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We started with 12...
Brilliant, innit? Look at it.

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Oh, wow! Let's go!

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..and over the last nine weeks,

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the potters have wowed us
with stunning ceramics.

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It's absolutely brilliant!

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From scrumptious salad sets...

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The energy and the life
is extraordinary.

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..to incredible Noah's arks.

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It's absolutely wonderful.

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Thank you.

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They've built their own kilns

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and played with fire.

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Yeah! Aghhh!

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Do you want to see me massive spout?

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There's been laughter...

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Oh! I'm blushing!

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..triumph... That is just fabulous.

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..and tears.

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No! It exploded!

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And, one-by-one, they said goodbye.

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I'm so glad I met
every single one of you.

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Weee!

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Now, for Steve...

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Please, please work.

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..James...

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I've got cramp in my shoulder.

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Come on.

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..and Natalie...

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No schoolboy errors.
Not in the final.

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..just two challenges remain

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to decide who will be crowned
Britain's best home potter.

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Welcome to the final
of The Great Pottery Throw Down!

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# Making time

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# Shooting lines

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# People have their uses

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# People have their uses. #

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We're in the final. I know.

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We're in the final. I know, I know,
I know. We're in the final. Ha-ha!

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Don't! I'm terrified enough.

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This year's Throw Down final
promises to be

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the closest we've ever seen...

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Natalie. Oh!

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..featuring three potters,

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each with three Potter Of The Week
wins.

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James.

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A meticulous maker, with
a distinctive decorative style...

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It's bri... It's brilliant! Oh!

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..James stood out from
the very start.

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Those beautiful illustrations.
I just want to take it home.

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Despite some build issues early
on...

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My bee hasn't survived.
It's lost its wings.

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..he's listened and learned...

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I just don't
want to risk any cracks.

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..improving week by week.

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It just looks incredibly realistic.

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And last week's fantastic
hellmouth fireplace...

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The way you've worked with
the clay, incredible.

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Absolutely brilliant.

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..saw him high kicked... Wooo!
..into the final

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on the front foot.

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It just feels so surreal, you know.

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You sort of think, "I'd love
to get through to the final."

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And, um, and it's the final!

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The competition is really tight,

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but I got Potter Of The Week last
week.

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Yeah, I feel like I'm on
a bit of a roll.

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Just need to get one more win.
I can win it.

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A clock between two undercarriages.

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That's a treat!

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Never afraid to step outside her
comfort zone...

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I'm going for it in one.

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That's what I like to hear.

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..Natalie's pushed herself from
the very beginning.

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Come on, Nat.

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..impressing the judges
with her ambition...

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If someone were to ask for
an example of

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a double gourd vase,
this would be it.

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..and sheer amount
of work in her makes.

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I mean,
it's that level of observation.

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You've just thought about
every surface.

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And while she's happiest
hand building,

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her skill at the wheel has grown
every week.

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I'm, like, chuffed.

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It's the final!
I'm still pinching myself.

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I want to take everything in,

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and I really wanna feel proud
of myself more than anything else,

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so come on.

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Look at Steve.
He's got his up already.

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A talented thrower...

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Just got to go for it now.

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..Steve's natural affinity
for clay has set him apart.

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Whoa! What a mechanism!

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Never one to shy away from
a challenge,

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he's sometimes the victim
of his own ambition.

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My deck has just shattered.

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But when he gets it right...

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The first thing you notice is

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the detail. There is so much detail.

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His incredible makes

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and beautiful brushwork are
unmatched.

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It's brilliant.

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Yeah. Special day.

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I'm genuinely excited.

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I'm also, you know, terrified.

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There's no room for errors today.

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We're all gonna be going for it,

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fighting for that trophy.

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Can I win it?

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Um, I'll do my bloomin' best!

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Welcome finalists.
Wow, how cool is this?

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Congratulations. OK then,

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for your final main make challenge,

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the judges would like you
to make a Greek amphora.

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They are looking for a striking,

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ornate statement piece with
the wow factor.

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Judges, any pearls of wisdom?

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Traditional amphoras are tall
storage vessels

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with expansive handles,
a long neck and a pointed base.

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We'd like you to recreate that
traditional shape

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but without the pointed base.

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Your amphoras will have a flat,
stable bottom.

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Like me.

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Now you can use whichever
construction method you'd like,

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but marrying that flat base with

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the shape above is gonna
be difficult,

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so careful planning
and design is required here.

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OK, sounds like a challenge
befitting the final. Keith?

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We'd like your amphoras
to tell us something about you.

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Think of the amphora as
a blank canvas

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for that storytelling,
and don't neglect the handles.

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Great. All right, then, potters,

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you have been given seven
and a half hours to make

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and refine your Greek amphora,
and your time starts now.

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Good luck, boys.

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Good luck. Good luck, Nat.

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Good luck, mate.

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Yep, I'm off.

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Just trying to stay calm
and relaxed, like him.

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Good to get started.
I just need to try and stay focused,

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you know, and be thorough
and work at pace.

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But I feel...I feel good.
I feel good.

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I never thought that I would make it
to the final.

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So "Just enjoy yourself" is

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the message to myself today.

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And I don't know if I'm ready,

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but I'm doing it.

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Rich, the final!

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And we've got three fitting
finalists.

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We have, indeed.

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And they are making Greek amphora
jugs.

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Traditionally, amphoras were storage
jars, weren't they? Yeah.

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And they'd have a very pointed,

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angular base because they were
designed to sit into sand.

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And our potters can create their
amphoras in any which way they want.

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They can slab build,
they can coil, they can throw,

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they can do all three if they want.
Yeah, yeah.

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But they need to make sure that

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those sections come together
cleanly,

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that there's a good fluidity through
the lines.

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It doesn't want to feel disjointed.
No, absolutely.

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And these vessels,
they have handles as well.

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But that main body is gonna dry
at a different rate.

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In the final, it would be
devastating if pieces cracked.

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They really need to make sure that

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all of the fundamentals are carried
out properly. Absolutely.

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And then we want them
to decorate them.

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It's a statement piece about
their life.

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There's so much opportunity
to create a rich,

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beautifully decorated surface.

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Yeah. I want...I want to...

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These three potters have
worked...have worked really hard

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to get here. Yeah.

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I want to be able
to look at their amphoras

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and know exactly what their life is
all about.

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It wants to feel like the pinnacle

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of what they've achieved in the
pottery, doesn't it?

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Yeah, absolutely. And I'm with you.

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Give me a hug. Let's give you a hug.

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Yeah. Cheers. Cheers, Rich.

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Hello, lovey. Hey, folks.
Hi, James. How are you doing?

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Excited, nervous, you know... Yeah.
..terrified. All of those emotions.

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Jolly good. And that's just looking
at you, Keith. I know. I know.

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Well, look, tell us about your
design. Yeah.

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Your final design. Yeah.
I know, I know.

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Wow!

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The title is The Little Things
We Carry.

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I just think as you go through life,

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you maybe hold on to certain
memories of loved ones. Yeah.

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So I've got a UFO here

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cos my sister, Dawn, she just loves
stories of aliens.

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Oh, my gosh! I thought this was
gonna go a different way!

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The time I was abducted.

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When I was seven, the time I was...
And what would we do?

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I know. I am actually an alien.

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James will pay homage

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to his sister's extra-terrestrial
obsession with

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a flying saucer crashing into
his amphora.

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And he'll model ghosts
and giant popcorn

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to celebrate son Art's favourite
food and love of horror movies.

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How are you approaching
the core construction?

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So I'm throwing pretty much
the bottom,

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you know, third or so.

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And then I'm gonna coil
the rest, then.

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Ah! Um, and I've got a template here
that I'm gonna try and keep to.

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Well, look, good luck with it all.

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Enjoy yourself, it's the last
challenge. Yeah, cheers.

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The potters have been tasked
with producing

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an amphora approximately
half a metre tall.

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It's so big!

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So I'm gonna be throwing everyone on
a wheel in three different sections.

