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 (6)
1. Faking It Changed My Life (II)
Aired 3 February 2004 • 60 min
A look back at the 2002 series of Faking It, following up on some remarkable developments in the lives of the participants.
2. Bicycle Courier to Polo Player
Aired 3 February 2004 • 60 min
Malcolm 'Woody' Woodcock, a bicycle courier from Manchester, has just four weeks in which to pass himself off as a polo player.
3. Choir Girl to Rock Chick
Aired 10 February 2004 • 60 min
Twenty-year-old Christian choirgirl Laura-Jane Foley leaves behind her straight-laced Cambridge university life for London to be transformed into a rock chick.
4. Management Consultant to Dog Trainer
Aired 17 February 2004 • 60 min
Bachelor Rob Archer is a high-flying management consultant in London, but he swaps that role for one of an expert dog trainer - in just four weeks!
5. Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter
Aired 24 February 2004 • 60 min
Twenty-nine-year-old working mum Jatinder Sumal puts her real life on hold and swaps bringing up children and working in the family newsagent for a crash course in TV reporting.
6. Chess Player to Football Manager
Aired 2 March 2004 • 60 min
Former professional chess player Maximillion Devereaux trades his chessboard and rural idyll for the football pitch as he attempts to fake it as a football manager in a month.