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Episodes 49

Alex the Animal

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September 18, 20001h
1x1

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.

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Shop Girl to It Girl (Lady Lisa)

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Season Finale
September 25, 20001h
1x2

Northern girl Lisa has four weeks to learn how to walk, talk and eat like the upper classes before attending a society function.

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Cellist to DJ

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April 17, 20011h
2x1

22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross.

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Vicar to Car Dealer

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April 24, 20011h
2x2

With the help of experienced car dealer Dominic Littlewood, West Country vicar the Reverend Nigel Done learns all about the used-car trade before being let loose on a busy Essex forecourt.

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Painter and Decorator to Conceptual Artist

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Season Finale
May 1, 20011h
2x3

Painter and decorator Paul O'Hare has four weeks to pass himself off as a modern abstract artist.

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Burgerman to Chef

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November 6, 20011h
3x1

Burger-van proprietor Ed Devlin attempts to pass himself off as a professional chef.

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Sheep Shearer to Hairdresser

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November 13, 20011h
3x2

Farmer's son Gavin learns the basics of hairdressing from legendary stylist Trevor Sorbie.

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Ballet Dancer to Wrestler

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November 20, 20011h
3x3

Ballet dancer Kaspar Cornish is taught how to fake it as a professional wrestler.

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Showgirl to Showjumper

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Season Finale
November 27, 20011h
3x4

Nightclub dancer Shelley learns to fake it as a showjumper under the tutelage of Tim Stockdale and Marianne Trevor-Roper.

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Faking It Changed My Life

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September 27, 20021h
4x1

A one-off follow-up programme revisiting previous fakers to find out how appearing on the programme changed their lives.

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Naval Officer to Drag Queen

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October 2, 20021h
4x2

Naval petty officer Spence Bowdler is transformed into a drag queen.

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4x3

Fire Service operator Lynn Hurst is taught how to direct a live breakfast TV show.

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Lawyer to Garage MC

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October 16, 20021h
4x4

City lawyer George Lubega, dubbed "soul man in reverse" by his friends for his complete lack of rhythm, style and musical ability, has a crash course in rapping and street culture before being thrown into an MCing competition.

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Kickboxer to Ballroom Dancer

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October 23, 20021h
4x5

Black-belt kickboxer and self-professed tomboy Jo Weatherill has four weeks to transform herself into a glamorous ballroom dancer.

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Insurance Salesman to Stuntman

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October 30, 20021h
4x6

Isurance risk asessor Matt Davies has four weeks to learn the basics of stuntmanship.

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Web Designer to Surfer

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November 6, 20021h
4x7

Stuart Matheson leaves the comfort of his desk job in the computer industry to learn how to surf.

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Radiographer to Fashion Photographer

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November 13, 20021h
4x8

Hospital radiographer David Keith is plunged into the glamourous world of fashion photography. Not only does he have to learn how to work the camera, he also has to learn to deal with models and technicians before facing a cover-shoot challenge.

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Games Tester to Racing Driver

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December 4, 20021h
4x9

Computer games tester Phil Deane takes to the racetrack for real, with the help of Johnny Herbert and David Coulthard.

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Ferry Stewardess to Yachtswoman

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December 11, 20021h
4x10

Lucy Craig is used to a life on the ocean wave, but can this ferry stewardess manage to fake it in the world of yacht racing?

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Punk Rocker to Orchestra Conductor

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Season Finale
December 30, 20021h
4x11

Chris Sweeney is the lead singer of a punk band, The Dead Pets. How will he fare when called upon to conduct a symphony orchestra?

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Faking It Changed My Life (II)

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February 3, 20041h
5x1

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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Bicycle Courier to Polo Player

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February 3, 20041h
5x2

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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Choir Girl to Rock Chick

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February 10, 20041h
5x3

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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Management Consultant to Dog Trainer

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February 17, 20041h
5x4

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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Management Consultant to Dog Trainer

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February 17, 20041h
6x4

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.

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Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter

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February 24, 20041h
5x5

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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Newsagent to Showbiz Reporter

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February 24, 20041h
6x5

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?

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Chess Player to Football Manager

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Season Finale
March 2, 20041h
5x6

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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Chess Champ to Football Manager

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Season Finale
March 2, 20041h
6x6

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?

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Bibles to Bling Bling

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April 18, 20041h
7x2

A vicar swaps his parish for a job at Nevada's largest car dealership.

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Lectures to Lap Dances

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April 18, 20041h
7x3

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Hard Work to Hard Body

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April 25, 20041h
7x4

Welder Todd Farrand has four weeks to learn how to fake it as a model, even though his mentors reckon he's too old, too tall and too heavy.

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The Three Rs to Protecting Stars

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May 9, 20041h
7x5

Nursery school teacher Stephanie Jones has four weeks to learn the tricks of the bodyguard trade.

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Dry Clean to Style Queen

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May 23, 20041h
7x6

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On The Range to La-La Land

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May 30, 20041h
7x7

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Super Shy to Superfly

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June 6, 20041h
7x8

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Briefcase to Body Slam

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June 13, 20041h
7x9

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Simple Life To Social Life

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June 20, 20041h
7x10

Organic farmer Grace Coffman is transported from Nebraska to New York to pose as a posh socialite.

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Snow Hills To Beverly Hills

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June 27, 20041h
7x11

Beverley Hills real estate is a long way from Kim Constans' normal life as a wilderness guide. A top mother-and-daughter real estate team have four weks to transform her into a ""lady of the listings"".

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Computer Geek To Fitness Freak

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July 18, 20041h
7x12

Cubicle-dwelling computer nerd Meaganne is taught how to be an exercise instructor, but after four weeks' training, can she convince a panel of professionals that her workout is the future of fitness?

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Lifesaver To Heartbreaker

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Season Finale
July 18, 20041h
7x13

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Clog Dancer to Backing Dancer

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September 5, 20041h
6x1

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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The T4 Specials 1 Clog Dancer To RnB Dancer

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September 5, 20041h
8x1

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History of Art Student to Graffiti Artist

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September 12, 20041h
6x2

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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History of Art undergraduate and lover of fine art, James Sawyer leaves his Suffolk home and is taken to the city to be transformed into a graffiti artist, with the assistance of David Samuel, famous graffiti artist.

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Factory Worker to Fashion Designer

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September 19, 20041h
6x3

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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The T4 Specials 3 Factory Worker to Fashion Designer

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Season Finale
September 19, 20041h
8x3

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Physicist to Magician

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Season Finale
March 27, 20051h
9x1

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Cleaner to Burlesque Performer

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December 26, 20061h
7x1

Faker Sharon Pallister transforms from cleaner to burlesque performer. Featuring Wayne Sleep, Miss Immodesty Blaize and Dita von Teese.

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