Underplayed Gems

Faking It (2000)

Faking It poster
Directed by
Adam Kassen
Genre
reality television
Country
United Kingdom
Length
9 seasons, 48 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Ordinary people are trained to pass as experts in a new field. The show follows their transformation and the final test where they try to fool a panel of judges.

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What happens

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 from 20 May to 3 June 2025. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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