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I'm just starting with the base.

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The foundation of their form,

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the base, is key to achieving

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the shape Keith
and Rich are expecting.

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I'll be flaring out the bottom,

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so it'll look a bit like
a big bowl.

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Just getting the initial shape's
quite tricky.

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I just want to make sure that
I get that accurate

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so that then I can just continue
that form.

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And whilst Steve and James have
opted for the wheel...

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Happy with that.

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Natalie's decided
to build hers by hand.

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I've made a former here,

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so I'm gonna slab build up to
the top of my former,

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and then I'm gonna coil on top.

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Even though my throwing has
definitely improved,

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I still feel more confident
hand building.

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Natalie will narrate her life
story through

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an ambitious amphora celebrating
both the dark and light.

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Packed full of decoration,

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it will tell of her time

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travelling the world as a dancer,

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and the relationships she forged
along the way,

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while her handles are dedicated

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to those she holds closest -

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her wife and daughter.

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From the side,

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I want it almost to look like
a heart.

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I mean, that's quite ambitious,
isn't it? I know.

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They're coming all
the way down that pot.

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They're coming all the way down the
pot, yeah. Amazing.

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It's a bit of a risk for cracks and
things, isn't it?

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But it is the final.

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Yeah, go for it.

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These are just some coils that
I've extruded.

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As James starts
the next phase of his make,

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coiling up from his thrown base,

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and Steve moves onto
the middle section of his amphora...

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I'm throwing it upside down,

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so the bottom bit's gonna be quite
wide and it's gonna match the base.

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..it's time for Nat
to remove her former.

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But I'm a little bit scared

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because I don't want it
to fall apart.

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Done it.

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With her former
successfully extracted,

256
00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:33,920
Natalie can begin coiling her
amphora's top section.

257
00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,280
I need to make sure they're blended
really well.

258
00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,080
I don't want there to be
a single crack.

259
00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,440
BLEEP!

260
00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,160
No schoolboy errors,
not in the final.

261
00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,800
It's just got off-centre
for some reason.

262
00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,600
I don't know whether my back moved
or something moved,

263
00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:50,920
but it's just off-centre,

264
00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,680
so just had to throw another one.

265
00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,360
It's not going too well really.

266
00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,600
Thrown in three, Steve plans to join

267
00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,000
each section seamlessly

268
00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,040
to create his amphora's fluid form,

269
00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,000
a form that will provide
the blank canvas

270
00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,280
for his life story.

271
00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,520
And with the trophy
within touching distance,

272
00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,000
he'll use his years
of animation experience

273
00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,200
to bring his illustration-rich
design to life.

274
00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,320
I'll be spinning it around on
the wheel

275
00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,080
and it should all animate up
the pot.

276
00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,360
Oh, wow! Ah, yeah!

277
00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,880
As if decorating
an amphora isn't enough,

278
00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,440
it needs to be
a piece of animation as well. Wow!

279
00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,960
But I just can't seem
to throw very well today.

280
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,320
I think I'm just a bit nervous.

281
00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,320
Just walk away from the wheel. Walk
away. Yeah, yeah.

282
00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:29,400
Go and make some tea.

283
00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,600
And try and enjoy the making. I know
it's... Yeah, yeah, definitely.

284
00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,600
I know it's the final
and there's a lot of pressure,

285
00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,320
but, you know, you're all...you're
all here

286
00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,520
cos you're brilliant, so... Yeah.

287
00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:39,640
..just enjoy yourself.

288
00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:42,120
Yeah. I'll reboot myself and I'll
be back on it, so... Yeah.

289
00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,640
Yeah, fantastic. Yeah.

290
00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:46,760
All right. Well, we look forward
to seeing it. Great, thank you.

291
00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,760
Potters, that's two hours gone.

292
00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,600
Thank you. Welcome.

293
00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,440
Just doing the middle piece still.
Yeah, just got to soldier on.

294
00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,600
I'm now coiling
the nice shoulder and the neck.

295
00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,320
Of all the construction methods,

296
00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,400
coiling offers the most control over
the amphora's shape.

297
00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,720
However, it does have a drawback.

298
00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,240
This is very time-consuming.

299
00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,120
To ensure their structure's sound,

300
00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,720
it's crucial the clay is allowed
to firm up before

301
00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,240
a new layer is added.

302
00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,720
So long as you take a moment

303
00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,040
to dry it, it should hold its shape.

304
00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,480
But time isn't Natalie's friend.

305
00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,200
For the handles, I want to spend
a bit of time on them,

306
00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,240
so I need to move as quickly as
I can.

307
00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,160
Just slow and steady.

308
00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,760
The base is dry
so I'm just going to attach

309
00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,080
the middle section.

310
00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,800
Just one more piece now.

311
00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,120
As Steve and James's amphoras slowly
take shape...

312
00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,040
Damn it!

313
00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,080
Come on.

314
00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,960
..Natalie's hasty construction is
causing problems.

315
00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,880
It's just the weight of the clay
because it's so wet,

316
00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,000
it's making it sink in the middle.

317
00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,160
And I should've gone slower.

318
00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,080
I was just going too quick.

319
00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,200
Come on, Nat.

320
00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,240
I can hear my wife's words in
my ear.

321
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,720
"You've got this. You can do this."

322
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,200
So I need to get it right.

323
00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,040
She's incredible.

324
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,440
Fun and spontaneous and sparkly.

325
00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,880
She's the best mum
and the best wife.

326
00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,120
I said in our wedding

327
00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,920
I was a little bit smug that she
chose me.

328
00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,840
And I still am.

329
00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,320
Natalie was still dancing when
we met,

330
00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,160
and she's a very beautiful
and very talented dancer.

331
00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,240
I know I'm biased, but she is.

332
00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,400
I think creatively she's been
stifled since she stopped dancing.

333
00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,000
Oh, definitely.
There was definitely a void.

334
00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,200
Do you know what,

335
00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,840
pottery was my saviour
when I had Albie

336
00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,560
and stopped dancing,
pottery was there for me.

337
00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:44,760
To be a mum,

338
00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,320
it's the most wonderful thing in
the world.

339
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,720
My mum's actually
quite inspirational.

340
00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,920
My mum raised four kids
and she's... I'm gonna...

341
00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,800
Like, she's probably
the strongest woman that I know.

342
00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,360
If I can be half as strong

343
00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,400
for Albie as my mum was for us -
epic.

344
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,280
Albie doesn't know a great deal.

345
00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:09,640
She knows that mummy is going away

346
00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:11,560
and doing pottery work.

347
00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,880
But I know that when
Albie sees this,

348
00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,000
she's going to be so proud of
her mum.

349
00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:21,680
So I'm thinking I'm just going try
and throw a top.

350
00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,840
Right, let's sort this beast out.
Come on.

351
00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,840
Flip it up, whack it on,
and then make it look beautiful.

352
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,560
Please, please work.

353
00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,160
But Natalie's not the only one
forced to throw another neck.

354
00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:35,200
I was gonna do it in three

355
00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,440
but it's a bit short,

356
00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,280
so I'm going to do it in
four pieces, I think,

357
00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,920
to get to the height I'm after.

358
00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,160
It's going to be tight for time
now, really right.

359
00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,040
What was Steve like as a lad?

360
00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,280
Lovely. Brilliant little lad.

361
00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,400
He's very creative.

362
00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,640
Always painting or drawing,
wasn't he? Yeah.

363
00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,600
His bedroom door was covered -

364
00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:59,320
Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan,
all painted.

365
00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,960
Beautiful, it was.

366
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,280
Remember this one, eh?

367
00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,800
That's... Was that back in art
college days?

368
00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,280
It...it's his hands,
isn't it? His...his painting,

369
00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,200
his animation, the pottery.

370
00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,360
It's always related to his hands.

371
00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,880
And he's just worked hard.

372
00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,440
He'll never cut corners on
something.

373
00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:16,840
It's gotta be right.

374
00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:17,880
This pottery show,

375
00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,160
it's been the best thing that's ever
happened to him.

