Episode 1 | Children's Crockery Set & Milk Bottles

Comedian Ellie Taylor temporarily stands in for the injured Siobhán McSweeney to present the start of the fifth series of the pottery challenge. The 12 contestants must make a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles.

Episode 2 | Pendulum Wall Clock

The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Who will be crowned potter of the week and who will leave the competition?

Episode 3 | Inanimate Objects and a Bottle Kiln

The remaining potters make inanimate objects and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller pay tribute to the pottery hometown of Stoke, as they set a bottle kiln challenge.

Episode 4 | Japanese Tea Set & a Handle Pulling Challenge

Ellie Taylor hosts Raku week, in which the potters are asked to make a Japanese-inspired tea set and then to take on a hand-pulling task. Ceramicist Florian Gadsby joins the judges to assess their efforts and eliminate a contestant.

Episode 5 | Character Gnomes & a Sea Kale Forcer

It's Garden Week and the eight remaining potters create a trio of character gnomes, before guest judge Adam Keeling sets them the biggest second challenge ever, of making a sea kale forcing jar.

Episode 6 | 1960s Glazed Vessels & Repeating Patterns

Episode 7 | Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps

Wildlife Week and Hand-Built Table Lamps: The potters go wild in a Throw Down first and get a surprise visit from a familiar face

Episode 8 | Self-Sculpture, Sawdust Kilns and Candlesticks

Siobhan McSweeney returns to host the quarter-final, in which the contestants are challenged to create a self-sculpture and build their own sawdust kilns. For the second task, they must create candlesticks under pressure.

Episode 9 | Urinals and Wedgwood Jasperware

Siobhan McSweeney hosts a bathroom-themed semi-final, in which the potters are challenged to make fully functional urinals and recreate Wedgwood Jasperware.

Episode 10 | The Final: Garden Totem Sculpture & a Devil's Work Challenge

Ellie Taylor and Siobhán McSweeney host the conclusion of the contest.