Faking It
2000 · 9 seasons · 49 episodes · Ended · Channel 4
Reality
TMDB 6.3 · 3 votes
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
- S01E01Alex the Animal2000-09-1860m
Alex Geikie, 20, is a softly-spoken Oxford-educated boy from the English shires. Training with kickboxing champion Tony Agastini, he has four weeks to transform himself into a convincing hardman before being sent to work as a doorman at London's Hippodrome Club.
- S01E02Shop Girl to It Girl (Lady Lisa)2000-09-2560m
Northern girl Lisa has four weeks to learn how to walk, talk and eat like the upper classes before attending a society function.
