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The Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune? Season 8

Every episode of Fake or Fortune? Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fake or Fortune? Season 8!

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
Genres:DocumentaryReality
Network:BBC One

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Lost Gainsborough" is the best rated episode of "Fake or Fortune?" season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Nicky Illis and written by N/A, it aired on 7/25/2019. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Cosway or Lawrence?".

  • The Lost Gainsborough
    8.0/1027 votes

    #1 - The Lost Gainsborough

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2019

    The team investigate an 18th-century landscape that could be a lost work by of one of the biggest names in British art, Thomas Gainsborough.

    Director: Nicky Illis

    Writer: N/A

  • Cosway or Lawrence?
    8.2/1024 votes

    #2 - Cosway or Lawrence?

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 8/1/2019

    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: N/A

  • De Chirico
    8.1/1016 votes

    #3 - De Chirico

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2019

    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: N/A

  • A Venetian View
    7.9/1019 votes

    #4 - A Venetian View

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 8/15/2019

    The team investigates a beautiful 18th-century Venetian view. Could this be a work by one of the Italian masters - either Francesco Guardi or Michele Marieschi?

    Director: Rachel Jardine

    Writer: N/A