Documentary television programme about Staffordshire ceramic artists Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Rhead. Originally broadcast as four episodes on Channel Four Television in the UK. Describes the career of Charlotte Rhead, who came from a famous family of designers and who perfected the technique of tube-lining. Mary Harper recalls her working days as a painter for Charlotte Rhead. Looks at the work of Clarice Cliff, and highlights the role of the art school system in the potteries with particular reference to the Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent. A reunion was held for the women who worked with Clarice Cliff, many of whom had not met since their working days in the 1920s and 1930s. Looks at the women who worked for Clarice Cliff, including Peggy Davies who later became famous for her work as a modeller of Royal Doulton figures. Susie Cooper still works as a design consultant for Wedgewood. Many years ago she set up her own factory to produce ware with a fitness for function, in which shape and decoration grew logically from each other. She also adapted and developed new techniques for decoration such as aerographing and graffito.