Stephen Lambert
Director
Faking It (2000)
Season 5
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
Released Sept. 18, 2000
Episode 60 min
2+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: imdb.role-reversal, imdb.non-fiction
Production Companies: RDF Media
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Faking It Changed My Life (II)
A look back at the 2002 series of Faking It, following up on some remarkable developments in the lives of the participants.
Feb. 3, 2004, midnight
S5E2 - Bicycle Courier to Polo Player
Malcolm 'Woody' Woodcock, a bicycle courier from Manchester, has just four weeks in which to pass himself off as a polo player.
Feb. 3, 2004, midnight
S5E3 - Choir Girl to Rock Chick
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.
Feb. 10, 2004, midnight
S5E4 - Management Consultant to Dog Trainer
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!
Feb. 17, 2004, midnight
S5E5 - Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter
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.
Feb. 24, 2004, midnight
S5E6 - Chess Player to Football Manager
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.
March 2, 2004, midnight
Channel 4
60 min/ep
60 min
Sept. 18, 2000
Dec. 26, 2006, midnight
Ended
TV-G / 2+
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