It was the very first task on the first episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down that Keith Brymer Jones did something unusual for a telly judge: he started crying.
Tears have now become his hallmark - the equivalent of a Paul Hollywood appreciation handshake on Bake Off.
But it's little wonder the presenter is so emotional as he reveals a background of tough love, his battle with dyslexia, seeing his grandfather die and finding his beloved mum dead.