376
00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,960
He has loved it. Very proud of him.

377
00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,760
I don't think we realise how
talented he is really.

378
00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,080
Mm.

379
00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,760
I'm gonna get a bit emotional now.

380
00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,600
Oh.

381
00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,120
Yeah.

382
00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,120
Yeah, we don't realise.

383
00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,320
Right, that, is it?
I'm happy with the neck.

384
00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,080
Yeah, not bad.

385
00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,080
That's the last coil.

386
00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,080
I've done enough coiling
for one day.

387
00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,120
Next, I can move onto the
decoration.

388
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,360
That's going to be the most amazing

389
00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,480
flying saucer you've ever seen.

390
00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,680
My sister loves stories about

391
00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,120
aliens, so they remind me of her.

392
00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,640
Yeah. Look at me.

393
00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,880
Look at my hair in that!

394
00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:04,960
Lego head.

395
00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,640
There's something very special
about James.

396
00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,400
He's a great brother.
We've always been really close.

397
00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,680
He's always been really deep
and quiet.

398
00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,400
But when he starts
to do something artistic,

399
00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,240
more of the child of him comes out.

400
00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,080
Is that your hairy chest? I see
you've unbuttoned...

401
00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,520
No, I have a T-shirt. It's just
quite low.

402
00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,840
That's me and Duane on our first
date about 14 years ago.

403
00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,120
As long as I've known him,
he's always been creative.

404
00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,160
He used to run his own
cake business.

405
00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,320
The cakes that he made were just
out of the world,

406
00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,680
I couldn't believe that you could do

407
00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,680
the things that he did with cakes.

408
00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,000
When we were thinking about
a mortgage, buying a house,

409
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,880
he moved into a more
corporate career,

410
00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,360
and he just doesn't have
a creative output there.

411
00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,480
So I think pottery has been really,

412
00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,920
really good for James.

413
00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,280
Incredibly proud of him.

414
00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,480
I've missed him
because he hasn't been here.

415
00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,920
It's been me and Buster living on
our own.

416
00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,320
But I'm just really proud

417
00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,000
because I know how hard he's worked
for it.

418
00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,440
He's a great dad
and I've just been so proud of him.

419
00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:02,840
But, yeah, I mean, James,

420
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,400
I don't think he realises how good
he is.

421
00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,000
Give us a hug, sis. Yeah.

422
00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,960
Love you. So proud of you.

423
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,960
So, the handles now.

424
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,240
They're going to be strap handles.

425
00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,200
These are pulled handles.

426
00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,400
These are my coils that
I had left over

427
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,640
and I'm twisting them

428
00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,280
to make the handles.

429
00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,240
I'm really hoping these work.

430
00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,640
Do you like making handles?

431
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,440
Yeah, I do actually.
I make a lot of mugs.

432
00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,800
Do you ever have a giggle
to yourself,

433
00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,600
like everybody watching this right
now is doing?

434
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:33,920
No, because I'm very mature.

435
00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,720
Yes.

436
00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,560
All right, so grow up, maybe.

437
00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,560
Yeah, grow up, everyone.
Grow up, everyone.

438
00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,640
Grow up. Please, this is the final.

439
00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,160
No matter how the potters have
chosen to make them,

440
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,520
the handles are key to
the success of their amphoras.

441
00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,960
So that's going down there
and that's going up there.

442
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,920
Not only must they complement
the form...

443
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,320
I'm just making sure that I'm happy

444
00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,560
with the shape and positioning.

445
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,840
..but every aspect
of their construction

446
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,040
must be on point, too.

447
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,360
I'm going to slip and score lots

448
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,240
to ensure the handles stay exactly

449
00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,600
where I want them.

450
00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,800
The smallest slip-up could be

451
00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,200
the difference between

452
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,360
winning or losing.

453
00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,400
Got to do this right.

454
00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,120
Yeah, that's OK. That's OK.

455
00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:15,680
Oh, damn it!

456
00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,880
It's quite messy applying these.

457
00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,000
I want it to be a heart shape.

458
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,840
I feel like that's
a bit adventurous right now.

459
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,680
Just two hours remain.

460
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,080
That's the handles finished.

461
00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,280
So, yeah,
I can move onto the decoration.

462
00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,560
The handles, I just need

463
00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:34,960
to clean them up a little bit.

464
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,120
Looks amazing.

465
00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,640
You've pulled it out of the bag,
Nat.

466
00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,280
Well, I don't know about that,

467
00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:40,480
but not finished yet.

468
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,080
I need my decoration to smash it.

469
00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,880
So these are the lights

470
00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,840
in the bottom of the UFO.

471
00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,640
I'm just starting to add one of

472
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,800
the grapevines. I brew my own wine.

473
00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,040
It doesn't taste great,

474
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,680
but it's...it's quite strong.

475
00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,200
This is the Moulin Rouge,

476
00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,880
the famous red windmill in Paris,

477
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:03,200
that I spent many years performing
the cancan.

478
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:04,480
Just putting some grapes on.

479
00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,800
But they are taking a long time.

480
00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,400
What's the thing people wouldn't
know about the cancan?

481
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,800
Well, I mean, how heavy the skirts
are to begin with. Really?

482
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,560
Yeah, I have got one in my bag.

483
00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,840
Do you want to see?

484
00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,960
Yeah. Oh, my gosh!

485
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,760
So, look. Look.

486
00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,240
We can be twins, look.

487
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,000
You have two of them.

488
00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,800
I feel like my mother is looking
down on me...

489
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,200
We can shake, look.

490
00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:33,280
Galop Infernal
by Offenbach

491
00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,680
Exactly! Yay!

492
00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,040
Potters, you've half an hour left.

493
00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,680
That's it. That was the last leaf.

494
00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,320
I'll be painting it with
the underglaze now.

495
00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:51,600
I'm sticking my cancan sprigs on.

496
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,240
There's a lot of things I still kind
of want to get on,

497
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,200
so I need to work really,
really fast.

498
00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,160
This is a ghost plaster mould that
I made,

499
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,000
just to tie in that spooky element,

500
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,160
and I'm going to do popcorn tumbling
from the top.

501
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,400
Time for the fiddly bit.

502
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,800
Paint around all the grapes.

503
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,720
I'm slightly worried

504
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,560
I might not get the popcorn on.

505
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,320
She needs a head.

506
00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,920
Can't have a girl without a head?

507
00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,760
Potters, you've ten minutes left.

508
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,600
I'm doing a bit of sgraffito.

509
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:22,800
Once you get in the flow,

510
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,880
you can work quite quickly with it.

511
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,320
It's going to be the quickest
popcorn I have ever made.

512
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:30,920
I've got cramp in my shoulder!

513
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,080
Just the last bits to go on

514
00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,600
and then I am going to tidy up.

515
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,480
I want it to look spot-on,

516
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,440
perfect, no straggly bits.

517
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,320
Popcorn looks weird doesn't it,
when you think about it?

518
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,480
Maybe just my popcorn.

519
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,920
No, I think that looks really

520
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,160
like popcorn, but popcorn is weird.
Yeah, it is.

521
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,000
Imagine a big popcorn like that.

522
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,520
Like a giant popcorn.

523
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,240
Yeah.

524
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,000
Guys, one minute left.

525
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,640
And remember,
it has to be in the drying room.

526
00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,200
How am I gonna carry that?

527
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,040
And it should be on paper.

528
00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,600
Oh, God!

529
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:05,880
Pfff!

530
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,560
I mean, they're quite large,
aren't they?

531
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,080
They are. I think yours is

532
00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,360
the largest as well.

533
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:13,800
Pfff! Do you want a hand?

534
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,160
Can you just hold the board?

535
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,280
Ah, great.
I'm terrified about carrying this.

536
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,640
30 seconds.

537
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,160
Is anything behind me?

538
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,880
My heart!

539
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,360
Oh, my God!

540
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,800
How is that even fitting?

541
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,120
That is tight. Wow! Ten!

