The Real Hustle
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Alexis Conran, R. Paul Wilson
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: N/A
Release: 2006
Rating: 7.6
Season 1 - The Real Hustle
2006-03-30
"Show eight is the last in the first series and features the Psychic Scam, which shows how a hustler can cheat you with fake psychic powers, a demonstration of rigged dice game, a sneaky bar bet, a pool hustle and a romp through the rules of the real hustle - what we have learned throughout the series."
Season 2 - The Real Hustle
Season 3 - The Real Hustle
2007-05-03
"Paul and Alex sell dodgy camcorders from a white van to unsuspecting members of the public. The gang con a pub into letting them take away a fruit machine in plain sight. Jess wins a proposition bet involving three stacks of 10p coins. Alex, posing as a respectable restaurant owner, sells one bottle of cheap wine for \u00a3240. Alex and Paul steal chips from other players in a casino."
Season 4 - The Real Hustle
2007-10-15
"The gang hire some expensive jewelry for a fake photo shoot, which comes accompanied by security guards, and walk out with it via a hidden door behind a changing curtain; and con some holidaymakers into believing they need to pay a fine for speeding. The proposition bet involves throwing a glass of beer in someone's face. The episode ends with a recap of some of the cons from this series."
Season 5 - The Real Hustle
12 Feb 2008
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Valet Distraction\", \"Dealer Scams II\", \"The Fake Hotel Inspector\", \"The Shoe Switch\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
18 Feb 2008
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Big Bluff\", \"The Snip\", \"Dealer Scams III\", \"The Pool Bet Puzzle\", and \"Street Dice\"."
25 Feb 2008
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Superstore Swindle\", \"The Slot Machine Sting\", \"Dealer Scams IV\", \"The Backfiring Bet\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
2008-03-24
"In the final episode of the series Alex pretends to be blind to cheat a casino and Paul cons an unsuspecting couple into buying dodgy casino chips."
Season 6 - The Real Hustle
09 Oct 2008
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Sweetheart Scam\", \"The Inside Job\", and a \"Celebrity Con Game\"."
Season 7 - The Real Hustle
21 May 2009
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Teddy Bear Scam\", a \"Celebrity Con Game\", \"Travel Tips\", \"The Airport Pick Up\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
28 May 2009
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Oil Slick Scam\", a \"Celebrity Con Game\", \"Travel Tips II\", \"The Silent Alarm Sting\", \"The Currency Swindle\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
04 Jun 2009
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Passport Cool Out\", a \"Celebrity Con Game\", \"Travel Tips III\", \"The Seaside Parking Swindle\", \"The Swipe\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
11 Jun 2009
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Boat Hire Scam\", a \"Celebrity Con Game\", \"Travel Tips IV\", \"The Pushout\", \"Gone In 600 Seconds\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
18 Jun 2009
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Wrap Up\", \"Travel Tips V\", a \"Proposition Bet\", \"The Black Cab Con\", \"The Club Night Con\", and a \"Celebrity Con Game\"."
2009-07-23
"Paul poses as a hotel bellboy to relieve some guests of their bags (The Hotel Check Out); Joel Beckett is challenged to knock a coin balanced on a pool ball outside a circle (Celebrity Con Games); Paul and Jess run a fairground game that you can never win (Razzle Dazzle); and Jess wins a bar bet using M\u00f6bius strips (Proposition Bets)."
Season 8 - The Real Hustle
2010-02-25
"In the final episode of this series Jess and Alex head to a restaurant for a meal but leave with several customers card details. While Alex gets paid for window cleaning without actually cleaning any and Rick Edwards takes part this time in Celebrity Hustle."
Season 9 - The Real Hustle
29 Jul 2010
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Jewellery Store Heist\", \"The High Speed Hijack\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
29 Jul 2010
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Knockout\", \"The Car Dealer Con\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
03 Sep 2010
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Scrap Trap\", \"The Shred\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
10 Sep 2010
"Hustles in this episode include \"The Audition\", \"The Telecoms Con\", and a \"Proposition Bet\"."
Season 10 - The Real Hustle
2012-01-20
"Actress Adele Silva helps the hustlers in a scam which involves the Forth Railway Bridge"
Season 11 - The Real Hustle
2012-03-30
"Even the very best con artists make mistakes sometimes and this episode exposes what happens when scams go wrong. Guest hustlers, boxer Joe Calzaghe, and EastEnders star, Sid Owen, get involved in a crazy con set in the world of vintage stamps that turns out to be the strangest scam in the history of the Real Hustle."
