.

Down you go.

And you just take another
bit
every time you pull up.

People often
think
you have to be
really, really

to throw large bits of clay,

but really,
it's just
technique.

Just use that body
weight
just to centre it.

-And what kind of clay is
that?
-This is like a stoneware,

and it'll stand up
to quite a bit of
punishment.

Once you've got it like
this,
you start making the
hole

and use that speed of the
wheel
to open out the clay.

The faster the wheel's going,
the less force you have to use
to open it up.

What I tend to do is use
my right palm of my hand,

and I just push
on to my left hand.

Just bringing that clay in,
just containing that clay.

Now you start the throwing.

And I'm just gonna throw
just underneath that rim.

Get your knuckle
right in there.

Feel that clay
and start pulling it
up.

We're looking at
30 to 35 centimetres
high.
Getting that shape.

I'm just using that sponge
with my wooden tool
on the outside

just to shape that pot.

But all the while,
I'm taking the water off.

Now, once you've done
that,
mark where you're gonna
put the pockets.

One layer there
and maybe one layer
there.

You're gonna do six,
so take it off the
wheel,

dry it off a bit
with the heat gun.
get your knife,

cut along your mark,
nice and straight.

Get some water and then
really work that clay,
push that out,

and then you've got
a nice, generous opening there
for your strawberries.

There you go.

Okay, potters,
back to your benches, please.

You have 45 minutes.

Your time starts now.
Please remove your
hessian.

-I can't even lift it.
-Oh, my God.

[Peter] Probably the largest
thing I've ever thrown.

This is a lot of clay.
A lot of centring.

If you can get it centred,
then you stand a chance

of being able to open it up
into a pot.

Oh, my gosh.
Already it's
off.

I'm struggling. [groans]

-Ooh.
-I hardly did anything
with it,

but I would've spent
ten minutes
struggling with that.

[Henry] It's really good
seeing Keith's techniques
for throwing large.

He says, no,
it doesn't need much
strength,

but if it doesn't
need
much strength,

then why I am always
so puffed out?
[chuckles]

Should I turn around
and look at what the rest
of the people are doing?

Oh, my God, they're
fingered in or whatever
it's called already.

[grunts]

Just gonna start pulling up
now. But I've gotta stand up
to do it.

It's actually not centred,

so one side of the rim
is thicker than the other
side.

[McSweeney] Potters!

[laughs] Hannah, your face.

You love me, really.

-Fifteen minutes gone.
-[groans]

-[McSweeney]
You've half an hour left.
-Wowee.

I fancy a strawberry.

Right. He said,
lift it with your palm.

Use the speed of the
wheel
to push it out. Have it.

Can't fricking get it up.

[McSweeney] The potters have
less than 15 minutes left

to produce their
30- to 35-centimetre-high
strawberry planters.

This feels like
it's two metres
tall.

That looks good.

It's uneven,
but it's, like,
thin and thick.

But I'm trying to--
I don't wanna--

-Yeah.
-Uh, yeah.

Yeah. I got that.
I think we all got
that.

Gotta keep an eye
on other people,
what they're doing.

Oh, my God.
Do not turn around.
[laughs]

Won't be doing that again.
Look at Peter's.

[McSweeney]
While it's going well
for some of the potters,

Hannah has decided
to start again.

Han, that's really good.
It's bigger than mine.

-It looks like--
-Gosh.

[McSweeney] As Hannah battles
with her second attempt,

for those
who are finished throwing,
it's time for pocket prep.

-[Jodie] I don't want it wet.
-[whirring]

Look at this.
Like a surgeon
with his tools.

It's not going well, really.

This is, like,
the most difficult-erest thing
I've ever thrown.

-[McSweeney] Adam, you still
have your pockets to do.
-[Adam] Yeah.

But you know
what I'm gonna say now.

Um, that I get
an extra two
hours?

Hmm, something like that.

Potters, you have
five minutes left!

Just trying to get
all six of these done,
so I'm rushing.

-[Jodie] Oh, my God.
-Hannah, how are we doing?

This is pretty shocking.
It's hard to choose

between this pile of clay
and that, but I'm gonna
go with this one.

I wouldn't have thought
it'd be that difficult,

because this is
still
a pile of clay,

whereas this looks
like
a strawb--

This has a hole in it,
at least.

