The Real Hustle

The Real Hustle
Written byAlexis Conran
Paul Wilson
Directed byJon Richards
Adrian J. McDowall
Vaughan Dagnell
Presented byAlexis Conran
Paul Wilson
Jessica-Jane Clement
StarringJazz Lintott
Polly Parsons
Narrated byDean 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 originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series11
No. of episodes109 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time29 minutes
Production companiesObjective Productions
Crook Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release9 February 2006 (2006-02-09) –
30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)
Related
Hustle
It's Your Move
Don't Get Screwed
Fraud Squad TV
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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]

  1. ^ "The Real Hustle - About Real Hustle". BBC. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ^ "@alexisconran". Twitter. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.