542
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,280
Nine, eight...

543
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,360
..three, two, one.

544
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,800
Well done!

545
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:42,960
Aghhh!

546
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,240
Potters,
your amphora will be dried and fired

547
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,920
and we'll see you soon.
Well done. Potters, dismissed.

548
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,080
Ah, well done.

549
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,480
Well done, you two!

550
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,000
Amazing!

551
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,640
A little bit relieved,

552
00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,280
a little bit sad.

553
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,480
It's the last one.
It's the last build.

554
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,560
I didn't think I was gonna have
anything at one point.

555
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,200
But I think I retrieved it.

556
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,160
Hopefully, it will fire fine.

557
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,120
Anything can happen in
the next stage now,

558
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,160
the bisque firing.
I mean it is a big pot.

559
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,480
You know, I've put those handles on,

560
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,360
all the embellishments.
Any of that could crack.

561
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,560
I've just gotta pray that, you know,

562
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,920
the kiln gods are on my side
on this.

563
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,760
We can never have enough time.

564
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,440
I could've done with probably
another hour or two there.

565
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,600
I absolutely rushed making
these wee mini pinch pots

566
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,760
to look like popcorn
but I think it looks great.

567
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,160
Just have to hope it all

568
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,800
stays on now in the firing.

569
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,320
It's the final of
The Great Pottery Throw Down.

570
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,880
This is it? Let's do it.

571
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,120
And hidden under hessian is

572
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,440
the second challenge that'll help
decide our winner.

573
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,640
Steve, you need to give me
a fighting chance.

574
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,800
I'm going for it, I'm sorry.

575
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:51,840
I know, and me.

576
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,000
Here we go, here we go.

577
00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:00,280
Welcome back, potters,
to your very last second challenge,

578
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,160
and it is a throw down.

579
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,520
You will be throwing
the widest bowl you can

580
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,640
and the tallest, thinnest vase
you can.

581
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,320
Yeah.

582
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,760
Look at their faces!

583
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,640
And to show us how it's done,

584
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,080
thankfully we've Keith Brymer-Jones
here with us.

585
00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,640
Keith, take to the wheel.

586
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,680
OK. So you've got two balls of clay.

587
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,200
One ball of clay is two kilos,

588
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,000
and the other one is three.

589
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,320
The two kilo is for the tall,
thin form,

590
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,040
and you've only got one chance.

591
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,080
Yeah.

592
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,240
So you've got your clay centred.

593
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,000
You now just go down
and make your hole.

594
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,160
Pull it out, but don't pull it out
too much

595
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,960
because you want to make it as tall

596
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,440
and as thin as possible.

597
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:43,760
Slow the wheel down,

598
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,960
and then just start collaring in

599
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,480
that clay in one, continuous
movement.

600
00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,480
You really want to grab that clay

601
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,320
between your knuckle on the outside

602
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:55,160
and your fingers on the inside.

603
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,480
This is the stage where you
get your...

604
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,360
Sponge on a stick.

605
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,160
..and you're just gonna smooth off

606
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,560
those ribbing lines,

607
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,000
getting that nice, thin, long stem.

608
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,040
Probably need to remember
to breathe during that bit.

609
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,280
I think I just held my breath
at the same time.

610
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,320
Yeah, yeah.

611
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,680
So there you go.
That's the first form.

612
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,480
Get your other ball of clay
to make the bowl.

613
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,040
Oh, he just chucks it on.

614
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240
And it's almost exactly
the opposite of

615
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,600
the previous form.
We want a nice, wide,

616
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,600
open bowl. So, I'm bringing it out.

617
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,440
Just compressing that clay a bit,

618
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,760
and then collaring it up,

619
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,720
seeing how far I can stretch it out.

620
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,680
It's all about knowing when
to stop because it could collapse.

621
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,960
And if it collapsed,
can they restart again?

622
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,360
No. Ha-ha!

623
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,080
It's the final.

624
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:42,360
With my wooden template,

625
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,320
splay it out a bit more.

626
00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,520
Constantly looking at the profile.

627
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,160
I'm gonna stop there.

628
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,320
What Rich and I are looking
for is perfection.

629
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,080
Great. Thank you very much Keith.

630
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:56,760
Potters, back to your benches.

631
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,600
OK, now this is
going to be judged blind,

632
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,680
so guys, get outta here.

633
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,680
Good luck. Good luck, everyone.
Thank you.

634
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,080
OK, potters, you have been given...

635
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,720
..20 minutes to make your two items.

636
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,520
And your time starts now.
Remove the hessian.

637
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,320
It's quite a big piece of clay.

638
00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,920
My last throwing session didn't go
that well

639
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,200
so I'm gonna try
and prove myself here.

640
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,160
Didn't want it to be a throwing
challenge. But do you know what?

641
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,480
It's the last throwing challenge
I'm ever gonna do here.

642
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,560
I'm just gonna try my best.

643
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,960
Are you all doing the tall,
thin one first?

644
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,680
Yes. Yes. Yeah.

645
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,040
Correct.

646
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,520
Getting it centred,
consistent pulls.

647
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,240
Keeping the sides straight.

648
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,800
The whole thing is tricky.

649
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,080
Right, push at the base
to lift as much clay up.

650
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,720
Don't stop until you get to the top.

651
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,080
Ah.

652
00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:50,920
Why, is it...?

653
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,320
Because I pushed a little bit
too hard,

654
00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:54,480
so then I got a little twist.

655
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,680
But I've managed to fix that
a little bit.

656
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,080
I need to try and get the height

657
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,080
and then I'll start
to narrow it in.

658
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:01,360
I think the hardest thing is to try

659
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,360
and get it up
without the walls collapsing.

660
00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,440
It's not very straight.

661
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,120
Keith wants a thin neck

662
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,880
so I'm just gonna try
and thin this slightly.

663
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,960
Ten minutes gone, potters.
Ten minutes gone.

664
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,480
Oh.
You're halfway through already.

665
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,240
I don't want to spend too much
longer on this,

666
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,120
cos I think the bowl's gonna
take longer.

667
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,720
I'm being too tentative with
the clay

668
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,320
and I'm gonna give myself like
three minutes

669
00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:30,120
to throw my second pot
if I'm not careful.

670
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,040
Struggling a bit
with pushing this out.

671
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,160
How are you getting on?

672
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,320
OK, I think.

673
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:39,880
I'm going to try and start the bowl
now.

674
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:40,960
Oh, you're done with

675
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,560
your tall, thin? Yeah.

676
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,400
I'm still trying to get it up.

677
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,280
I really need to be moving onto
my wide bowl.

678
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,280
Right, I think that'll have to do.

679
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,520
It's no good if I've only got one,
is it?

680
00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:55,920
Eugghhh!

681
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,120
Oh, my God!

682
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,840
Right. I think I wonked it a bit

683
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,600
trying to get it off the wheel.

684
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,920
I can't get her off.

685
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,160
Oh, crumbs.

686
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,640
Pfff!

687
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,600
Oh! BLEEP!

688
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,000
I can't believe it!

689
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,080
Aghhh! Um, I took it off

690
00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,320
and it just dropped off. Oh!

691
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,040
So, yeah.

692
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:25,760
Not my fault.

693
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,600
I can't believe I just did that.

694
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,440
So bad!

695
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,480
Go!

696
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:33,880
Potters, you've five minutes left.

697
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:34,920
Agh!

698
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,320
You've got to focus on your very
wide bowl.

699
00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,120
Gonna have to work quickly.

700
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,720
I've gotta try and prove myself

701
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:41,800
with the bowl now.

702
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:42,840
I'm just trying to keep

703
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,480
the balance on the inside and the
outside.

704
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:46,880
Just making sure everything's even,

705
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,040
and don't make a hash

706
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,480
of taking it off the bat.

707
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:50,600
The wider I throw it,

708
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,280
the more risk it has of collapse.

709
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,360
I feel like it's going out

710
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,440
but it's not moving, is it?

711
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,960
Potters,
that's one minute remaining.

