Fake or Fortune? Episode Rating Graph
Jun 2011 - present
Jun 2011 - present
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Browse episode ratings trends for Fake or Fortune?. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Fake or Fortune?'s 47 episodes.
S12 Ep4
10.0
17th Oct 2024
Owner Sally Green believes her landscape painting is by one of the forefathers of impressionism, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Can the team gather new evidence to prove its authenticity?
S12 Ep2
8.5
3rd Oct 2024
Artist and dealer David Taylor believes his saleroom punt is a work by one of Canada’s most celebrated impressionists, Helen McNicoll. Can the team help prove it's the real thing?
S12 Ep1
8.5
26th Sep 2024
American artist Jeffrey Kroll believes his flower picture is by one of the pioneers of abstract art, Piet Mondrian. Can the team help him build a case and prove its authenticity?
S11 Ep4
8.5
17th Oct 2023
Could a mysterious canvas covered in white paint be hiding a lost painting by one of the most important painters of the 20th century, Armenian-American artist Arshile Gorky?
S11 Ep3
8.5
10th Oct 2023
Could two simple sketches be by great French artists Pissarro and Cezanne? The team set out to gather evidence to prove they’re genuine.
S10 Ep1
8.5
23rd Aug 2022
When Ian and Julie moved into their Surrey cottage nearly 20 years ago, they discovered a curious wall painting in one of the bedrooms. They had no idea who put it there. Julie wanted to get rid of it as it didn't match her decor plans, while their four-year-old wanted to colour it in with her crayons.
S9 Ep4
8.3
18th Aug 2021
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?
S11 Ep1
8.1
26th Sep 2023
A sculpture found at a car-boot sale in Essex bears striking similarities to the work of Elisabeth Frink. Can the team prove it’s part of an edition sculpted by her in the 1950s?
S9 Ep1
8.1
28th Jul 2021
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?
S2 Ep1
8.1
16th Sep 2012
Fiona and Philip examine a painting that owner Patrick Rice thinks is by Edgar Degas. If its genuine, it could be worth about £500,000. They trace the artwork back through time to find out whether it really was created by one of France's greatest artists.
S10 Ep3
8.0
6th Sep 2022
Fiona Bruce, Philip Mould and the team help Americans Kim and Chuck, who believe their landscape painting is by one of the founders of Impressionism, Alfred Sisley, building a case to prove its authenticity. Kim and Chuck bought the work at auction near Chicago and believe it to be genuine. However, the painting was turned down nearly 10 years ago by the authentication committee, so the team will have to find new evidence to persuade them to change their mind.
S1 Ep3
8.0
3rd Jul 2011
Fiona and Philip take a look at the career of forger Han van Meegeren, who managed to fool galleries and buyers in the early 20th century with his fake pieces by Old Masters.
S4 Ep2
7.9
12th Jul 2015
Nicky Philipps needs help in determining whether a mysterious painting housed at Picton Castle in Pembrokeshire is a genuine piece of work by French Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir.
S8 Ep2
7.9
1st Aug 2019
Can the team prove that a portrait attributed to pioneering female artist Maria Cosway is actually an undiscovered work of the great Regency artist Sir Thomas Lawrence?
S1 Ep1
7.0
19th Jun 2011
Fiona and Philip take a look at a painting they think is an unrecognised work by Monet. They then try to persuade different luminaries from the art world to believe them.
S6 Ep3
7.1
10th Sep 2017
The team examine two pictures believed to be by Paul Gauguin, a giant of 19th-century art.
S4 Ep4
7.2
26th Jul 2015
Fiona and Philip attempt to help Under-Sheriff and Secondary of London Charles Henty find out whether two paintings in his possession are as valuable as he believes.
S3 Ep2
7.2
26th Jan 2014
Fiona and Philip attempt to prove that two paintings are missing works by one of the country's best-loved artists, John Constable.
S5 Ep4
7.2
21st Aug 2016
Featuring works claimed to be by Willem de Kooning, Philip Mercier and Adolph von Menzel.
S5 Ep3
7.3
31st Jul 2016
A sketch of a dancer believed to have been drawn by Auguste Rodin is investigated.
S7 Ep1
7.3
13th Aug 2018
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould examine a still life that may have been painted by prolific artist William Nicholson, but which has been rejected by leading experts on his work. They discover a useful source of evidence in Nicholson's own paint box, but as they delve into the painting's history, they discover it may have been connected to one of the 20th century's greatest art crimes. Fiona meets a reformed forger to discover if he ever faked a Nicholson while Philip takes the painting to Canada to compare it to another of the artist's works.
S6 Ep1
7.3
20th Aug 2017
The team try to find out whether a painting is a lost masterpiece by John Constable.
S5 Ep1
7.3
17th Jul 2016
The team investigate a portrait which may have been one of Lucian Freud's first creations.
S6 Ep2
7.4
3rd Sep 2017
Is a purchase from an online auction site a lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts?
S11 Ep2
7.4
3rd Oct 2023
A painting bought from an online auction in Monaco described as 'in the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds' looks promising, but could something murkier be lurking beneath the paint?
S7 Ep4
7.4
2nd Sep 2018
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate the origins of two paintings by unknown artists dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, which unusually for the period, depict black subjects. One is a portrait of Dido Belle, a famous former slave adopted into an aristocratic English family in the 1760s, while the other depicts two children against a tropical landscape, and is believed to have been painted as a protest against the slave trade.
S7 Ep5
7.4
9th Sep 2018
The team try to find out whether a white square of plaster is an early work by Giacometti.
S8 Ep1
7.5
25th Jul 2019
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.
S1 Ep1
7.0
19th Jun 2011
Fiona and Philip take a look at a painting they think is an unrecognised work by Monet. They then try to persuade different luminaries from the art world to believe them.
S1 Ep2
7.6
26th Jun 2011
Fiona and Philip take a look at a painting which could be a piece of work by 19th-century American artist Winslow Homer and was discovered at a rubbish tip.
S1 Ep3
8.0
3rd Jul 2011
Fiona and Philip take a look at the career of forger Han van Meegeren, who managed to fool galleries and buyers in the early 20th century with his fake pieces by Old Masters.
S1 Ep4
7.9
10th Jul 2011
Fiona and Philip stop the auction of a painting that used to be a German national treasure but was stolen from it's Jewish owners by the Nazis during the Second World War. They then follow the story as it is discovered whether it is the work of Rembrandt.
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The first episode of Fake or Fortune? aired on June 19, 2011.
The last episode of Fake or Fortune? aired on October 17, 2024.
There are 47 episodes of Fake or Fortune?.
There are 12 seasons of Fake or Fortune?.
Yes.
Fake or Fortune? is set to return for future episodes.