The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down

The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down
Based onThe Great Pottery Throw Down by Love Productions
Directed byDarrell Faria
Presented byJennifer Robertson
ComposerOrin Issacs
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
ProducerElvira Kurt
Production companiesPoint Grey Pictures
Frantic Films
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseFebruary 8 (2024-02-08) –
April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)
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The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down is a Canadian reality competition television series, premiered on CBC Television on February 8, 2024.[1] Adapted from the British series The Great Pottery Throw Down, the series is a pottery competition to find Canada's best potter.

The show is hosted by Jennifer Robertson, with Brendan Tang and Natalie Waddell as judges. Actor Seth Rogen, himself an amateur potter, appeared as a guest judge, as well as being an executive producer of the series.[2] The show was filmed in Granville Island, an area of Vancouver with an industrial past and currently occupied by many artists, at the former site of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

On the finale, which aired 4 April 2024, Jen Sonnenberg was declared the winner.[3] The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down was not renewed for another season.[4]

  1. ^ "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Jesse Whittock, "Seth Rogen Set As Guest Judge & Executive Producer Of ‘The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down’, Jennifer Robertson To Host" Archived 2023-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. Deadline Hollywood, October 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "CBC Manitoba: We have a winner for the Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down…and they're Manitoban!". UM Today. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Gheciu, Alex Nino (May 23, 2024). "Allan Hawco, Snotty Nose Rez Kids among familiar names behind upcoming CBC lineup". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 25, 2024.