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Fake or Fortune?: Series 7

5 episodes Premiered Aug 12, 2018 Updated Nov 1, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a JSON object for "Fake or Fortune?" Season 7. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No invented facts (titles, names, dates, etc.). If detail is missing, omit it. Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text. Format: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (except for the array content, but the prompt says "no b

Previously on Fake or Fortune?

Season 7 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Fake or Fortune? Season 6.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a JSON object for "Fake or Fortune?" Season 7.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented facts (titles, names, dates, etc.).
If detail is missing, omit it.
Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Format: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (except for the array content, but the prompt says "no bullet points" in the prose instruction, though the JSON structure requires an array for primer). Correction: The prompt says "Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text — no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points." This applies to the content of the strings.
Output: Valid JSON only.
JSON Keys:
overview: 160-220 word summary of the season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points summarizing essential previous lore, character positions, and stakes.
Synopsis: "The programme expands beyond conventional painting cases, examining works connected with Ben Nicholson, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry Moore and Giacometti, as well as historically important portraits of Black British subjects. The series combines attribution with broader questions of identity and neglected art history."
Source [1]: "Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable art"
Source [2]: "Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks."
Source [3]: "Fake or Fortune? is a British arts documentary television series broadcast on BBC One. Created by art dealer and art historian Philip Mould and producer Simon Shaw, it is presented by Mould and Fiona Bruce."
Overview:
Topic: Season 7 of "Fake or Fortune?".
Content: The series expands its scope beyond traditional painting cases. It examines works associated with Ben Nicholson, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry Moore, and Giacometti. Additionally, the season looks at historically important portraits of Black British subjects. The narrative combines the investigation of attribution with broader inquiries into identity and neglected art history. The program features journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould, who work together to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
Word Count Check:
"The programme expands its scope beyond conventional painting cases in this season. It examines works connected with Ben Nicholson, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry Moore, and Giacometti. The series

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Season 7 Episodes

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S7·E1 Mytharc

Nicholson

Aug 12, 2018 · 58 min

A still life bought for £165,000 as a work by William Nicholson was later excluded from the latest catalogue raisonné. Fiona and Philip assemble provenance records, handwriting evi

S7·E2 Core

Toulouse-Lautrec

Aug 19, 2018 · 58 min

Two sketchbooks preserved for decades in a French garden shed may contain youthful drawings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The team travels to the artist’s family home and uses hand

S7·E3 Core

Henry Moore

Aug 26, 2018 · 58 min

A small watercolour from the Gurlitt art hoard is examined as a possible work by Henry Moore and as potentially Nazi-looted art. Infrared analysis, archival records and the history

S7·E4 Core

A Double Whodunnit

Sep 2, 2018 · 58 min

The team investigates two rare historical portraits of Black British women. One depicts Dido Belle with Lady Elizabeth Murray, while the other shows two elegantly dressed girls wit

S7·E5 Mytharc

Giacometti

Sep 9, 2018 · 58 min

A damaged plaster sculpture resembling Alberto Giacometti’s early Gazing Head is subjected to provenance research and CT scanning. The initial investigation ends without a firm rul

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