The Real Hustle | |
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Written by | Alexis Conran Paul Wilson |
Directed by | Jon Richards Adrian J. McDowall Vaughan Dagnell |
Presented by | Alexis Conran Paul Wilson Jessica-Jane Clement |
Starring | Jazz Lintott Polly Parsons |
Narrated by | Dean Lennox Kelly Series 1–2 Steven Jackson Series 3–5 Craig Kelly Series 6 Paul Nicholls Series 7 Tom Oldham Series 8–11 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 11 |
No. of episodes | 109 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 29 minutes |
Production companies | Objective Productions Crook Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Three |
Release | 9 February 2006 30 March 2012 | –
Related | |
Hustle It's Your Move Don't Get Screwed Fraud Squad TV Con | |
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The Real Hustle is a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by hosts Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement. From series 10, entitled "New Recruits", Jazz Lintott and Polly Parsons joined the hustlers.
Several episodes of the series state that all marks have been genuinely hoodwinked, and that any money lost is returned to them after filming. The BBC's website[1] states that "The marks featured in the show have no idea they are being scammed. They have either been set up by friends and family or think they are taking part in a different TV show."
Following the conclusion of series 11, presenter Alexis Conran tweeted that there were "no plans for season 12".[2]