Faking It (British TV series)

Faking It is a reality television show that aired on Channel 4 from 18 September 2000 to 26 December 2006. It was revived on 5 in 2025.

Faking It
Genre	Reality
Created by	Stephen Lambert
Narrated by	Michael Kitchen Nicholas Rowe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	34 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies	RDF Television Darlow Smithson Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	18 September 2000 (2000-09-18) – 26 December 2006 (2006-12-26)
Network	5
Release	20 May 2025 (2025-05-20) – present

Devised by Stephen Lambert, 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.

Format

The programme shared much with earlier British TV shows such as In at the Deep End and Jobs For The Boys/Girls, and the children's show Bring It On, all of which featured TV presenters or other celebrities learning other trades, but Faking It was the first that successfully used members of the public in the role. Its basic format was that a member of the public lived with and trained with an expert for four weeks and then took part in a contest against experienced participants in whatever activity they have learned. A panel of expert judges then gave their verdict on which participant was the "faker". Ostensibly, success meant fooling a majority of the judges, though there was no prize for success and the real point of the show was the experience that the fakers received over the course of the month's filming.

Transmissions

Main article: List of Faking It (British TV series) episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	2		18 September 2000 (2000-09-18)	26 September 2000 (2000-09-26)	Channel 4
2	3		17 April 2001 (2001-04-17)	1 May 2001 (2001-05-01)
3	4		6 November 2001 (2001-11-06)	27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
Special	1		26 September 2002 (2002-09-26)
4	10		2 October 2002 (2002-10-02)	30 December 2002 (2002-12-30)
Special	1		3 February 2004 (2004-02-03)
5	5		3 February 2004 (2004-02-03)	2 March 2004 (2004-03-02)
6	3		5 September 2004 (2004-09-05)	19 September 2004 (2004-09-19)
Specials	2		27 March 2005 (2005-03-27)	26 December 2006 (2006-12-26)
7	3		20 May 2025 (2025-05-20)	3 June 2025 (2025-06-03)	5

External links

• Faking It on Channel 4
• Faking It at Channel5.com
• Faking It at IMDb
• Faking It at UKGameshows.com