[both laugh]

Peter, do you have
your pockets done?

I have my pockets done,
yes, ma'am.

-Hannah?
-It's f--

-You can stop the timer
whenever you want.
-[laughs]

-Henry?
-Two more to do.

[McSweeney]
And Adam is just starting.

Oh, it's not leather hard.
Come on.

[McSweeney] You have to have
your six pockets in.

Last ten
seconds.
Come on, guys.

You can really,
really do it,
Adam.

-Stop it, stop it.
-[groaning]

And... we're done.
Down tools, please.

[groans]
Well done, everyone.

[McSweeney] Keith and Rich
are looking for

30- to 35-centimetre-tall

strawberry planters
with six pockets,

and I will be on hand
to take down
their particulars.

-Hi, Alon.
-Hello.

Okay, well,
it looks pretty good.
You've got the six pockets.

Siobhán, six pockets.

The pockets are very
even
as well, actually,
which suggests

that the thickness
of the wall is very
even.

It's got a bit distorted.

Do you think you cut
the pockets a bit too
early?

-Uh, probably.
-[Jones] Shall we measure it?

-[Miller] So, I would say
that is 30.
-Whoo!

-Brilliant. Excellent.
-Bang on.

-It's a lovely shape,
isn't it?
-[Sal] Thank you.

It's nice and even on the top,
and you've got six pockets.

Beautifully honed
surface.
It looks like you've
thrown it

And it looks like
it's got some good
stature.

-I would say that is 29.
-Oh.

-Twenty-nine. There you go.
-Close.

I'd put
my strawberries in
it.

I'd put strawberries
in that.

-Well, it's a bit
distorted.
-It is.

-I would say 26.
-[groans]

And it doesn't look like
you've got sufficient
pockets.

So, how many have we got?
One, two, three and a bit.

Won't get
much of a strawberry
plant
in that one.

-No, not really.
So that's not great, is it?
-It's not great.

I spent too long
trying to get it up
to the right height,

and I think
it was a bit too wet,

'cause when I tried
to cut into it,

I just couldn't get
the purchase.

[Jones] It's really good.

-And six pockets. Great.
-Nice.

You've got a
lovely
base in there.

-Could've been more even
in the base.
-Yes.

But, I mean,
it's pretty good, isn't it?

Twenty-seven-centimetre
strawberry planter.

I mean, it's small,
but perfectly formed.

It's incredibly thick.

Uh, like, yeah.

But you have got
six pockets in there.

-Siobhán.
-Yes, on it.

-[Miller] Let's have a
measure.
-Oh, heck.

-So we are 21.
-Twenty-one.

That's more than I thought.

If pots could show trauma,
I think

-this probably would be it.
-Yeah. Yeah.

I think I am a natural.

On the plus side,
you've got quite a good,
strong rim there.

But, yeah, it looks like
you've failed to mark out
your lines for your pockets,

so consequently,
they're all a bit sort of
on the scruffy side.

-Mm-hmm.
-So, we've got 21 centimetres.

Twenty-one.

-Well, it's brilliant.
It's brilliant, mate.
-Thank you very much.

I mean,
it's a lovely shape.

Okay, if I was gonna
really nitpick,

the base could've been
slightly thinner

to accentuate
those shoulders.

These pockets are just
absolutely fantastic.

It's a beautifully
bulbous form,

and you've got
very little distortion.

A nice, strong rim.
It just looks really
confident.

So I would say
we are bang on 30.

-Oh. Just.
-[McSweeney] Ooh.

Brilliant.

Ooh!

[McSweeney] Keith and Rich
will now rank
the strawberry planters

from worst to first.

In seventh place is...

Adam.

So, in sixth place is...

Hannah.

[McSweeney] Jodie is fifth,
Peter fourth,

and Alon is third,

leaving Sal and Henry
vying for the top spot.

So, in second place is...

Sal.

A really, really
competent throw.
Really nice.

So that leaves first place,

Henry!

Bang on 30. Brilliant pockets.
Lovely shape. Fantastic.

-[all cheering]
-Whoo-whoo-whoo!

[Henry] I can't believe it.

It's given me
a boost of confidence,
which is really nice.

[laughing] Well done.

