The Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune? Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(32 votes)

   #1 - Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath

   S2:E39/30/2012

   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 requires the irreversible removal of later additions, while Fiona insists upon independent authentication. As the underlying image emerges, both Philip’s judgment and the painting’s potential importance are put to the test.

   Director:Rachel Jardine

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Rachel Jardine

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.1/10(29 votes)

   #2 - Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice?

   S2:E29/23/2012

   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 fakes during the 1950s, the paintings are subjected to fresh archival and technical investigation to establish whether a long-standing judgment deprived them of their true identity.

   Director:Nicky Illis

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Nicky Illis

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.8/10(33 votes)

   #3 - Degas and the Little Dancer

   S2:E19/16/2012

   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 studio, the work is absent from the accepted catalogue of Degas paintings. Provenance research and scientific testing are used to determine whether the owner possesses a modest imitation or a valuable lost work.

   Director:Robert Murphy

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Murphy

   Writer:Unknown