Who is Richard Parker? The Great Pottery Throw Down finalist and pub landlord – here’s all you need to know
THE Great Pottery Throw Down would be nothing without a few saucy innuendos.
And this year it's been pub landlord Richard Parker who's taken on the pun challenge - saying of his fellow contestant, accountant Clover Lee: "I liked her jugs tremendously."
Cheeky Richard has made it all the way to the final.
Here's everything you need to know about the joker in the pack on this year's Great Pottery Thrown Down.
Who is Richard Parker?
Richard is an Oxfordshire lad who runs the Elephant and Castle Pub in Banbury.
The 53-year-old lives with his partner and four kids.
He's been potting for 15 years - ever since his ex-wife Rita dragged him along to an evening class to make up the numbers.
Richard was instantly hooked, and even has a home studio in one of the pub's outhouses.
Most of his work is replica 15th to 17th century replica items, which Richard shares with friends and gives away as gifts.
What are Richard Parker's hobbies?
As well as pottery, Richard is a lover of history and English civil war enthusiast.
He has been a member of The Sealed Knot, the biggest 17th Century battle re-enactment society in Europe, since his early 20s.
Speaking to the , Richard said: "I've always loved history. It is our heritage. We have some of the best stories and battles.
"I'm committed to history and go along to major battle sites in Great Britain. You get a good idea of the problems they had when you take part in a re-enactment.
"If your side lost the battle you know you are going to get it."
Speaking to the paper back in 2000, Richard explained that he had a large variety of replica clothes, tools, tents and weapons from the 17th century.
He added: "I'm a one for weapons. I must have a good dozen different sorts of implements to inflict torture."
Richard listed torture implement thumbscrews, swords, axes, knives and clubs among his collection of weapons.
While he said he had been killed more times than he could remember, and had even been "decapitated" at war.