Coming sixth
in the second challenge
doesn't really do much for me,

so I'm really reliant
on my fountain looking good.

That was a disaster.

I'm gonna be sort
of
stewing in-- in
regret.

-[Rose] Morning, guys.
-[all] Morning!

[McSweeney]
The potters are back,

ready to decorate
their animal water
features.

-[Rose] Lovely weather
for a water feature.
-Yes.

But first, after a 24-hour
firing in the kilns,

it's time to see
if they have survived.

[Jodie] Always a bit nervous
when we go collect our pieces
from the kiln

because you're not sure
whether they're gonna
come out in one piece.

There's always
a massive concern
for kiln
explosions,

but I've designed
it
engineering-wise
so that it's

I wouldn't say
overconfident,
but I am confident
it's gonna come out.

Oof! Oops!

Careful.
There's quite a big crack
down the middle.

Ouch.

Gutted, but it's recoverable.
I'll sort it.

[McSweeney] And Peter's
not the only potter
facing bad news.

-Right. Yeah.
-I see.

-The inside was so wet...
-Mmm.

-...that you could basically
still move the clay about.
-That's madness.

Basically,
because it's such a big
bin,
the air can't get in.

-So there's a lot
of fixing to do.
-Yeah.

[McSweeney] The potters
now have three hours

to fix and decorate
their animal water features

using glazes and oxides

to ensure their designs
stand out in any garden.

[Hannah] Even though
it's not exactly how
I would like it to look,

it could be worse.

It survived the kiln.
There is an animal on
it.

[Peter] My first job is
to fill some of the cracks

because if I don't,
it's just gonna flood
everywhere.

Problem is time.
I've got to do the repairs

and then I've still
got to glaze it.

It's a problem.

I'm really happy.
I've got a slight breakage,

but on the scheme of things,
from looking around the room,

this is probably
not the worst problem.

-[Jones] Hi, Henry.
-[Henry] Hi, Keith.

It's all going on here.
So, what happened, then?

There was sort of,
like,
a mid floor in that

that just collapsed,
unfortunately.

So I'm just chipping bits off

and then,
when it's all in pieces,
I can reassemble it.

It looks like you've got
a lot of problem-solving
to do first.

-Yeah.
-But try not
to let that detract

-too much from
the actual decorating.
-Yeah.

-I'll leave you to it.
-Thank you very much.

-Good luck.
-Cheers.

[McSweeney]
Potters, that's one hour
gone.
One hour gone.

Oh, my word.
That is the quickest hour
ever.

[McSweeney]
The judges have demanded

fully functional
water features.

To ensure they can
withstand the elements,
the potters must glaze

every inch
of their construction.

Time is gonna be tight.
There's so many
surfaces.

There's the plinth,
there's the basin,
there's the actual wolf
itself.

[McSweeney] Not only that,
it's crucial
their animals are realistic

and the focal point
of their water feature.

[Jodie]
This is a black
underglaze.

I'm putting this on
as a block colour now
so I can wipe it away

but leave the actual black
where I want it to be left.

For instance, in the
ears,
in the eyes,

the nose and
everything,
I'll leave that.

It's just to try and bring out

the texture that I put in
in the make stage.

I'm gonna make this stand
out
as much as I can, really.

[McSweeney] Alon's also chosen
a monochrome colour scheme.

[Alon] The okapi is related
to the giraffe.

They're really striking legs.
You think they're a zebra,

but they're actually
a completely different animal.

[McSweeney] But unlike Jodie,
he's adding splashes of colour

to help bring his okapi
to life.

[Alon] They have blue mouths,
uh, which I find really cool.

The horns I might colour
with gold glaze.

It's a lot to do.

Red, yellow, green,
okay.
Yellow.

[McSweeney] Hannah is going
to need every colour
under the rainbow...

Don't panic.

...for her macaw
water feature.

[McSweeney]
Davina looks
lovely.

I need to do all the colours
and then I'm gonna paint
on the top.

I'm using everything:
glaze, underglaze, oxides.
I'm just going for it.

I thought I was gonna be
a little bit, like, refined
and I just-- I'm-- No.

-[McSweeney] No, go for it.
-If it's my last task,

I just want it to be,
like, more colour.

Bye-bye, Davina.
[squawks] Bye-bye.

