The Real Hustle

~~~ What's it About ? ~~~ The Real Hustle involves 3 con artists carrying out scams on unsuspecting members of the public. The type of scams vary from being card tricks on the street to selling property which doesn't belong to you. The skill involved also varies greatly. Some of the things which are done take years of practice and others just relying on people's trusting nature and their eye for a good deal. The shows is on BBC 3 and usually runs for around 30mins. The show has been expanding in recent years, heading to America and other countries. This is probably so they're less well known. All of the money which is earned is given ...  Read the complete review

This BBC Three show is amazing, that good, I have seen every episode up to now. The Real Hustle team are Paul - The confidence trixter; Alex - The con artist and Jess - The sexy swindler. Together they come up with plans to cheat the public and even business out of money or sometimes expensive goods. They have different parts to there show and my favorite is the proposition bet, in which the hustlers bet on something which they have a secret to do, which there is normally a twist to, and they bet someone that they can't do it. The scams can be anything from robbing a bank to picking someone's pocket. At the moment ...  Read the complete review

The Real Hustle is a BBC television programme that stars Paul Wilson, Alex Conran and Jessica-Jane Clement. It shows how confidence tricks, scams, cheating at cards and casino games and proposition bets can be pulled off to con people or businesses out of money, services or goods. Paul Wilson is a magician, card sleight of hand expert and scam expert who has put all of these skills (not learned for criminal means) to great and award winning use in Hollywood where he has acted as a consultant and sometimes appeared in numerous films and productions. In some hustles on the show he calls himself "Rob Marks"; in hustle speak a ...  Read the complete review

The real hustle is a show that was developed by Paul Wilson and Alex Conran which demonstrates how criminals get your cash through distraction scams, confidence tricks and proposition bets. The real hustle was made as a spin off show of Hustle (a drama about a group of long con artists). Conran and Wilson joined by Jessica Clement make up the real hustle team and they perform these cons on unsuspecting members of the public masquerading as Ian Steele (Conran), Rob Marks (Wilson) and Sue Windle (Clement). The real hustle is now on its sixth series and has included series names like High stakes and real hustle: Las Vegas. Also the real hustle had a Christmas special ...  Read the complete review

The Real Hustle is a programme for BBC Three in which three con artists demonstrate how scams and rip-offs are pulled off on unsuspecting members of the general public. The 'hustlers' are Paul, Alex and Jess each of whom bring different skills to create memorable cons. Paul has a talent for sleight of hand which comes in handy for switching expensive jewellery for worthless fakes. Alex is good with cards and demonstrates his skill in a series of the programme set in Vegas. Jess fools trusting marks with her beauty and her acting skills trick the public - and men in particular - into falling for the scams. The hustles they pull off range from simple pick-pocketing to ...  Read the complete review