I quite liked it - in that I love ceramics and seeing the different interpretations of the bowl brief was interesting.
But I don't see why it needed to be showhorned into the bakeoff/sewing bee format - it didn't really work. As a PP sais -t eh egg cups were judged purely on quantity - some were total rubbish but as longas they had a base and roughly stood up they counted - absolutely not the way any one would ever work if the were going to make egg cups.
Similarly with the mug handles - the woman who didn't finish automatically came last although others had made far clumsier or less well executed handles - bonkers.
Not mad about the man judge - when he;s not crying, he's shouting !
I think maybe each week they could do a brief similar to the bowl challenge, then a very technical piece - showing a specific technique, and a free piece - either thrown or sculpted, - and they could all be done in stages over the course of say a week - while one is drying you start on the next etc.
Cut out the against the clock stuff.
Having said that, there are some very talented people there and it was really nice seeing what they produced. I liked the chap with the side burns and farming lady.