[McSweeney] But in the battle
of the brightest,

Hannah's macaw
faces a flamboyant foe.

[Sal] I need to get
the nudibranch nice and
bright.

I've got this little bottle.
It's used for silk painting.

You can add details
like little spots and stuff.

It works brilliantly
for these glazes.

[McSweeney] And Henry
is still figuring out a
plan
for his plumbing.

I'm trying to come up
with some way
of making it
functional.

I've managed to
disassemble
most of the parts.

But I've got
so much fixing to
do

that my decoration is gonna
come very, very late.

[McSweeney] Having finally
fixed his cracks,

Peter's made a start
on his octopus and bathtub.

[Peter] The majority of it
is china white,
but on top of that,

I've loads of oxides
to make it look old and rusty,

like it's been under the sea
for a long time.

[Adam] Because most rock pools
are chalk-based,

I do want it to have
a white feel to it.

But I don't want it
to look like a bath.

I want it to look
like a rock pool,

so it's gonna have oxides
and colours on top,

'cause I want this bit
to be really colourful

and then the octopus to be
sort of greeny blue.

I feel like I really
thought this one through.

Hopefully,
that'll work in my favour.

-[McSweeney] You have
one hour left, potters.
-[Peter] No!

-One hour left. [laughs]
-Don't say it.
You said you wouldn't say it.

I said it, Peter.
And I meant it.

All the colours
look bright and vibrant,
but they're not.

This is a very dark blue.

I mean,
it's going in the garden,
so does want to look special.

'Cause it's quite
an unusual piece, isn't it?

[Jodie]
This is coming out
better than I
thought.

Looks lush, Jodie.

Thank you.

[McSweeney]
With time running out,

Henry's finally made a
start
on his decoration...

Just working on my racoons.

Which is
a little bit intimidating

because they're
the detailed part,

and I haven't really
got much time
to give them much
love.

...and he has a plan
to put his rubbish bin
back together.

So I'm gonna use
all of my bisque pieces
that I had left over

to sort of create a stand
that everything can sit on to.

The biggest sort of concern
is that once it's fired,
it'll be a bit fragile,

so you just won't be able
to touch it or look at it.

Yeah.

For the fabric, I'm thinking
sort of Peruvian blanket.

So, bit of manganese.

Using some hessian

to make it seem
a bit more like fabric.

I just cut out a piece of
foam
into the shape
of a banana leaf.

It's got a lot of cobalt oxide
and it's gonna be a dark green.

Hopefully it'll stand
out
in the garden
and be, um, a

Ten minutes potters.
Ten minutes.

[howling]

[McSweeney] Once the potters
have finished applying

colourful underglazes
and oxides,

it's crucial they cover
every inch of their creations
in transparent glaze...

Okay. It's been a...

...to ensure
they're waterproof
and ready for the garden.

[Adam]
I want it to be glistening
where the water would be.

And hopefully
that will also help it
meld into a garden.

And that's time up.
Tools down. Well
done.

[applause]

I gave it my best shot,
and that's a good feeling.

Wow, look at that.

You know what?
After being a bit devastated

'cause it was a total disaster,

once I'd come up with a plan,
it seemed to go okay.

There is hope.
There's always hope.

[McSweeney] The potters'
animal water features
will now go through

one final
24-hour gloss firing.

That should be all
right,
that crack in there,
shouldn't it?

-[Adam] Yeah.
Your crack's beautiful, Peter.
-[chuckles]

[Peter]
I did all the prep work
to fill those cracks.

I mean, it's going
for a glaze firing.

I suppose my biggest fear
is that those cracks open up,

and if they open up,
then I am in trouble.

[McSweeney]
It's judgement day, and
after
a 24-hour gloss fire,

the potters' water features
are ready to come
out of the kiln.

If my fountain comes out
totally destroyed,

then I'm in the leagues
for going home,

so I really don't know
what's gonna happen.

[Jodie] You never know
how it'll come out.

It might be a nice
surprise,
it might be
not such a nice

-[Rose] Morning, potters.
-Morning.

[Hannah] Jodie!
Oh, my God. [gasps]

Oh, my God.
It was fine when it went
in,

-so I don't know
what's happened to it.
-[laughter]

It's gonna be fine.

