The Great Pottery Throwdown is back.

I wanted both James and Steve to win! Natalie is very talented too.

Unlike other similar programmes I feel TGPT is close to perfection. The contestants seem to genuinely get on and I love the way they often help each other.

Siobhan makes friends with everybody and is as daft as a brush without being cringey. She obviously takes her role very seriously as is always supportive.

Rich is just lovely and very attractive. He genuinely wants the contestants to do their best and build up their skills.

Keith is a one off. His passion for his craft and his emotional investment in the contestants shine through every episode.
He also has a very off beat sense of humour; look up his 'tribute' to Adele if you want to see for yourself.

BlueBelle

I did love it but I m starting to find it so predicable why do stars if they get a positive about something keep doing it It was nice to see Keith get emotional once or twice now it’s just silly to cry every time, same with the splodging one item into the bucket
I just wish it was less choreographed as they make some beautiful things
I wonder where Rose has gone

I agree, all the crying has got out of hand.I may be on my own here ( comfortable with that) but I cannot stand Siobhan at all.
The actual pottery making, interesting as usual.

I read that Siobhan is tipped to be the host of the Irish version of The Traitors. I think a good choice.

I think Siobhan is great. She has just the right blend of friendliness without being intrusive. And while there are some funny “rude” moments - it was while before Natalie’s vegetable lamp looked like beetroot!!! - she doesn’t overdo the innuendo - sometimes just a wry look to camera.

Totally agree, Silverbrooks!

Steve's was very clever, but you would have to have it on a rotating base and spin it every time you passed it to get the proper effect. (I would spin it & it would fall off and shatter )

Natalie's was a bit messy - and the handles didn't really look like handles.

They were all worthy finalists and it's been one of the best seasons.

I always think that Keith & his partner's "quirkiness" are the sort of Grayson & Phillipa Perry equivalent of the pottery world. Looking forward to seeing how how the Chapel has come on but will miss my weekly pottery fix.

Agreed, ferry23.

When I started to watch Our Welsh Chapel Dream, I realised that Marj Hogarth reminds me very much of Phillipa Perry.

Grayson's Art Club was one of my TV highlights during lockdown.

Marj also resembles a younger Dawn French. I must admit I had assumed that Keith was gay, but they make a lovely couple.

Silverbrooks

Agreed, ferry23.

When I started to watch Our Welsh Chapel Dream, I realised that Marj Hogarth reminds me very much of Phillipa Perry.

Grayson's Art Club was one of my TV highlights during lockdown.

Oh me too Silverbrooks - Grayson Perry is so joyous and unashamedly himself - "gender rigid" is how he describes himself.

I've always had a secret desire for him to be my best friend!

Really went off the pottery programme this time I think it’s got so familiar now that you know almost word for word what Keith is going to say and fed up with ‘celebrities’ building houses doing gardens or going on free expensive holidays to make a programme
I m with you Oreao Siobhan gets on my nerves I wouldn’t bother watching a show she hosted but then I m not a Greyson Perry fan either seems an attention seeker a bit like Eddie, the undecided, Izzard
I like people who are real, down to earth and have enough personality to keep you interested in what they have to say and do without needing to draw attention by trying to ‘be different’

By the way I think Keith is a very talented potter and rather a nice chap but obviously limited in his ability as a host