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Hidden Paintings

South West

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Channel Islands

Curtis Dowling goes on a quest to establish whether two paintings by the Cornish mariner-turned-artist Alfred Wallis are fake or the real thing. If genuine they could be worth a fortune, but fakes of Wallis's works abound. Curtis meets experts, trawls through hidden collections of the great St Ives primitive, and finally uses scientific tests to get to the truth. Show less

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