[Rose] I've got a bathtub.

Oh, God, what a mess.
Oh, dear.

[Rose] Yeah.
Some pretty major cracks
there.

-No crack. Ah!
-[Rose] Wow.

[McSweeney]
The potters won't be able

to test their fountains
ahead of judging,

but they have been given time

to fit their pumps
and plug any leaks.

[Sal] You can fill it up
with silicone.

It won't look great,
but it would be waterproof.

Just a bit of
taping,
just a little
bit.

Just putting in the pump.
Now it's just figuring out

how to put it all together.
[chuckles]

I wanna see him on
now.
[chuckles]

I just want to see
that water coming
down

and hopefully
flowing into the
bowl.

Think that's it. Job done.

I hope. [laughs]

[McSweeney]
Seven animal water features

now face the judgement
of Keith and Richard.

Judges, shall we start?

[Miller] I really love the
fact
that the central part
of your animal water feature

is this
really striking octopus.

The fluidity you've got
in these tentacles,

they just feel like
they're submerged somehow.

This is a very,
very tricky construction.
So let's give it a go.

[switch flips]

-Uh-- Oh!
-[Jones] Right, okay.

[Miller]
It is sort of running round
some of these tentacles

and down on to
these pieces of coral.

Those holes have obviously
helped to channel the water
back into that rock pool.

[Miller] The level
of attention to detail,
the amount of work,

and the way you use you tools,
it's just so inspiring
to watch.

Yeah, and I think,
for us,

when we see you
working with the clay,

we think
that's never gonna work,

and then you do something
that surprises us.

That's when--

Well, that's when
I get quite emotional.

Thanks. [chuckles]

It's very formidable
as a construction.

It's an incredible build.

[Miller] And I think the way
you've applied this gradation
of colour on the inside,

it really catches the
light
in a beautiful way,

and it draws your eye
down into the basin.

The only glaring
sort of thing for me is,

why have you got
this section

so obviously placed
on the top there?

To be able to get inside
with the pump
and the water filter and
stuff,

it needed to be
in two pieces.

Shall we just see
if it works
as a water feature?

-[Sal] Okay,
we'll give it a go.
-[switch flips]

Oh. No, she leaks.

We're getting a leak slightly
from the back,

and then we're getting
a leak in the front here.

The only other thing is,
the nudibranch is quite
subtle.

I'm looking at a big shell
and a small animal on the top.

[Miller] I thought
you were mad, completely mad,

to even contemplate balancing
an animal water feature

on these four
fine little points.

But I've gotta hand it to
you:
you've managed to do it.

[Jones]
The first thing I look at,
in terms of the decoration,

is that, thank God,
you just put white slip
on it.

That's obviously
a conscious decision,
and it works brilliantly.

And the other thing
I was really concerned was

how the actual water
coming right over the okapi

was gonna fall back down
into the vessel.

-So let's have a look.
Yeah?
-[chuckles]

-Okay.
-[switch flips]

-Hey. Whoa!
-[laughs]

[Alon] Okay.

-Yay!
-Wow.

[cheering, applause]

I think it's brilliant.

[Miller] I mean,
in terms of the design
and the decoration,

the colours on it
really take me out

to that colonial architecture
that you get in the
Caribbean--

very soft pastel colours
of the buildings.

I had trouble
attaching the bird.

The bowl was cracking.

[Jones] I mean, I'm amazed
it has actually stuck on
there.

-And you've got a macaw.
Shall we switch it on?
-[Hannah] Okay.

[switch flips]

-Whoa! [laughs]
-Wow. Wow.

[people exclaiming]

You know, these shells
are all catching the water,

and it's cascading down.

[Miller] The movement
across all of these surfaces
you've created

has added another
sort of layer of beauty,
and I think it really works.

So you've had
a few problems with the bath.

[Jones]
You've obviously filled in

your big crack there
with silicon.

On the decoration side,
I'm loving
all the copper down here,

which does look like
a rusty old tin bathtub.

So it just remains to be seen
whether it works.

-[switch flips]
-Oh.

-[McSweeney] There we go.
-[Miller] Great.

These tentacles
at the top here

are really
directing
the water
beautifully.

[Jones] The water
flow
is really lovely,

but obviously,
the glaring thing is
the bathtub is
leaking.

