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The Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune?

Every episode of Fake or Fortune? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune?!

The Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune?

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
  1. Background image for Helen McNicoll
    9.2/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Helen McNicoll

    S12:E2

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Monet
    8.8/10(41 votes)

    #2 - Monet

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #3 - Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath

    S2:E3

    The tables end up being turned on Philip this week when one of his own pictures are put under the microscope.

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for What Happened Next? Helen McNicoll
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #4 - What Happened Next? Helen McNicoll

    S13:E6

    The team return to the story of a painting by Canadian impressionist Helen McNicoll. Did owner David take a big money offer from a rich collector or try his luck at auction?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for What Happened Next? A Double Whodunnit
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #5 - What Happened Next? A Double Whodunnit

    S13:E5

    The team return to two portraits of Black British women from the 18th and 19th centuries. How have recent changes in society transformed the fortunes of these important artworks?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Homer
    8.5/10(36 votes)

    #6 - Homer

    S1:E2

    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.

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  8. Background image for Chagall
    8.5/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Chagall

    S3:E3

    Fiona and Philip attempt to help Martin Lang try and prove the painting he bought in 1992 is by modern master Marc Chagall.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Portrait of a Lady - in Pittsburgh?
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Portrait of a Lady - in Pittsburgh?

    S13:E4

    An American couple think their $200 portrait could be a long-lost work by artist Angelica Kauffman. The evidence is promising, but its condition raises alarming questions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Vuillard
    8.4/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Vuillard

    S3:E1

    Fiona and Philip attempt to help a man who believes he owns a painting by French post-impressionist Edouard Vuillard.

    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Delaroche
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Delaroche

    S5:E2

    The team try to prove the authenticity of a suspected lost masterpiece by Paul Delaroche.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for A Tale of Two Renoirs
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #11 - A Tale of Two Renoirs

    S13:E2

    The team investigate an early portrait and a charming little landscape, both believed to be by one of the biggest names in art. Could two new Renoir works have surfaced in the UK?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Constable
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Constable

    S6:E1

    The team try to find out whether a painting is a lost masterpiece by John Constable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Tom Roberts
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #13 - Tom Roberts

    S6:E2

    Is a purchase from an online auction site a lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Nicholson
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #14 - Nicholson

    S7:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Elisabeth Frink
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Elisabeth Frink

    S11:E1

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for A Modern Masterpiece for £35?
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #16 - A Modern Masterpiece for £35?

    S13:E3

    When a keen art blogger picked up a £35 bargain at auction, he started to suspect he’d found a missing work by Frances Hodgkins. Can the team prove his hunch was right?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Van Meegeren
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Van Meegeren

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Rembrandt
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Rembrandt

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Ben Southwell
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for A Mystery Old Master
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #19 - A Mystery Old Master

    S4:E3

    Fiona and Philip are at a church in Lancashire, once patronised by Yorkshire's famous Bronte sisters, that is the home of a painting thought to have been made by an Italian old master.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Freud
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #20 - Freud

    S5:E1

    The team investigate a portrait which may have been one of Lucian Freud's first creations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for A Double Whodunnit
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #21 - A Double Whodunnit

    S7:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for De Chirico
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #22 - De Chirico

    S8:E3

    Bought for just £1, could a small still life be the work of one of the masters of early 20th-century art, Giorgio de Chirico?

    Director:Guy Arthur
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for A King's Last Supper
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #23 - A King's Last Supper

    S9:E4

    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?

    Director:Claire Lewis
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Lowry
    8.1/10(65 votes)

    #24 - Lowry

    S4:E1

    Fiona and art experts Philip Mould and Bendor Grosvenor attempt to help a man who has inherited three paintings supposedly by LS Lowry.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Cosway or Lawrence?
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #25 - Cosway or Lawrence?

    S8:E2

    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?

    Director:Lucy Swingler
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Helen McNicoll" is the best rated episode of "Fake or Fortune?". It scored 9.2/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/2024. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Monet".