List of Hustle episodes

"Hustle" is a British television comedy-drama series made by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom.

The DVD releases of the four series to date do not identify episode titles, referring instead to each episode as "Con 1", "Con 2", etc.

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On 14 May 2007, it was confirmed that the BBC had commissioned a fifth series, but is unsure on how many episodes. Some sources say that there will be six, whereas as other say there will be 8 or even 10, if Adrian Lester decides to reprise his role as Michael Stone. It also has been claimed that more episodes will be filmed in the US, with a number of Hollywood names interested in a part in the show.Fact|date=September 2007

An interview with Robert Glenister in "The Stage" magazine, published that same month indicated the BBC hadn't commissioned any new episodes at that point. [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/05/hustle_star_tv_by_committee_is_bloody_galling_no_f.php The Stage: Hustle star: TV by committee is ‘bloody galling’; No fifth series?] ]

On the October 30th 2007, "TvSquad" interviewed Robert Vaughn. According to Vaughn: "We've shot 24 episodes so far and we have another six to shoot... the schedule now is to not only do the fifth season but also 20th Century Fox has optioned it for a motion picture which would be a prequel to the television show in the sense that you will find out how we all met. And that's the plan, of course with motion pictures when the head of a studio changes the next person who takes the job erases the entire slate, so that might not happen, but we're pretty certain we're going to be doing the fifth season in the early spring or late winter." [ [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/30/robert-vaughn-the-tv-squad-interview/ Robert Vaughn: The TVSquad interview] ]

On January 14th 2008 the Mirror newspaper reported that the BBC had axed "Hustle" after four series due to a lot of the cast doing other projects. Marc Warren is quoted as saying "I'd certainly be surprised if I were involved with more episodes of Hustle." [cite web
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However it has been noted several times that Fox have bought the rights to Hustle and are planning to make a movie. On IMDb [ [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb: Internet Movie Database] ] (Internet Movie Database) there has been cited a movie supposedly "in development" called "Hustle", whether or not this is the movie adaptation of the series is not yet known.

On the 8th of February 2008, whilst being interviewed for his new BBC Three show Being Human, Lester said on the subject of Hustle, 'At the moment I'm back in the arms of the BBC shooting a series called Bonekickers, which will be shown on BBC One in the Spring of '08. There is talk of a fifth series of Hustle, but we'll see...(Danny Blue)' [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/human_lester.shtml Adrian Lester interview] ]

When appearing on Jonathan Ross on the 4th of July 2008, Adrian Lester told the host that he would be returning for a fifth series of Hustle and that they had already started shooting, which would confirm that the character of Michael Stone will return and that a fifth series will indeed take place. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cchj7 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, BBC iPlayer (temporary reference)] ]

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