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11 Episodes 2002 - 2002
Episode 0
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
What impact did the identity-transformation series have on the participants' lives? From their personalities to their image, and their confidence to their careers, did Faking It change them for ever?
Episode 1
76 mins
Episode 2
76 mins
Lynn Hurst, a telephone operator for the Edinburgh fire service, has just four weeks to convince some of the top names in TV that she's a live TV studio director.
Episode 3
Faking It follows self-confessed 'suit' George on a month-long mission to re-invent himself as a super-cool, lyric-spitting Garage MC.
Episode 4
49 mins
Jo Weatherill, a 26-year-old black belt kick boxer from York, tries to fake it as a Latin ballroom dancer, with help from mentors Paul Harris and ex-champion Karen Hardy.
Episode 5
Matt Davies, a 31-year-old insurance man, swaps a life of risk-assessing for risk taking as he struggles to become a movie stunt man in just one month.
Episode 6
49 mins
Twenty-seven-year-old web designer Stuart Matheson leaves behind his desk-bound London life and heads for Cornwall to see if he can ride the waves and become a surfer.
Episode 7
60 mins
Twenty-seven-year-old David Keith swaps his life as a radiographer and tries to fake it as a fashion photographer in just four weeks.
Episode 8
A 23-year-old computer games tester has just a month to swap his virtual racing world for the real one and convince a team of experts that he is a bona fide racing driver.
Episode 9
Twenty-eight-year-old Lucy Craig leaves her life as ferry stewardess behind for four weeks as she attempts to fake it as a yachtswoman.
Episode 10
63 mins
Chris Sweeney leaves behind his life as lead singer of a punk band as he tries to fake it as an orchestral conductor in just four weeks.