The Real Hustle (2006)

Directed by

Adrian J. McDowall

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

11 seasons, 106 episodes

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV series demonstrates how con artists and hustlers trick people. The hosts perform scams on unsuspecting members of the public to show how confidence tricks and magic tricks work. After filming, any money taken from the participants is returned to them.

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What happens

The Real Hustle was a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrated 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 stated that all marks had been genuinely hoodwinked, and that any money lost was returned to them after filming. The BBC's website 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 series 12". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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