Liza Tarbuck will host a brand new five-part series, The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down , it has been announced, marking one of her first roles since quitting her Radio 2 gig last month.

A collaboration between Channel 4 and Love Productions, the show will invite six celebrities – each with little to no pottery experience – to take on a series of challenges.

Actor, presenter and author Tarbuck, 61, will be cheering on stars including comedian and actor Lucy Beaumont, actor and author Fatiha El-Ghorri; comedian and podcaster Richard Herring; football legend and pundit Paul Merson ; actor Layton Williams ; and actor and presenter Denise Van Outen.

In a twist on the popular original series, there will be no weekly elimination.…