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   #1 - Corot

   S12:E410/17/2024

   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?

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   #2 - Monet

   S1:E16/19/2011

   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.

   Director:Nicky Illis

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   #3 - Homer

   S1:E26/26/2011

   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.

   Directors:Alex Parkinson, Nicola Lafferty

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   #4 - Van Meegeren

   S1:E37/3/2011

   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.

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   #5 - Rembrandt

   S1:E47/10/2011

   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.

   Director:Ben Southwell

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   #6 - Degas and the Little Dancer

   S2:E19/16/2012

   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.

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   #7 - Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice?

   S2:E29/23/2012

   Fiona and Philip take a look at the history of three paintings bequeathed to the National Museum of Wales after their owner died in 1951. It was always thought that the paintings were by landscape artist JMW Turner, but only months after the museum took ownership, experts said that they were fakes.

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   #8 - Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath

   S2:E39/30/2012

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

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   #9 - Vuillard

   S3:E11/19/2014

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

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    #10 - Constable

    S3:E21/26/2014

    Fiona and Philip attempt to prove that two paintings are missing works by one of the country's best-loved artists, John Constable.

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    #11 - Chagall

    S3:E32/2/2014

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

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    #12 - Gainsborough

    S3:E42/9/2014

    This week the focus is on Britain's public art collections, in which 17,000 paintings are listed as `artist unknown'. Philip identify several works they believe are by Thomas Gainsborough.

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    #13 - Lowry

    S4:E17/5/2015

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

    Director:Rachel Jardine

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    #14 - Renoir

    S4:E27/12/2015

    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.

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    #15 - A Mystery Old Master

    S4:E37/19/2015

    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.

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    #16 - Munnings and Churchill

    S4:E47/26/2015

    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.

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    #17 - Freud

    S5:E17/17/2016

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

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    #18 - Delaroche

    S5:E27/24/2016

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

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    #19 - Rodin

    S5:E37/31/2016

    A sketch of a dancer believed to have been drawn by Auguste Rodin is investigated.

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    #20 - Portraits

    S5:E48/21/2016

    Featuring works claimed to be by Willem de Kooning, Philip Mercier and Adolph von Menzel.

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    #21 - Constable

    S6:E18/20/2017

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

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    #22 - Tom Roberts

    S6:E29/3/2017

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

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    #23 - Gauguin

    S6:E39/10/2017

    The team examine two pictures believed to be by Paul Gauguin, a giant of 19th-century art.

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    #24 - Nicholson

    S7:E18/13/2018

    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.

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    #25 - Toulouse-Lautrec

    S7:E28/19/2018

    Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould must prove that a sketchbook is the work of a young Toulouse-Lautrec, overturning a decision made by a committee of experts on the artist. The drawings in the book are of a very different subject matter to Lautrec's famous works, and are dated to when he was a teenager - a period of his life that is largely a mystery. To get to the truth, Fiona and Philip travel to the town in the south of France where Lautrec grew up and visit the grand family home where he spent much of his youth.

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