About this season
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
Episodes (3)
1. Cellist to DJ
Aired 17 April 2001 • 60 min
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.
2. Vicar to Car Dealer
Aired 24 April 2001 • 60 min
With the help of experienced car dealer Dominic Littlewood, West Country vicar the Reverend Nigel Done learns all about the used-car trade before being let loose on a busy Essex forecourt.
3. Painter and Decorator to Conceptual Artist
Aired 1 May 2001 • 60 min
Painter and decorator Paul O'Hare has four weeks to pass himself off as a modern abstract artist.