712
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,080
Oh, crumbs.

713
00:27:58,120 --> 00:27:59,760
That doesn't sound good, Natalie.

714
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,160
I feel like I'm taking it out,

715
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,600
but it's just not going out.

716
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:03,720
Get it out!

717
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:04,840
I'm not gonna do anything more

718
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,040
to it. I think it's wide enough.

719
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,160
You've gotta be careful

720
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,440
you don't push it too much.

721
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,120
30 seconds left, potters.

722
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,760
Stop shaking.

723
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,120
Steve, you haven't got time...

724
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,000
Just trying to do a bit of a fix.

725
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,000
But I don't think it's gonna work.

726
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,520
Ten, nine, eight...

727
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,600
It's out. I'm not going any more.

728
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,360
..five, four... Just terrible.

729
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,120
..three, two, one.

730
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,400
I'm happy with that.

731
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,920
Step away from your tall, skinny
and wide bowls.

732
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,320
Pfff!

733
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,680
Well done. That was fun.

734
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:33,920
Ah! BLEEP!

735
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,920
All right, bring them up to
your ware board, please.

736
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,600
Short and squat.

737
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,320
Keith and Rich will now judge
the potters' widest

738
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,080
and tallest thrown pieces.

739
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,560
Oh, lovely.

740
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,800
Look at this! Ooh!

741
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,840
And they have no idea whose
is whose.

742
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,600
Right, OK. This one here,

743
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,040
it's nicely finished off
on the sides, don't you think?

744
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,280
Very clean.

745
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:56,800
Could've been slightly taller

746
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,240
and slightly thinner at the top.

747
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,320
The bowl, it's not a bad shape.

748
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,440
You could have maybe pushed
a bit more out,

749
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,720
just underneath the belly of
the bowl.

750
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,120
Maybe a touch more of a clean
at the bottom.

751
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,040
But, yeah, really nice effort.

752
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,400
Wow, this one's tall.

753
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:13,520
It is. And very narrow.

754
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,760
Really good use of the clay.

755
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,120
Nice, clean surface.

756
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,320
Really lovely.
The bowl's really nice.

757
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,080
Slightly different shape to yours.

758
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,080
Yeah, but really nicely finished
off, though.

759
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,720
OK. Nice height on it,

760
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,760
just lost the centre of it.

761
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,080
It looks like the clay's
folded slightly

762
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,480
and they've had to recover it.

763
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,880
Yeah. But you know, you can see

764
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,880
the intent on really trying
to clean it up.

765
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,640
The bowl, nice and wide.

766
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,960
They've really splayed out that
form, haven't they? I like that.

767
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,880
The judges will now rank
the finalists from bottom to top.

768
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,080
In third place is this one.

769
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:48,200
Yeah. Natalie.

770
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,120
Really nicely finished off
but a bit on the short side

771
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:52,600
and your bowl, a bit narrow.

772
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,520
Could have been slightly wider.

773
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,280
So in second place...

774
00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:59,840
..this one.

775
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,560
Steve, really lovely bowl.

776
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,880
It's the widest out of all
three of them,

777
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,080
just lost a bit of control on that.

778
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,800
I was taking it off and it flopped
over, so...

779
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,080
Oh! I know. In the final as well.

780
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,840
I mean, a pot isn't finished
until you take it off the wheel.

781
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,400
So James, first.

782
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,600
Yeah. Yay! Well done. Thank you.

783
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,600
I am happy about that.
Potter Of The Week last week,

784
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,080
I won the second challenge.
I'm seeing a pattern here.

785
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,240
Maybe that'll continue.

786
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,440
Um, that would be great.

787
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,200
If your thing hadn't have
fallen over,

788
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,680
I think you'd have won that Steve.

789
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,480
Yeah, I'll never forgive myself
for that one.

790
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,560
Schoolboy error.
I need to really prove myself now,

791
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,280
so, yeah, bit of pressure here.

792
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,640
James kind of smashed it didn't he?
He totally did,

793
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,440
yeah.

794
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,320
Last in the second challenge.

795
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,600
I need my amphora decoration
to be epic.

796
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,960
It's day two of the final make.
The potters' amphoras,

797
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,360
having cooled down after their
fierce bisque firing, are now ready

798
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,840
to be decorated.

799
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,480
Right, let's do it.

800
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,880
This is it. This is it. Good luck
to the two of you, honestly.

801
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,040
I feel quite excited.

802
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,080
I can't wait to get in,
do what I enjoy.

803
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,240
It's the last time we're gonna
be decorating

804
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,680
and I want to make my last make
the nicest one yet.

805
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,640
But whether the potters have
something to decorate is

806
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,640
a surprise shrouded in hessian.

807
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:29,800
That moment revealing

808
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,840
the bisque firing never gets any
better really.

809
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,640
You know,
you're still really anxious.

810
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,400
And this is the final,
so it's gotta be perfect so...

811
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,840
I feel like I need
to give you both a cuddle.

812
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,520
Good luck.

813
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,720
I am nervous.
Anything could happen in the kiln.

814
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,560
Good luck darling. You'll do great.

815
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,640
My handles,
did I stick them on well enough?

816
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,680
Did I twizzle them all right?

817
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,040
No cracks would be delightful.

818
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:57,520
Just in one piece, please.

819
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,240
Welcome back, potters.

820
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,320
Your amphoras have been bisque-fired

821
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:11,120
and are ready for decoration.
For the very last time, judges...

822
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,920
You have created some delicate,

823
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,400
ornate detail, so use those glazes

824
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,120
and oxides wisely
to ensure that you make

825
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,760
the most of all that hard work.

826
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,720
Just take time to step back

827
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,880
and look at your amphora as a whole.

828
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,000
That'll help ensure that
the decoration remains coherent

829
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,320
and it brings all of the separate
elements together effectively.

830
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,000
OK, potters,

831
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,680
this is your very last chance
to impress the judges

832
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,120
with your decoration.

833
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,560
You have been given four
and a half hours

834
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,440
and your time starts now.

835
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,080
Potters, get decorating.

836
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:48,640
Eek!

837
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,440
Oh, cool!

838
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,840
Wow!

839
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,120
Oh, no.

840
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:00,600
How's it looking, Natalie?

841
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,840
Um, a tiny piece has fallen off from
the bottom.

842
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,400
Right. But I'm thrilled

843
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,440
the handle's relatively in one
piece.

844
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,280
How are you going, boys?

845
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,800
Happy. No grapes lost,
no leaves. So,

846
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,120
yeah, it's all still intact,
thankfully.

847
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,000
But not everyone has made it out
in one piece.

848
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,320
I've lost a handle.

849
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,000
I'm sorry, mate.

850
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,320
Yeah. There's not much
I can do about that.

851
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,000
But you know, I'm hoping
maybe, yeah,

852
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,200
maybe by some miracle I can pull it
back with the decoration.

853
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,720
So I just need to do that
to the best of my ability.

854
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,560
To help them breathe life into
their amphoras,

855
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,560
the potters have a table packed full
of colourful glazes and oxides.

856
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,680
I'm just gonna put some
yellow underglaze.

857
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,680
It's gonna be like
the background colour of the pot.

858
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,760
I'm gonna for kind of
a quite traditional look

859
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,600
but with contemporary animation
on it.

860
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,520
I've got a lot of little
illustrations that'll make up

861
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,240
the animation so there's going to be
a lot of work to do on it.

862
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,560
I'll be going at quite
a pace on this.

863
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,520
I'm using mainly underglazes
to paint all of the relief,

864
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,960
all of the sprigs.

865
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,840
It's going to take a while,
I reckon.

866
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,760
There's a lot of decoration.

867
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,000
I'm beginning with the side that
I'm doing black and white,

868
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,880
the dark side,
and then move onto the light.

869
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,880
And while Natalie and Steve
put paintbrush to pot,

870
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,680
James has opted to pick up
a pencil.

871
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,760
So I've just got some sketches
here of the skyline of Belfast

872
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,160
and I've got cake elements that
I want to put on there.

