Fake or Fortune (2010)

Documentary · Mystery

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (810 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 14
Status: Still airing
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 14 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

8.38 avg 4 episodes 8.8 → 8.1 59 min avg

Declining

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Monet	8.8	42
2	Homer	8.5	38
3	Van Meegeren	8.1	32
4	Rembrandt	8.1	28

Season 2 (2012)

8.13 avg 3 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 58 min avg

Rising

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Degas and the Little Dancer	7.8	32
2	Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice?	8.0	28
3	Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath	8.6	31

Season 3 (2014)

8.15 avg 4 episodes 8.4 → 7.8 58 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vuillard	8.4	35
2	Constable	8.0	35
3	Chagall	8.4	26
4	Gainsborough	7.8	35

Season 4 (2015)

8.03 avg 4 episodes 8.1 → 7.9

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lowry	8.1	66
2	Renoir	7.9	24
3	A Mystery Old Master	8.2	43
4	Munnings and Churchill	7.9	35

Season 5 (2016)

8.10 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 7.9

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Freud	8.2	30
2	Delaroche	8.4	32
3	Rodin	7.9	29
4	Portraits	7.9	28

Season 6 (2017)

8.17 avg 3 episodes 8.3 → 7.9

Declining

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Constable	8.3	31
2	Tom Roberts	8.3	31
3	Gauguin	7.9	27

Season 7 (2018)

7.90 avg 5 episodes 8.2 → 7.5

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nicholson	8.2	37
2	Toulouse-Lautrec	7.8	38
3	Henry Moore	7.9	33
4	A Double Whodunnit	8.1	44
5	Giacometti	7.5	29

Season 8 (2019)

7.98 avg 4 episodes 7.9 → 8.0

Rising

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Lost Gainsborough	7.9	33
2	Cosway or Lawrence?	8.0	31
3	De Chirico	8.0	22
4	A Venetian View	8.0	26

Season 9 (2021)

7.65 avg 4 episodes 6.8 → 8.2 59 min avg

Big finale

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Sculpture in the Brambles	6.8	32
2	Gerome	8.0	28
3	Landseer	7.6	27
4	A King's Last Supper	8.2	29

Season 10 (2022)

7.78 avg 4 episodes 8.0 → 7.9

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ben Nicholson	8.0	26
2	Modigliani	7.6	28
3	Sisley	7.6	19
4	Flemish Old Master	7.9	18

Season 11 (2023)

7.78 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 7.4 58 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Elisabeth Frink	8.3	25
2	Joshua Reynolds	7.6	17
3	Cezanne and Pissarro	7.8	21
4	Arshile Gorky	7.4	16

Season 12 (2024)

7.93 avg 4 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 58 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mondrian	8.3	20
2	Helen McNicoll	9.0	24
3	Music Memorabilia	6.1	25
4	Corot	8.3	16

Season 13 (2025)

8.15 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 58 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Mystery of Churchill's Garden	7.6	22
2	A Tale of Two Renoirs	8.4	15
3	A Modern Masterpiece for £35?	8.2	17
4	Portrait of a Lady - in Pittsburgh?	8.6	15
5	What Happened Next? A Double Whodunnit	7.6	18
6	What Happened Next? Helen McNicoll	8.5	9

Season 14 (2026)

8.02 avg 5 episodes Still airing 7.7 → 8.5 58 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fabergé or Fauxbergé	7.7	14
2	A Passage to India	8.0	14
3	The Last Gift	7.9	11
4	Freud or Fraud?	8.0	9
5	What Happened Next? Toulouse-Lautrec	8.5	7