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Fake Or Fortune?

Fake Or Fortune? is a TV show on ABC. Fake or Fortune? is a British TV series about the provenance and attribution of notable artworks from all over the world. It was created by the well-known English art dealer and art historian Philip Mould, by whose book Sleuth the show was inspired, and producer Simon Shaw. Mould himself presents the program and is joined by British journalist, news reader, and television presenter Fiona Bruce. The research of the works and the accompanying forensic analysis are carried out by various fine arts specialists throughout the series. Since Fake or Fortune? aired on BBC One for the first time in 2011, the show has drawn audiences in excess of five million viewers, giving it the highest viewership for a arts show in the United Kingdom. The program has been available since 2022. A total of 9 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2024.

Last broadcast:22/02/2024 at 21:49Genres:Series

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Fake Or Fortune?

22/02/2024

Season 10, Episode 4 - Flemish Old Master

Could an epic Old Master depicting Christ in a church in Port Glasgow be a lost masterpiece by one of the great painters of Northern Renaissance Art, or is it a much lesser work? (Final)

Season 10

Season 10, Episode 3 - Sisley

15/02/2024

Americans Kim and Chuck believe their landscape painting is by one of the founders of impressionism, Alfred Sisley. Can the team help them build a case and prove its authenticity?

Season 10, Episode 2 - Modigliani

08/02/2024

Henrietta Sitwell inherited a sketch she believed to be by the 20th century artist Amedeo Modigliani, but she's been told it might not be genuine. Can the team find some answers?

Season 10, Episode 1 - Nicholson

01/02/2024

Could a wall painting in a Surrey cottage be by celebrated British artist, Ben Nicholson? Master in a Glasgow church?

Season 9

Season 9, Episode 4 - A King's Last Supper

25/01/2024

Anglesey farmer Huw Lewis bought a small painting depicting the Last Supper for 50 pounds on the internet. Can the team prove it's an 18th century work by the artist Benjamin West?

Season 9, Episode 3 - Landseer

18/01/2024

The team investigate a powerful scene of the aftermath of battle; could it be a work by celebrated Victorian artist Edwin Landseer, thought to be destroyed by a flood in 1928?

Season 9, Episode 2 - Gerome

11/01/2024

In 1999 Jon Swihart believed he'd bought a genuine work by the 19th century Orientalist artist Jean-Leon Gerome but the leading authority disagreed. Can the team prove Jon right?

Season 9, Episode 1 - A Sculpture In The Brambles

04/01/2024

A sculpture found in the long grass of a Norfolk home bears striking similarities to the work of Henry Moore. Could it be a lost work by one of the greatest 20th century artists?

Season 8

Season 8, Episode 1 - The Lost Gainsborough

22/11/2022

The team investigate an 18th century landscape that could be a lost work by of one of the biggest names in British art, Thomas Gainsborough. Will they be able to convince an expert that it is a landscape by the great artist?

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