Fake or Fortune? (2011) is a documentary, reality web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Fake or Fortune? online in HD.
Fake or Fortune? — Storyline
Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Fiona Bruce, Philip Mould, Aviva Burnstock
Fake or Fortune? — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2011-06-19 |
| Seasons | 14 |
| Episodes | 57 |
| Genre | Documentary, Reality |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC One |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 8.6/10 (14 votes) |
Fake or Fortune? — Episode Guide
Series 1
- E1: Monet (2011-06-19) — Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil, a riverside landscape believed by its owner to be an unrecognised work by Claude Monet. Scientific examinat
- E2: Homer (2011-06-26) — A watercolour discovered beside a rubbish tip is identified as Children Under a Palm Tree, a lost work by American artist Winslow Homer. As the picture heads toward auction with a
- E3: Van Meegeren (2011-07-03) — The team investigates The Procuress, a controversial painting at the Courtauld Institute associated with master forger Han van Meegeren. Technical analysis explores whether it was
- E4: Rembrandt (2011-07-10) — Philip and researcher Bendor Grosvenor spot a poorly catalogued painting in a South African auction, apparently connected to Rembrandt. Their investigation uncovers a darker histor
Series 2
- E1: Degas and the Little Dancer (2012-09-16) — Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate Danseuse Bleue et Contrebasses, a small painting believed to be by Edgar Degas. Although its history appears to lead back to the artist’s s
- E2: Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice? (2012-09-23) — The team reopens the case of three landscapes—The Beacon Light, Off Margate and Margate Jetty—bequeathed to the National Museum of Wales as works by J. M. W. Turner. Dismissed as f
- E3: Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath (2012-09-30) — Philip Mould places one of his own discoveries under investigation: a heavily altered portrait that he believes conceals an unfinished work by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Restoration req
Series 3
- E1: Vuillard (2014-01-19) — Writer Keith Tutt asks the team to investigate a painting he bought speculatively as a possible work by French post-impressionist Édouard Vuillard. Archival research uncovers a str
- E2: Constable (2014-01-26) — Two marine landscapes attributed to John Constable are examined. One, Yarmouth Jetty, has been heavily altered by later overpainting, while the other, A Sea Beach, Brighton, was on
- E3: Chagall (2014-02-02) — A Leeds property developer believes that Nude, 1909–10 may be an unknown work by Marc Chagall. Fiona and Philip trace its provenance and submit it to scientific testing, but the di
- E4: Gainsborough (2014-02-09) — The team selects two publicly owned paintings from the BBC’s Your Paintings project for investigation: Imaginary Landscape and a portrait of Joseph Gape. Research, conservation evi
Series 4
- E1: Lowry (2015-07-05) — The team investigates three paintings—Lady with Dogs, Darby and Joan and Crowd Scene—that were bought by Cheshire businessman Gerald Ames during the 1970s and attributed to L. S. L
- E2: Renoir (2015-07-12) — Artist Nicky Philipps asks the team to examine Boats on the Seine at Argenteuil, an unsigned painting held at her family’s former home, Picton Castle. Conflicting catalogues disagr
- E3: A Mystery Old Master (2015-07-19) — A monumental depiction of the Lamentation of Christ hangs largely overlooked in St John the Baptist Church in Tunstall, Lancashire. The team travels through Britain and Italy to id
- E4: Munnings and Churchill (2015-07-26) — Charles Henty asks Fiona and Philip to investigate two paintings discovered in a coal cellar: a winter landscape attributed to Alfred Munnings and a view of a French fountain belie
Series 5
- E1: Freud (2016-07-17) — The team investigates a portrait believed to be an early work by Lucian Freud, despite the artist having denied painting it during his lifetime. Research leads back to Freud’s teen
- E2: Delaroche (2016-07-24) — A painting bought for £500 is investigated as the possible lost royal commission Saint Amelia, Queen of Hungary by Paul Delaroche. Fiona and Philip trace it from the exiled French
- E3: Rodin (2016-07-31) — A family-owned watercolour is said to belong to Auguste Rodin’s celebrated series of Cambodian dancers. With little documented provenance and the shadow of prolific Rodin forger Er
- E4: Portraits (2016-08-21) — Three unrelated portraits are investigated as possible works by Philip Mercier, Adolph von Menzel and Willem de Kooning. The cases produce sharply different outcomes, ranging from
Series 6
- E1: Constable (2017-08-20) — The team investigates a painting of Willy Lott’s Cottage that Philip Mould had previously bought and sold twice without securing its acceptance as a work by John Constable. A detai
- E2: Tom Roberts (2017-09-03) — Fiona and Philip travel to Australia to investigate Rejected, a painting bought online for £7,500 and signed by Australian Impressionist Tom Roberts. Infrared examination reveals i
- E3: Gauguin (2017-09-10) — Two possible works by Paul Gauguin receive very different investigations. A pencil study resembling a figure from When Will You Marry? is traced through Gauguin’s sketchbook and fo
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Fake or Fortune? have? 14 season(s) with 57 episodes.
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