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Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
  1. Background image for A Tale of Two Renoirs
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #1 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #3 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #5 - Henry Moore

    S7:E3

    Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a small watercolour sketch that could be the work of sculptor Henry Moore. The piece was found in 2012 in a hoard of artwork stolen by the Nazis. While the unidentified piece has many characteristics of Moore's work, none of the other artworks recovered were by British artists, so it remains a mystery how it came to be there. The team must not only find out who created it, but also who it belonged to, since it may have been looted from Jewish owners during the Holocaust and will need to be returned to surviving descendants.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Toulouse-Lautrec
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Toulouse-Lautrec

    S7:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Giacometti
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Giacometti

    S7:E5

    The team try to find out whether a white square of plaster is an early work by Giacometti.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #8 - The Mystery of Churchill’s Garden

    S13:E1

    A mysterious inscription, a famous name and a colossal price tag. The team embark on a high-stakes quest to authenticate a 'lost' Churchill. Is it genuine or a clever fake?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Corot

    S12:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - 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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    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - 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.

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    Director:Ben Southwell
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Degas and the Little Dancer

    S2:E1

    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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    Director:Robert Murphy
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice?

    S2:E2

    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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    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Vuillard

    S3:E1

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

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    Director:Nicky Illis
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Constable

    S3:E2

    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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    Director:Robert Murphy
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Gainsborough

    S3:E4

    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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    Director:Ben Southwell
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Renoir

    S4:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Munnings and Churchill

    S4:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Freud

    S5:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Tale of Two Renoirs" is the best rated episode of "Fake or Fortune?". It scored 8.6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/28/2025. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Nicholson".