873
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,840
Once everything's sketched out
then the fun starts

874
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,040
with the different glazes and the
actual sort of decorating

875
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,800
and playing with colour.

876
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,240
Hello, James.

877
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,080
Hey, Rich. You all right?
How are you?

878
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,960
I'm OK... I can see...
..apart from the obvious.

879
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,160
Yeah, you've lost a handle, but...
Yeah.

880
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,440
..on the whole, everything bar
the handle looks lovely.

881
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,680
And, I mean, the thing is,
the handle is one element.

882
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,560
It's about the shape,
the adornments,

883
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,920
the decoration, and I mean,
we know you've got it

884
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,280
in you to create an
extraordinary surface.

885
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:56,440
Yeah.

886
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,440
Create something beautiful,
yeah? Thank you.

887
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,880
I've got every faith.

888
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,320
Cheers, I appreciate that.
Yeah.

889
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,560
Good luck with it James, yeah.
Thanks, Rich.

890
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,360
Potters, that's one hour gone,
one hour gone.

891
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:14,000
I'm just drawing some lines
on my pot using a laser.

892
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,960
It just makes sure that
I get nice, vertical lines.

893
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000
In each section,
there'll be an animation.

894
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,920
What I'm hoping will happen is when
I spin it on the wheel,

895
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,840
all the animation then moves around.

896
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,440
I've had to kind of prepare
quite a lot for this.

897
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,920
I am going onto the colourful side.

898
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,400
For the light side of the amphora,
I'm sticking to sunset colours -

899
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:32,880
reds, yellows, oranges.

900
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,600
My amphora represents two sides
of my life, opposites.

901
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,280
So meeting my wife,
we're very opposite,

902
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:40,760
opposites attract.

903
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,000
And theatre is a massive part
of my life.

904
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,440
So the theatre faces,
one's happy, one's sad.

905
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,400
But then also, I'm completely deaf
in my left ear.

906
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,920
I don't talk about it much,
it's not a thing but it's there.

907
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,640
And so I just wanted
to put that on.

908
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,880
I'm just painting the red stripes.

909
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,880
Typically, you would eat popcorn out
of a red and white cup.

910
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,120
It's got a lot of meaning
for me, popcorn.

911
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,400
My son, Art, one of his favourite
foods is popcorn.

912
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,600
Family is very important to me.

913
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,440
They're the only thing that
matter, really.

914
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,800
I didn't really understand when
you were saying about

915
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,240
the light and the dark -
I get it now.

916
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,440
I think it looks great.
You're going to win?

917
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,480
I'd...I'd love it. I'd love it.

918
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,160
But these boys are pretty amazing,
aren't they?

919
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,520
They are. But so, are you.

920
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,720
I've just finished drawing
out a bouncing ball.

921
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,680
The first initial thing you'll
learn in animation,

922
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:31,000
the bouncing ball.

923
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,360
So I'm doing the chicken now.

924
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,080
Chickens are quite close
to my heart, really,

925
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,120
cos I've animated quite a few
and I used to own chickens

926
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,120
many years ago, as well.

927
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,480
Have you got to get all of those
in the right order?

928
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,760
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
and also the same height

929
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,880
and exactly the same line,
as well.

930
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,760
Wow. No pressure...!

931
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,400
Potters, you've one hour left.

932
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:52,520
Ey.

933
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,200
It's the trophy, is it?

934
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,200
Huh, huh? Yeah, aha.

935
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,280
Very nice. Tempting, tempting.

936
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,120
Be lovely to be holding that at
the end.

937
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:01,920
I'm going to try and stay positive.

938
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,120
I want to put oxides into some
of the textures

939
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,400
and I would like to make the
handles black and white,

940
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,000
which is going to take
an awfully long time.

941
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,200
I want to see the chicken
jump up and down.

942
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,760
I do too. Yeah.

943
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,560
Pressure's on a little bit
with this.

944
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,960
Poor Buster's getting abducted
by aliens, God love him.

945
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000
The sponges are out.

946
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,520
I want to create a sort of dotted
ombre effect.

947
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,040
I don't want thick colour.

948
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,320
Looks great. Uh, slow...
Bit worried about the time.

949
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,400
Potters, half an hour left.

950
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,200
No, you're kidding?

951
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,200
There's still some feathers that
I need to finish

952
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:37,840
and get my handles done.

953
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,920
So, this is black manganese oxide.

954
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,120
I'm just ageing it slightly
with some red iron oxide.

955
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,560
I think it's working quite well.

956
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,960
Could do better.

957
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,520
It's what I used to get on my school
reports back in the day.

958
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,040
I'm just using the slip trailer
to add detail to

959
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,160
the illustrations.

960
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:59,000
The only thing that might help me
win this is the decoration.

961
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,200
How long have we got?
Ten minutes.

962
00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:04,160
I really, really need you to start
thinking about glazing.

963
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,360
Right.

964
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,400
Transparent glaze, while milky
in appearance when applied,

965
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,720
will create a glossy finish
and add pop

966
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,120
to the potters' decoration
once fired.

967
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,520
I've decided to brush on,
cos I want areas of matt,

968
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,760
areas of slight gloss -
to sort of maintain

969
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,160
that aged sort of effect.

970
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,520
Oh, God, this is heavy.

971
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,880
I mean this is really light,
this pot.

972
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,880
This is my handle. I'm just going to
go ahead and decorate it

973
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,000
and then hopefully I can just
glue the pieces

974
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,160
when they come out of the kiln.

975
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,320
Oh, you're going to do the lace?
I'm going to put a bit on.

976
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,400
This is just a bit
of fabric that I have.

977
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,000
Actually, it makes quite
a nice pattern.

978
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,360
Yeah!

979
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,160
Are you pleased with that?
Yeah, yeah.

980
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,200
Good, because you've only one
minute left.

981
00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:44,840
Oh, I can just do one more, then.

982
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,200
I just need to make sure there's
nothing on the base.

983
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,200
I can't see it.
Any glaze on there?

984
00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:51,400
No, I can't see any.

985
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,400
Ten seconds.
Oh!

986
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,320
Three, two, one,

987
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:58,960
put down the lace.

988
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,160
THEY LAUGH

989
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,640
Well done everybody.
Congratulations!

990
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:08,160
That is the end
of your final challenge.

991
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,720
God, that's it.
I've got sweaty hands.

992
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,480
It was a bit of a blur,
to be honest. Pretty chaotic.

993
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,840
I spent quite a lot of time on
the chicken and the animation.

994
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,640
The animation is a major part.

995
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,160
I don't know whether it will work.

996
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,520
If it doesn't, yeah,
I'm trying not to think about it,

997
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,560
cos there's a lot of things
that can go wrong.

998
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,840
Hey.

999
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,360
There's a lot of things that
I'm really happy with.

1000
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,760
I think it's quite eye catching.
But I just don't know.

1001
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,160
The competition's so strong,

1002
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,200
it might just come down to
the construction

1003
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,680
and that's where I kind
of fall short a wee bit.

1004
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,040
So, I have your handle.
OK, great.

1005
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,200
I just have to hope
the decoration is enough.

1006
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,480
I'm really happy
with what I achieved.

1007
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,880
Ohh. Love the colours.

1008
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,960
Even though the little bit had
fallen off,

1009
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,640
it's not a handle,
it's not half of the handle,

1010
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,000
so it's possible I could
be the winner.

1011
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,040
I'm hoping, anyway!

1012
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,320
It's judgment day.

1013
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,800
The amphoras have undergone
their final firing

1014
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,880
and for the potters,
there's nothing more they can do.

1015
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,560
Yeah, I'm feeling anxious today,
as always.

1016
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,080
There's a lot of heart
and soul gone into that piece

1017
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,440
but, you know, you never know what
it's going to look like.

1018
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,960
I took a few risks.

1019
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,560
I can't wait to see yours spinning.

1020
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:26,920
Talk about pressure.

