Stephen Lambert
Director
Faking It (2000)
Season 6
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
S6E1 - Clog Dancer to Backing Dancer
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.
Sept. 5, 2004, midnight
S6E2 - History of Art Student to Graffiti Artist
Twenty-year-old country boy James Sawyer has four weeks to shed the tweeds, move into an urban jungle and convince us that he's a streetwise graffiti artist.
Sept. 12, 2004, midnight
S6E3 - Factory Worker to Fashion Designer
Twenty-four-year-old factory worker Mick Wigham leaves the grittiness of the production line for the glamour of the catwalk as he tries to fake it as a fashion designer.
Sept. 19, 2004, midnight
S6E4 - Management Consultant to Dog Trainer
Management consultant Rob Archer (31) attempts to impress as in the most difficult dog-training discipline - performing to music. But not only does Rob have no experience of the discipline, neither has the dog.
Feb. 17, 2004, midnight
S6E5 - Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter
Jatinder Sumal (29) normally works in her family's newsagents shop, but with just four weeks preparation can she fake it as a showbiz interviewer on breakfast television?
Feb. 24, 2004, midnight
S6E6 - Chess Champ to Football Manager
Maximillian Devereaux is already a chess champ, but in four weeks' time he'll be instructing Chalfont Wasps Football Club from the side of the pitch. Does he have what it takes to fake it as a football manager?
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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