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Fake or Fortune?: Series 1

4 episodes Premiered Jun 19, 2011 Updated Nov 1, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a JSON object for "Fake or Fortune?" Season 1. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No inventing/guessing (titles, names, dates, etc.). If detail is missing, omit it. Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text. Format: Valid JSON only, no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points. JSON Keys: overview: 160-220 word su

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Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a JSON object for "Fake or Fortune?" Season 1.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No inventing/guessing (titles, names, dates, etc.).
If detail is missing, omit it.
Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text.
Format: Valid JSON only, no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
JSON Keys:
overview: 160-220 word summary of the season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points (essential previous lore, character positions, stakes).
Synopsis: Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate four art mysteries: a disputed Monet, a Winslow Homer found near a rubbish dump, a celebrated Vermeer revealed as a Van Meegeren forgery, and a supposed Rembrandt connected to Nazi looting. The series establishes the programme’s mix of attribution, provenance, ownership disputes and art-world authority.
Source [1]: Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable art. (2011, TV-PG, Documentary and Reality).
Source [2]: Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
Source [4]: Art detectives Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate more thrilling cases of art world mystery, intrigue, and deception.
Source [5]: Fiona Bruce teams up with expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind intriguing works of art. Are they potentially priceless or crafty copies?
Overview (Target: 160-220 words):
Need to describe the season's narrative arc based on the synopsis.
Content: Fiona Bruce (journalist) and Philip Mould (art expert) investigate four art mysteries.
Case 1: Disputed Monet.
Case 2: Winslow Homer found near a rubbish dump.
Case 3: Celebrated Vermeer revealed as a Van Meegeren forgery.
Case 4: Supposed Rembrandt connected to Nazi looting.
Themes: Attribution, provenance, ownership disputes, art-world authority, mystery, intrigue, deception, determining if works are priceless or crafty copies.
Drafting Overview:
Journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould team up to investigate the provenance and attribution of notable artworks in this series. The season focuses on four distinct art mysteries involving various

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Monet

Jun 19, 2011 · 59 min

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil, a riverside landscape believed by its owner to be an unrecognised work by Claude Monet. Scientific examinat

S1·E2 Core

Homer

Jun 26, 2011 · 59 min

A watercolour discovered beside a rubbish tip is identified as Children Under a Palm Tree, a lost work by American artist Winslow Homer. As the picture heads toward auction with a

S1·E3 Mytharc

Van Meegeren

Jul 3, 2011 · 59 min

The team investigates The Procuress, a controversial painting at the Courtauld Institute associated with master forger Han van Meegeren. Technical analysis explores whether it was

S1·E4 Mytharc

Rembrandt

Jul 10, 2011 · 59 min

Philip and researcher Bendor Grosvenor spot a poorly catalogued painting in a South African auction, apparently connected to Rembrandt. Their investigation uncovers a darker histor

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