Fake or Fortune? - BBC1

By Mandy Cooper
( What's on TV )
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Fake or Fortune? - Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould with a William Nicholson painting
(Image credit: BBC Studios/Rolf Marriott)

Is a treasured William Nicholson painting the real deal? Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate in the first of a new series of Fake and Fortune?

There’s a small fortune (£165,000 to be precise) riding on the evidence uncovered by Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould in tonight’s return of the art detective series Fake or Fortune?

Fake or Fortune? Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould outside Scone Palace

Back in 2006 viewer Lyn bought a still life painting of a jug by the celebrated British artist William Nicholson, but it’s now considered to be a fake, meaning Lyn stands to lose the entire £165,000 she paid for it.

Fiona and Philip set to work to prove the painting’s authenticity, but there’s a setback when Fiona speaks to convicted art fraudster John Myatt, who admits he once forged a Nicholson still life of a jug that’s still unaccounted for.

Could it be Lyn’s?

TV Times rating: ****

Mandy Cooper
Mandy Cooper
TV Times Highlights Editor

As TV Times Highlights Editor I get to hear about all the latest TV shows coming soon. Here at TVT HQ we are in the privileged position of selecting the best programmes from across all the channels and streaming platforms. Our mission is to make it easier for our readers to decide what to watch - and give them lots of choice of genres - all the latest shows, plus some nostalgic choices we call hidden gems, too. My career began with a postgraduate degree in periodical journalism (ahem, yes old school!) in 1991 and I’ve worked in TV media since 2000.