Fake or Fortune?

201112 seriesEntertainment / Music/Arts
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BBC One

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art dealer Philip Mould, who has been dubbed `the art detective', to investigate remarkable stories of well known paintings. From time-to-time paintings purported to be famous artists appear which cause a stir in the art world. From Paris and Amsterdam to Cape Town and New York, the team employs old-fashioned detective skills to research the provenance of the paintings, as well as the latest forensic testing to reveal compelling tales of lost masterpieces, forgeries and thefts.

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Episode 1Constable

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

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Episode 2Tom Roberts

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

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Episode 3Gauguin

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

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