Faking It
2000
📺 9 Seasons
🎬 49 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Reality
Faking It was a television programme originating on Channel 4 which has spawned various international remakes, including a United States version which began in 2003 on the TLC network. Devised by Stephen Lambert of RDF Media, the programme's original concept was "a modern-day Pygmalion", referring to the George Bernard Shaw play in which flower girl Eliza Doolittle is trained to appear like an aristocrat.The series ended on Boxing day 2006 with faker Sharon Pallister transforming from cleaner to burlesque performer and featured Wayne Sleep, Miss Immodesty Blaize and Dita von Teese
Seasons
Season 1
Alex Geikie, 20, is a softly-spoken Oxford-educated boy from the English shires. Training with kickboxing champion Tony Agastini, he has four weeks to transform himself into a convincing hardman before being sent to work as a doorman at London's Hippodrome Club.
Season 2
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross.
Season 3
Burger-van proprietor Ed Devlin attempts to pass himself off as a professional chef.
Season 4
A one-off follow-up programme revisiting previous fakers to find out how appearing on the programme changed their lives.
Season 5
A look back at the 2002 series of Faking It, following up on some remarkable developments in the lives of the participants.
Season 6
Jessica Wright is a 25-year-old clog dancer from Cornwall, but in a few weeks she will be performing with R&B singer Jamelia in front of thousands, live at Earls Court.
Season 7
Faker Sharon Pallister transforms from cleaner to burlesque performer. Featuring Wayne Sleep, Miss Immodesty Blaize and Dita von Teese.
Season 8
Season 9
Crew
Producer
Adam Kassen, Rupert Smith, Luke Menges
Network
Channel 4
Production
RDF Media