-Yeah, maybe we could
turn it off now?
-Yeah, turn it off.

I could really see
this animal water feature
in the garden.

-It's just a shame
that bath has got a few
leaks.
-[laughs]

Jodie, it's-- it's wonderful.

-Oh.
-[Jones] And the fact
that you've gone

for kind of
really muted colours
is quite brave.

But it works
really, really well.

You've just captured that
typical sort of howling
wolf.

It's almost faultless, lovey.

-It's absolutely brilliant.
-Speak too soon.

[Miller] It's just
fantastic
that the animal
is the main event,

and you've got
this lovely moon.

And that conceals
all of the inner workings.

I mean, it's a work of
sort of engineering genius.

-[Jones] So...
-Uh-oh.

-The moment of truth.
-No.

Let's have a
look.
Switch it on.

-[switch flips]
-Oh!

-[whooping]
-[Jodie] That's too much.

That's good. It changes
the whole thing straightaway.

The whole mood
of the whole structure.
It's brilliant.

[Miller] And it just enhances
the hard work

that you've put in
decorating those surfaces.

I just think
you've nailed the
construction,
the decoration,

and it functions wonderfully.

-Really well done. Fantastic.
-Thank you.

-I know you've had
construction issues here.
-Yeah.

You inspire me
because you've been
the comeback kid

quite a few times,
let's face it,

and we love your hard work
and your tenacity never,
never to give up.

The character of the racoons,
it's wonderful to see.

Yes, I mean, the animal part
of the water feature is
superb,

but whether the water part
of the water feature works...

[switch flips]

[water dripping]

[Jones]
I can definitely hear
the motor whirring.

[Henry] I made this
to try and make
my girlfriend laugh

'cause it's racoons,
her favourite animal.

And to be honest,
I think I've achieved
that.

Wonderful personal concept,
really lovely concept.

-It's just fallen short
on the construction.
-Yeah.

The fact that it didn't work...
was a little bit heartbreaking.

[Jones] Wow, there's some
carnage in there, isn't
there?

Hopefully
I've proven to the judges

that I really want to stay
here
and I really wanna
work through it

and I really wanna learn
as much as I can.

[Jodie] I put
my absolute everything
into that water feature,

so I'm hoping I've done enough
to get me through.

Because that's quarter-finals,
you know what I mean?

What a dream come true
that would be.

[Peter] It leaked a little
bit,
but we thought it would.

I didn't come
into this competition
to go home early. I want
this.

And I still think
I've got more to
show.
Um, so I wanna stay.

Potters, the judges
have made their decision.

Keith, could you give
them
the good news?

Yeah.
So, the Potter of the Week
this week is...

Jodie. Absolutely brilliant.

-Oh, thank you.
-[cheering]

Unfortunately,
I have to send somebody home.

And this week, the potter
who is leaving us is...

Henry.

[Adam] No. Henry.

[McSweeney] Give us a hug.

[Henry]
I'm really sad to be
leaving,

but every single person here
has taught me
something different,

um, about ceramics
but also just about, you know,
being a good human.

[Miller] It's a real shame
because he did so well
in that second challenge,

but when you looked
into that bin,
it was just rubble,

and there was nothing there
that we could really judge.

Henry is an absolute
superstar.
Since the minute he got here,

he just brought
so much energy to the place.

I think everybody's sad
to see him go.

[McSweeney] As Henry leaves
the pottery,

Jodie's wolf fountain
becomes her second piece

to take its place
in the Throw Down gallery.

[Jodie] I can't believe
I got Potter of the Week.

I am absolutely over the moon.
[laughs]

I know everyone says it,
but I really didn't expect
to get this far.

And I'm hoping
what I'm learning might
make me go further, you know.

-[McSweeney] Next time...
-[kissing noises]

-...it's a stateside double...
-It's doomed
if it's not centred.

...as we turn back the
clock
thousands of years...

The Acoma people would not
have used a cheese grater.

...to be inspired
by Native American
pottery...

Let's all just say it:
It looks a bit rude.

...and fire the pots
in cow dung.

Set it on fire!

I was crying
before you even
took it off the
bench.

It's the best
thing
you've ever
done.

It's the best
thing
you've ever made.