1021
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,560
The animation, I hope it works.

1022
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,360
Obviously, I had a couple of
issues with my make,

1023
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,720
you know, so that's just
in the back of my mind.

1024
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,680
I don't know if that's taken me
out of the running

1025
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:36,680
but the handle aside,

1026
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,200
yeah, I'm sad that it's coming to
an end now.

1027
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:42,520
Knowing that it's the last time I'm
going to walk those stairs,

1028
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,560
there's quite a few emotions
going on.

1029
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,960
Of course, there's things that I
know I could've done better

1030
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,920
but I just want to be proud
of my amphora.

1031
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:52,440
Oh, look.

1032
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:53,840
HE GASPS

1033
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,560
Oh, wow.

1034
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,280
Well, well, well,
look who we have here,

1035
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:17,920
our three finalists with their
three magnificent amphoras.

1036
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,840
Will we start the judging?
Yeah.

1037
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,160
Steve, bring your Greek amphora up
to the judges, please.

1038
00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:36,960
Well, Steve...
HE EXHALES HEAVILY

1039
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,120
..it's really
rather wonderful.

1040
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,960
The form, oh!

1041
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
I just want to hug it.
It's so voluptuous.

1042
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,760
Make love to it.
THEY LAUGH

1043
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,680
The joins between the sections
are seamless. Mm.

1044
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,800
You've retained that fluidity right
the way through the form.

1045
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,640
I love this, the vines.

1046
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,520
The handles are really sturdy,
there's no cracks at all.

1047
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,600
And what we've seen from you
over the last ten weeks

1048
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,560
is amazing illustration.

1049
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,160
You've just got the most wonderful
detail in the decoration.

1050
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,240
I mean, I don't know how you got
that much done.

1051
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,680
I'm desperate to see if it does
actually work.

1052
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:15,560
Well, let's spin it.
I want to see this chicken.

1053
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:16,840
Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.

1054
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,320
You ready?
Let's go. Good luck.

1055
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,520
OK. I'm going to start it up.

1056
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,680
I don't know if I've ever
felt so tense.

1057
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,160
No, I know.

1058
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,640
It needs to go a bit faster
I think. Yeah.

1059
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,600
I'm going to keep going.

1060
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:44,320
Yeah, yeah, we're really close.

1061
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,120
Yeah, there we go,
we've got it. The kangaroos,

1062
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,920
the ball and the chicken are
all working perfectly.

1063
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,280
HE EXHALES SHARPLY
Oh, God. That was tense.

1064
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,400
Fantastic. Well done, Rich.

1065
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,120
Sssh-aah.

1066
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,560
I need to go and have a lie down
somewhere for a minute.

1067
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,200
Well done.

1068
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:03,920
Thank you.

1069
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,440
Great job, Steve.

1070
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,200
Pfff.

1071
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:09,880
I'm shaking.

1072
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,640
Natalie, if you would please bring
your amphora up to the judges.

1073
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,200
Well, the first thing I notice,
Natalie, is it's quite big.

1074
00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:29,120
THEY LAUGH

1075
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,760
It says ambition all over it,

1076
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,200
which is what we've seen from
you throughout...

1077
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:35,640
Ha!

1078
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,520
..this whole ten weeks.

1079
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,120
And what a fitting vessel
to leave us with.

1080
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,720
It's bright, it's gregarious,
it's fun.

1081
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:47,320
Just the volume of work you've got
into this amphora is incredible.

1082
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:48,640
You've been very ambitious.

1083
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,480
I mean, the handles,
my goodness.

1084
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,280
I don't think I would have been
brave enough to tackle

1085
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,120
a handle in that way.

1086
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,960
But the moment you started twisting
those handles onto that form,

1087
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,320
it just created the line of
the pot.

1088
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,000
You've got the odd hairline crack.

1089
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,240
Yeah. But considering they're
twisted, they leave the pot,

1090
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,120
they're joined on in multiple areas,

1091
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,160
it's a miracle you've only got
those two minor cracks.

1092
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,040
But you've got a big crack there
where this

1093
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,280
throwing piece was attached
to the coil.

1094
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,000
It was tough to save that.

1095
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,880
You did so well.
Yeah. You did.

1096
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,120
So well to retrieve that situation.

1097
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,360
Quite frankly, that's...

1098
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,200
..you know,
that's the mark of a good maker.

1099
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:25,920
You press on, you plough on.

1100
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,040
And it's only finished when
you open that kiln door.

1101
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,920
So, well done.
An amazing build, really. Thank you.

1102
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,520
Thank you very much.
Thanks, Natalie.

1103
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,000
Thank you. Thank you.
Cheers, lovey. Thank you.

1104
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,440
James, would you please bring your
Greek amphora up to the judges?

1105
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,840
It's absolutely wonderful, lovey.

1106
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,920
The depth and character is
just incredible.

1107
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,040
These bits of popcorn,
they're wonderful. Yeah.

1108
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,960
I want to lick and eat clay...
Steady.

1109
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,320
..ceramics, at the best of times.

1110
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,440
But the popcorn!
Yeah.

1111
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,640
It's, like, mind-blowing.

1112
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,880
The bravery to scale it up.

1113
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:23,760
Yeah. With the confidence that it
will still look

1114
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,680
so immediately recognisable.

1115
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:29,760
James, you are so, so talented.

1116
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,000
I'm in massive admiration of you.

1117
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:33,960
It looks like a piece of pop art.

1118
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,520
You've managed to marry
a classic shape,

1119
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,160
thousands of years old,

1120
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,040
with your life but in
a pop art style.

1121
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,560
It's wonderful.

1122
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:44,400
What happened here, though?
I know.

1123
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,160
How did you attach the handle?

1124
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,920
Yeah, I...I did slip and score.
I think.

1125
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,680
Stop shouting at him.
No, I know, cos I'm annoyed.

1126
00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:51,760
Ahh! I'm annoyed. I'm annoyed.
I'm stressed.

1127
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,840
Because it's just a wonderful,
wonderful piece.

1128
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,680
Yeah. Yeah.
And that bloody handle.

1129
00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:56,880
I know, yeah.

1130
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,920
But you can't let it take away
from the fact that it is

1131
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,240
an extraordinary pot.

1132
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:03,920
You should be really proud of it.

1133
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:05,280
Thanks.

1134
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,120
Well done, James.
Thank you, darling.

1135
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,120
Well done, mate.
Cheers.

1136
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,040
HE SIGHS

1137
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,400
I probably couldn't have asked
for better feedback, I think,

1138
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,200
all things considered.

1139
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,600
Yeah, I feel...I feel good.
I feel good after that.

1140
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,120
It's really nice to hear.

1141
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,920
Apart from the handles,
they absolutely loved it.

1142
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:29,200
So, it does feel like there is
a possibility that I could win.

1143
00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:31,360
So... I think any of us could win.

1144
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,880
I wanted to get all of the
elements of me in

1145
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,800
and I do think I did that.

1146
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:42,600
But whether I've actually done
enough today, I'm not sure.

1147
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,680
It worked. Gosh, that was a relief.

1148
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:49,600
I put my heart and soul into this
so I'm hoping I've done enough.

1149
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,520
Just got to see now. I mean,
it's...it's going to be close.

1150
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,560
Really close.

1151
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,160
Have we got a three-sided coin?

1152
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,520
HE CHUCKLES

1153
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,520
It might come to that. Mm.

1154
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,360
Don't envy you.

1155
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,000
Mm. Pfff.

1156
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,080
Your faces by the end.

1157
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:09,600
They're not much better now, lads.

1158
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,400
It's meant to be a celebration
but I feel so stressed.

1159
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,600
I caught you crying in
the loo just now. I know, I know.

1160
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,400
I'm being flippant but you're...
..you're in trouble, aren't you?

1161
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,440
I don't think we've ever
had a year where we've had

1162
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:20,760
such an even playing field.

1163
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,360
I know.
I mean, James' was extraordinary.

1164
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,000
Incredible. His observational skills
with that popcorn and the UFO.

