Fake Season on BBC Four

BBC Four is taking a closer look at the world of fake news and fake artefacts.

Ian Hislop's provocative take on 200 years of fake news, its causes and consequences.

Gun fight over a pet dog: Ian Hislop encounters an amazing, 100-year-old fake news story.

Shaun Greenhalgh makes a jewelled eagle brooch of the kind worn in the Dark Ages.

Shaun Greenhalgh makes an alabaster carving of the kind produced before the Reformation.

The story of the 20th century's greatest art forger, Dutch artist Han van Meegeren.

Shaun Greenhalgh makes a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by Bernard Palissy.