Fake or Fortune?
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Fake or Fortune?

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S14E05 - "What Happened Next? Toulouse-Lautrec"

Emitido el Aug 19, 2026, 7:00 PM

Próximo Episodio

S14E06 - "What Happened Next? John Lennon's Piano"

Se emite el Aug 26, 2026, 7:00 PM (En 2 días)

Descripción

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings.

Detalles

Estado
En Emisión
Idioma
English
Duración
60 min
Estreno
June 19, 2011
Horario
Thursday a las 20:00

Enlaces Externos

Episodios (14 Temporadas · 59 Episodios)

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Fiona and Philip unravel the mystery of a suspected Fabergé flower, kept hidden in a shoebox in Liverpool but believed to have belonged to royalty – and worth a small fortune!

Jul 16, 2026

60 min

A Passage to India

Two women lost in time: an enigmatic Indian woman and an 18th-century Scottish artist. Will this quest uncover a double attribution leading to a six-figure price tag?

Jul 23, 2026

60 min

The Last Gift

The last gift left in the will of a former Kindertransport child is thought to be by Fauvist artist Derain. Will it raise a small fortune or prove a dastardly forgery?

Jul 30, 2026

60 min

Freud or Fraud?

Our art sleuths investigate 15 prints found in a garage, each potentially worth thousands. Are they really by notorious 20th-century artist Lucian Freud? Or just crafty fakes?

Aug 6, 2026

60 min

What Happened Next? Toulouse-Lautrec

Art detectives Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould revisit a story from Series 7, investigating two charming sketchbooks believed to be by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Did owner Alain Brun manage to overturn the art world's original verdict and finally have them authenticated?Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is one of France's most celebrated artists, best known for his vivid depictions of late 19th-century Parisian nightlife. This story centres on an extraordinary discovery: two small sketchbooks found in a garden shed in Saint-Émilion and given to a teenage Alain by his grandmother in 1965.The books appear to date from Lautrec's early years, long before he became renowned for his iconic posters and paintings. Filled with previously unknown sketches, studies and watercolours of horses, dogs and colourful characters, they offer a rare glimpse into the formative period of a talented young aristocrat still developing his artistic voice.Unfortunately, when Alain presented the sketchbooks 50 years later to the French committee responsible for authenticating Toulouse-Lautrec's work, it concluded they had been created by another artist, his tutor René Princeteau. As a result, their value was judged to be only a few thousand pounds rather than many hundreds of thousands.Fiona and Philip met Alain in the beautiful southern French town of Albi, where Toulouse-Lautrec was born, visiting the grand family home, Château du Bosc, where he spent much of his childhood. There, they searched for clues that might connect his life at the estate with the images contained in the sketchbooks, in the hope of assembling a strong enough case to convince the committee to take another look at the artworks and reconsider their original verdict?Now, eight years later, Fiona and Philip revisit this story to find out what happened next. Has Alain received the news he's longed for – and could his sketchbooks finally be worth a fortune?

Aug 19, 2026

60 min

What Happened Next? John Lennon's Piano

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould revisit the fast-growing market for rock music memorabilia. Armed with fresh research and new theories, they once again set out to get to the bottom of two musical mysteries.First, they investigate a baby grand piano now owned by 90s pop star Chesney Hawkes, who suspects it may once have belonged to John Lennon. Best known for his global hit The One and Only, Chesney grew up hearing a family story that the piano was acquired by his father, musician Len Hawkes, from Lennon's Berkshire estate, Tittenhurst Park, where the Beatle wrote and recorded his iconic album Imagine.While Chesney has always been convinced of the piano's connection to Lennon, definitive proof has remained elusive. Fiona and Philip set out to discover whether family lore can finally become family history.The second musical mystery tour takes us to the Wick, once home of legendary guitarist Ronnie Wood, where a distinctive silver Hawaiian slide guitar known as the Silver Queen was once found. The guitar belongs to sisters Niki and Kerry, whose father worked for Wood as a gardener and handyman in the 1970s. The story goes that their father salvaged the guitar during a clear-out when Ronnie Wood and The Rolling Stones left the UK. Despite previous attempts to establish the truth, the guitar's provenance remained uncertain.Now, two years on, Fiona and Philip return with a selection of intriguing new theories about the guitar's possible owners and further historical research into Chesney's piano. A newspaper advertisement unlocks a surprising story of a celebrity jazz pianist and a glamorous spy, while a tip-off from a viewer raises the possibility that the team have got the wrong Ronnie when it comes to the guitar's former owner. But can the new evidence help to finally solve these longstanding musical mysteries?

Aug 26, 2026

60 min

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