The Great Pottery Throw Down

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Season 4
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. i
    Reviewed by: Gwendolyn Smith
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    McSweeney fast proved herself more than up for the presenting gig, exuding the perfect blend of warmth and wit along with the requisite command of Bake Off-inspired innuendo. However, it was less clear as to whether the show was worthy of McSweeney. Throw Down tends towards the eye-rollingly saccharine.
  2. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 11, 2021
    60
    The judge Keith Brymer Jones wept over the cheese sets and port chalices, while throwing the crap ones in a bucket. The contestants also wept. It's a wonder their clay ever dried out.
  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Jan 11, 2021
    40
    There is no drama involved, unless you count judge Keith Brymer Jones bursting into tears at the sight of the first pot. The contestants cried too. I didn’t cry, perhaps because my mind kept drifting back to Pooch Perfect and wondering whether there are any more sub-Bake Off ideas left once you’ve stooped to dog haircuts.