The Real Hustle

The Real Hustle

Infobox television


show_name = The Real Hustle
format = Reality/Documentary
runtime = 29 mins
starring = Alexis Conran
Paul Wilson
Jessica-Jane Clement
country = UK
network = BBC Three
first_aired = February 9 2006
last_aired = Present
num_series = 6
num_episodes = 49 (to 9 October 2008)
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/real_hustle/
tv_com_id = http://www.tv.com/the-real-hustle/show/70692/summary.html
fansite = http://www.real-hustle.com

"The Real Hustle" is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alex Conran and Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters, Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement (under the names of Ian Steele, Rob Marks and Sue Windle). Series 1 and 2 were narrated by Dean Lennox Kelly, with series 3 to series 5 narrated by Steven Jackson. Series 6 is narrated by Craig Kelly. The 6th series began on BBC Three on Thursday 9 October at 10:30pm.

Example of scams

*A deposit is taken on a car multiple times from different people who turn up to buy it.
*A computer keyboard is replaced with one containing a key logger and bank details are obtained
*A skimmer device is placed on a cashpoint with a pinhole camera inside it, recording the information on the user's cards magnetic strip along with their PIN; the data is then put on the magnetic strip of an e-top up card which is used to withdraw money from the victim's account
*The Black money scam at a market stall

Episodes

* See List of The Real Hustle episodes.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/advance_search.cgi?keyword=The+Real+Hustle+Las+Vegas Current BBC three broadcast times in the UK]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/real_hustle/ The Real Hustle]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4685868.stm BBC How to stay off the suckers' list]
* [http://www.objectiveproductions.net Objective Productions]


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