1165
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,200
He had lovely slip trailing,

1166
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:31,920
brushwork that he'd pared back.

1167
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:35,760
He integrates all of those different
techniques so well.

1168
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,760
Except for that bloody handle.

1169
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,720
The handle is the proverbial spanner
in the works.

1170
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,800
He came first in
the second challenge.

1171
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,080
He did. He did. He did.

1172
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:47,160
Natalie doesn't have giant popcorn

1173
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,600
but I think that's probably the
only thing she doesn't have!

1174
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:54,240
Yes. Natalie's amphora felt like
a joyous celebration

1175
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,040
of everything meaningful in
her life.

1176
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,000
There was just areas where it
felt a bit untidy,

1177
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,160
the cracks through the handles,
there was a big stress crack

1178
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,520
around the inside.

1179
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,640
And then you've got Steve, but...
No cracks.

1180
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,200
It's a glorious amphora.

1181
00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:07,880
And he's given us
amazing illustrations.

1182
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,480
And that added element of
the animation was reliant on

1183
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,400
the fluidity of that form
and he did a fantastic job.

1184
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,800
OK, so we...we've concluded nothing
by talking about Steve.

1185
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:18,640
I mean, Steve came second in the
second challenge, so.

1186
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,560
He came second in the second
challenge. You know?

1187
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:21,680
Oh. Yeah.

1188
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:25,960
I think I feel more confused now
than when we started.

1189
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,320
Yeah. But I guess it just
comes down -

1190
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,520
what hits you in the heart?
What hits you in the heart?

1191
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:31,800
Yeah, a-absolutely.

1192
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,080
That's...that's a really good way
of putting it.

1193
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,120
That's what we look at, isn't it?
Yeah.

1194
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,280
That's what gets me emotional
it's that,

1195
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:41,720
looking at what, what gets you in
the heart.

1196
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,320
I think I know now.
Yeah? Do you?

1197
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,400
I think I... I think I'm with you.
I do think I'm with you, yeah.

1198
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:51,760
GLEEFUL CHEERS

1199
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,600
Ah, there they are.

1200
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,520
As our finalists await
the judges' decision,

1201
00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,600
their family, friends and the past
potters are here to cheer them on.

1202
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,000
Oh, it's amazing.
It's amazing.

1203
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,640
It's a absolute whirlwind
and it looks gorgeous as well. Yeah.

1204
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:07,200
Brilliant. What an atmosphere.

1205
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:09,640
And you've trimmed up.
All your fancy lights.

1206
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:15,280
Ah, it's lovely to be back
and, yeah, wait to see who's won.

1207
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:16,480
Ohh!

1208
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,360
I've been Team Steve since week one.

1209
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:19,880
He's a master craftsman.

1210
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,640
Natalie, I had my eye on her from
when we were throwing the raku,

1211
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,520
it was just so beautiful.

1212
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,880
My money's on James winning.
James is formidable, in't he?

1213
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:29,400
They're all phenomenal.

1214
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,800
I can't call it.
I feel sorry for the judges.

1215
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:34,720
THEY CHEER

1216
00:49:41,720 --> 00:49:47,520
Hello, everyone and a very,
very warm welcome to you all,

1217
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:50,800
to our final, can you believe it?

1218
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,240
OK then, the moment we've all
been waiting for.

1219
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:57,240
Please give a very warm welcome
to our three finalists -

1220
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,160
James, Natalie and Steve!

1221
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,240
THEY CHEER

1222
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,280
Go on, love!

1223
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,640
JUDGES LAUGH

1224
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:14,720
Hello, potters, and congratulations
on making it to the final.

1225
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:16,720
Your work has been extraordinary,

1226
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:19,320
you should be so proud
of yourselves.

1227
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,240
Now, the results are in.

1228
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,240
The judges have made their decision.

1229
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:25,880
They did not enjoy making
this decision

1230
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:28,160
and that's a testament
to your extraordinary ability,

1231
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,400
so well done, potters.

1232
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:34,840
This year's winner of The Great
Pottery Throw Down is...

1233
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:45,880
..James.

1234
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:47,880
THEY CHEER

1235
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,840
Well done, mate. Yeah!

1236
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:55,520
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

1237
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,160
Well done, mate. I can't believe it.
Well done.

1238
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,080
Yeah! I can't believe it.

1239
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:04,920
You did it mate, you did it.

1240
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:09,880
Oh...Oh, my God.

1241
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,760
Well done, James.
Well done, lovey. Well done.

1242
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,280
Keith, thank you so much.

1243
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,400
Oh, Siobhan, I can't believe it.

1244
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,000
Congratulations, you marvellous man.

1245
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:21,800
Thank you so much.

1246
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,880
I can't believe it.
I won.

1247
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,560
I won.

1248
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,080
Ah!

1249
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,200
I am not surprised,
not a bit surprised.

1250
00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:36,720
THEY CRY

1251
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,120
Seems like a fairy tale.

1252
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,400
And seeing my family there as well,
for them to experience that moment

1253
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,080
with me, you know, was just really,
really special.

1254
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,200
We're so proud of you.

1255
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:47,880
I've met some incredible people.

1256
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,320
Met some amazing potters
and we're going to be in touch

1257
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,560
for a long time, you know,
it's just lovely.

1258
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,920
Oh, well done. Yours was amazing.
Love it! Thank you.

1259
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,640
It would be fantastic to have
won it but, you know,

1260
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,040
the best potter won
and that was James.

1261
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:04,000
Well deserved. So happy for him.

1262
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,040
They deserved it.
I knew it.

1263
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,080
I'm super-proud of myself.

1264
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,800
Having the family here,
making them proud, you know,

1265
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,760
I didn't ever think that
I would get to the final.

1266
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,640
James absolutely deserves the win.

1267
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,280
He makes his pieces from
the heart, you know?

1268
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:23,640
I am utterly thrilled for him.

1269
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:27,480
Rich, thank you so much.
So well deserved man, honestly.

1270
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,920
Amazing, amazing work.

1271
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,240
Wow, that was a toughie.

1272
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:33,840
It was so incredibly close.

1273
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,520
So ultimately,
we went with our heart

1274
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:40,040
and James' amphora was incredible.

1275
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:42,480
We had to see past that handle

1276
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:46,160
because what he presented
to us was just extraordinary

1277
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,720
and he is a fitting winter.

1278
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:50,920
When you get touched like that,
in the heart,

1279
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:52,320
cracks go out of the window.

1280
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,840
It was just such a wonderful,
expressive,

1281
00:52:55,880 --> 00:53:00,000
honest, heartfelt message
coming through his work

1282
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,880
and we love him for it.

1283
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:04,640
It's just an absolutely
dream come true to win.

1284
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:06,920
It's just the perfect ending to this
sort of chapter in my life now,

1285
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:09,600
you know, and just move forward
with pottery.

1286
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,760
You're amazing.
Thank you, Keith, honestly.

1287
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,520
It's just been life-changing.

1288
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,840
Yeah, it's been life-changing
being on the show. It really has.

1289
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,640
You're all I Need To Get by
by Aretha Franklin

1290
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,320
Three, two, one.

1291
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:14,760
I can't.

1292
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:24,680
If you'd like to apply for
the next series

1293
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:26,520
of The Great Pottery Throw Down,

1294
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,760
visit channel4.com/takepart.

1295
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,800
Meanwhile, Keith and Marj
are back...

1296
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:36,160
Ah-argh!

1297
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:37,400
Brilliant.

1298
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:40,360
..taking on the next chapter of
their audacious build...

1299
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,800
This will take a bit of
jiggery and pokery, I think.

1300
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:46,600
..with a new series of
Our Welsh Chapel Dream...

1301
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:50,040
It doesn't have to be conventional,
it doesn't have to be for everyone.

1302
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,280
We've got a bathroom with a drinks
trolley in it.

1303
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:53,760
HE LAUGHS

1304
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:55,600
..coming soon on Channel 4.

1305
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,400
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