Faking It

Factory Worker to Fashion Designer (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Saturday 18 Sep 2004 Channel 4

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.

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History of Art Student to Graffiti Artist (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Saturday 11 Sep 2004 Channel 4

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.

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Graffiti in a public place is against the law unless you have permission from the relevant authority.

Clog Dancer to Backing Dancer (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Saturday 04 Sep 2004 Channel 4

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.

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Chess Player to Football Manager (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 Channel 4

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.

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Strong language

Faking It Changed My Life (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 Channel 4

A look back at the 2002 series of Faking It, following up on some remarkable developments in the lives of the participants.

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Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 24 Feb 2004 Channel 4

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

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Choir Girl to Rock Chick (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 10 Feb 2004 Channel 4

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.

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Ferry Stewardess to Yachtswoman (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Wednesday 11 Dec 2002 Channel 4

Twenty-eight-year-old Lucy Craig leaves her life as ferry stewardess behind for four weeks as she attempts to fake it as a yachtswoman.

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Games Tester to Racing Driver (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Wednesday 04 Dec 2002 Channel 4

A 23-year-old computer games tester has just a month to swap his virtual racing world for the real one and convince a team of experts that he is a bona fide racing driver.

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Punk Rocker to Orchestra Conductor (64 mins)

First Broadcast: Saturday 30 Nov 2002 Channel 4

Chris Sweeney leaves behind his life as lead singer of a punk band as he tries to fake it as an orchestral conductor in just four weeks.

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Web Designer to Surfer (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Wednesday 06 Nov 2002 Channel 4

Twenty-seven-year-old web designer Stuart Matheson leaves behind his desk-bound London life and heads for Cornwall to see if he can ride the waves and become a surfer.

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Insurance Salesman to Stuntman (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Wednesday 30 Oct 2002 Channel 4

Matt Davies, a 31-year-old insurance man, swaps a life of risk-assessing for risk taking as he struggles to become a movie stunt man in just one month.

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Kickboxer to Ballroom Dancer (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 Channel 4

Jo Weatherill, a 26-year-old black belt kickboxer from York, tries to fake it as a Latin ballroom dancer, with help from mentors Paul Harris and ex-champion Karen Hardy.

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Lawyer to Garage MC (77 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 15 Oct 2002 Channel 4

Faking It follows self-confessed 'suit' George on a month-long mission to re-invent himself as a super-cool, lyric-spitting Garage MC.

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Emergency Control Opertor to TV Studio Director (77 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 08 Oct 2002 Channel 4

Lynn Hurst, a telephone operator for the Edinburgh fire service, has just four weeks to convince some of the top names in TV that she's a live TV studio director.

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Naval Officer to Drag Queen (76 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 01 Oct 2002 Channel 4

Spence Bowdler, a 30-year-old ex-naval officer and self-confessed 'macho' man, transforms into a drag queen.

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Faking it Changed My Life (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Wednesday 25 Sep 2002 Channel 4

Revisiting the Faking It participants we find out what impact the identity-transformation series had on their lives. From their personalities to their image, their confidence to their…

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Strong language and some nudity

Showgirl to Showjumper (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 27 Nov 2001 Channel 4

Shelley, a nightclub dancer from south London, has never sat on a horse. Yet, in just four weeks, she will have to re-invent herself as a show jumper, and do it so convincingly as to fool…

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Ballet Dancer to Wrestler (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 20 Nov 2001 Channel 4

Kasper Cornish is a mild-mannered, talented ballet dancer from London, yet in just one month he must transform himself into a plausible, nasty, aggressive wrestling bad-boy.

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Sheep Shearer to Hairdresser (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 13 Nov 2001 Channel 4

Softly-spoken country boy Gavin swaps rural bliss for the hectic streets of London to see if he can 'fake it' as a top-class hairdresser. Has he got what it takes to fool the judges?

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Burgerman to Chef (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Tuesday 06 Nov 2001 Channel 4

Ed is a burger vendor by trade, but he's about to be transformed into a top haute cuisine chef, learning the trade in the kitchens of some of Britain's finest and most demanding chefs

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Painter and Decorator to Conceptual Artist (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Monday 30 Apr 2001 Channel 4

How will painter and decorator Paul - who has no experience in art - make it as a conceptual artist in London's notoriously fickle contemporary art world?

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Vicar to Car Dealer (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Monday 23 Apr 2001 Channel 4

Country vicar Nigel Done swaps his sleepy parish and clerical garb for the mean streets of Essex to learn how to be a second-hand car salesman. Will he manage the challenge?

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Cellist to DJ (50 mins)

First Broadcast: Monday 16 Apr 2001 Channel 4

Straight-laced, classical cellist Sian Evans has just one month to transform herself into a hedonistic DJ club chick

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Shop Girl to It Girl (51 mins)

First Broadcast: Monday 25 Sep 2000 Channel 4

Like a modern day Eliza Dolittle, Lisa from Yorkshire agrees to leave her job in a local shop, and try to convince a group of posh society guests that she is a true blue-blood.

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Alex the Animal (49 mins)

First Broadcast: Sunday 17 Sep 2000 Channel 4

Could you learn to be another person in just one month? This was the challenge for Alex Geiki, a sensitive 20-year-old student who becomes a nightclub bouncer.

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Bicycle Courier to Polo player (50 mins)

Malcolm 'Woody' Woodcock, a bicycle courier from Manchester, has just four weeks in which to pass himself off as a polo player.

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Management Consultant to Dog Trainer (50 mins)

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!

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Radiographer to Fashion Photographer (49 mins)

Twenty-seven-year-old David Keith swaps his life as a radiographer and tries to fake it as a fashion photographer in just four weeks

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