What time is The Great Pottery Throw Down 2017 FINAL on BBC Two tonight, who is presenting and what'

GLAZY days are upon us as second series of The Great Pottery Throw Down reaches the final stage on BBC Two.

Host Sara Cox and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Kate Malone are back in Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, guiding us through to the last stage of the popular sister show to The Great British Bake Off.

It started with 10 amateur potters from across the country bidding to be named Top Potter over the course of the competition on their way to hopefully winning the grand final.

There have been also, of course, lots of smaller challenges along the way, and each week they have to complete a speedy Throw Down and Spot Test as well as their  Main Make.

Here's what else you need to know about the latest series of The Great Pottery Throw Down...

When is the show on?

Episode eight of series two is on TONIGHT, March 23, at 8pm on BBC Two.

The programme has now reached the final stage. If you miss tonight's episode it will be available on iPlayer later.

Week eight sees the potters tackling one of the trickiest tasks yet - to make as many Japanese lanterns as they can in 10 minutes.

For the spot test, the finalists must sculpt the torso of special guest Sylvain Longchambon. And for their main make, Kate Malone and Keith Brymer Jones will ask them to make a pair of identical, fully functioning light features.

Who are the host and the judges?

Along with returning host Sara Cox and judges Keith Brymer Jones and Kate Malone, ceramics designer Emma Bridgewater appeared as a guest judge this series.

Emma created her eponymous company in 1985 after a failed search for a birthday gift for her mum.

Now it's one of the largest pottery manufacturers based entirely in the UK.

The three finalists are Ryan, Clover and Richard.

Who were the contestants at the start of the series?

The potters this year include:

Cáit (that's pronounced KAW-itch), 31, who was born in Zimbabwe to Irish parents but grew up largely in Scotland.

Cáit comes from a family of Quakers and describes herself as an "adrenaline junkie".

Carole, 63, from Hertfordshire, a mum of two and salsa dancer who calls herself the "dancing potter" - eliminated in episode one.

Clover, 33, who grew up in a small town in China and moved to Wales as an adult to study accounting.

She loves reading and illustrating comics, and signed up for a pottery class after a character spoke of the "magic" of the craft.

Daniel, 55, a mortgage adviser who was born in Sydney but moved to the UK at age three - eliminated in episode two.

He makes pottery in a corner of his garage, which he shares with his daughter's two bunnies.

Elaine, 55, from Buckinghamshire, a mum of two who recently retired from the family banana import business.

Freya, 24, who lives in London with her identical twin sister.

Freya grew up helping out at her dad's pottery workshop, and studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

James, 25, from Newcastle, who has a degree in glass and ceramics and likes to integrate scrap materials into his pottery.

Nam, 27, a cage fighter and kick boxer who was born in Vietnam but moved to London at age four.

Nam is a self-styled "ceramic Banksy", who leaves pottery around London for locals to discover.

Richard, 53, from Oxfordshire, a pub landlord who started potting 15 years ago when his ex-wife dragged him to a class.

Ryan, 30, from Suffolk, a London-based model who has a pottery studio in his gran's garden.

He's the least experienced of the group, having started potting just two years ago.

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