Faking It
TV ShowEnded

Faking It

6.0 / 10
2000
9 seasons
49 episodes
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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

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  • Ep 1

    1.Alex the Animal

    18-09-200060m

    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 conv...

  • Ep 2

    2.Shop Girl to It Girl (Lady Lisa)

    25-09-200060m

    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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