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Series 3 |
| 13 :03x01 - Price For Fame (Mar/10/2006) |
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Back from a spell in Las Vegas - a very expensive one, thanks to a mistake by Danny - the team are strapped for cash and desperate to get back into the game.
Their first big mark is Benny Frazier (played by Mel Smith), an obnoxious pub owner who smuggles in illegal refugees to work for him. The apple of his eye is his son Joey, who's a wannabe rap artist. Joey's keen to hit the big time as a British Eminem - and the most talentless fool Mickey and the gang have ever had the pleasure to con.
Never one to turn down a challenge, Albert ropes Benny in by telling him about a friend (Danny) who's big in the record industry. When he's introduced, Danny speaks before putting his brain in gear as usual. He promises not only to take Joey to the exclusive and prestigious MOBOs - but to get his demo played on Radio 1!
After blagging entry into the MOBOs, Ash hunts down a rather tipsy Sara Cox and sneakily stashes a copy of Joey's single in her handbag.
Posing as a big shot American hip hop record producer, Mickey is the man that is going to make Benny's son's dream come true. Thrilled to be rubbing shoulders with his idols and industry moguls, Joey's brimming with joy.
When Joey's record is played on Radio 1, Benny is putty in their hands. Having gained his trust, Mickey convinces Benny into parting with £100,000 to get Joey's record promotions going.
However, Benny catches on to the con, and it's up to Ash to hatch a plan B - with a little help from the boys in blue.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Benjamin Smith (1) as Joey Frazier, Agron Biba as Hannu, Tom Clarke-Hill (1) as American mark, Ryan Gage as Billy, Patrick Cremin as PC, Nigel Hastings as Chris, Tim Plester as Sam Knowles, Winston Ellis as Kevin, Keith Barron as Hemmings, Linford Christie as Himself, Mel Smith as Benny Frazier, Sara Cox as Herself, Emma Buckley as Sharon Frazier | | Writer: Tony Jordan | | | |
| 14 :03x02 - Albert's Challenge (Mar/17/2006) |
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The power struggle between Mickey and Danny is as fierce as ever and shows no signs of abating. Both of them claim to be the best man to lead the team, and no amount of arguing is going to settle the dispute.
In an attempt to end the bickering, Albert offers a possible solution. He suggests they take on an old American grifter's settlement - The Henderson Challenge. It's the greatest test of grifter skill ever devised.
As naked as the day they were born, Mickey and Danny are dropped in the middle of London. Armed only with their skills and charm, they are given six hours to collect as many valuables as they can and get back to their meeting point. Whoever's haul has the highest monetary value wins - as simple as that.
Ash is assigned to Mickey while Stacie can assist Danny - but neither of them can suggest cons.
Flying by the seat of his pants - once he manages to find some - Danny's rapid-fire short cons leave his marks astounded. While Mickey, with his long con specialist skills is quietly confident.
The bets are on and the odds are stacked in Mickey's favour, but Danny has a few tricks up his newly acquired sleeve. And the fact that Mickey's sense of fair play has lead him to declare he will walk away from the group if he loses and leave Danny in charge, means big changes could be ahead for the group.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Christine Adams as Nigella | | | |
| 15 :03x03 - Ties That Bind Us (Mar/24/2006) |
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There's a new grifter in town and he's in search of a great crew. This stranger turns out to be the grandson of the legendary 19th Century American con artist James Whittaker Wright (JW1), who made a fortune flogging fake gold mines on the stock market by using Cornfoots Merchant Bank.
When JW1's fortune became too much for the bank, they turned on him and left him to die penniless. His grandson, James Whittaker Wright III - JW3 (played by Richard Chamberlain) has come to avenge his death.
Initially wary, the Hustle crew accept the challenge - bringing down a greedy bank and outwitting a fellow grifter is far too tempting. With the gang's expertise, they're going to take Quenton (played by Stephen Campbell Moore) and Charles Cornfoot (played by Terence Harvey) down.
Danny poses as a brash city entrepreneur eager to float his mining company on the stock market, whilst Stacie plays a market analyst working on the inside. Having agreed to set up the flotation, the Cornfoots employ a Dutch oil consultant (Ash) to fuel rumours about the company's impending success and start selling shares to JW3 and Albert, their newly found investors.
Danny irritates the Cornfoots to the point of no return - they turn sour and plot his downfall. Fully prepared, the team up their game, but whilst their attention is focussed on the marks, they forget just how devious JW3 is.
He's sure to double cross them; it's not a matter of if, but when. After all, the greatest con of all is to con another grifter.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Tom Keller (1) as Tailor, Terence Harvey as Charles Cornfoot, Stephen Campbell Moore (1) as Quenton Cornfoot, Richard Chamberlain (1) as James Whittaker Wright III, Natasha Estelle as , David Phelan as Rodney, Cordelia Bugeja as Receptionist, Clemency Burton-Hill as Melissa DeMonfort, Ashley Powell as | | Writer: Steve Coombes | | | |
| 16 :03x04 - A Bollywood Dream (Mar/31/2006) |
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Harold (played by Renu Setna), an old friend of Albert, summons the crew to take revenge on Kulvinda Samar (played by Silas Carson, a greedy sweatshop owner who's caused pain and suffering to Harold's sisters and the Asian community for many years.
Samar is an ardent fan of Bollywood films - a perfect target for a classic movie investor con. Although the gang's knowledge of Bollywood is limited, they decide on a con based around them, which, as always, must be perfect.
Producer Gerard Bruce (Mickey) is making a Bollywood film aimed at the western market with a British cast - but regular film investor, Harry Kaplan (Albert) is out of his depth and knows nothing about Bollywood, so convinces Samar to invest in his place.
Thrilled at the prospect of turning his dreams into reality, Samar agrees to the investment on condition he visits the set and meets the stars of the film, including the lead actress (Stacie) and director (Ash).
As perfectionist Samar mulls over this amazing offer, he figures it's too good to be true. He's announces he's realised that it's a con. This revelation surprises his chauffeur (Danny) so much that he crashes.
At the hospital, Danny explains that Samar rumbled them because they were too perfect. The con is off - until Albert discovers that Samar has amnesia.
The crew decides that such a vulgar character deserves to be conned again - but with a little less perfection. As they replay the con, they're baffled by Samar's apparent change in nature - he's no longer cruel or arrogant. Their grifter sense tells them to walk away; but is Samar just playing them at their own game?
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Silas Carson as Kulvinda Samar, Renu Setna as Harold, Emil Marwa as , Angel Coulby as | | | |
| 17 :03x05 - The Hustler's News Of Today (Apr/07/2006) |
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A newspaper prints a scurrilous and completely false exposé on Stacie's closest friend, Emily. They've picked on the wrong person this time - in revenge the Hustle team decide to make their next marks the editor, Frances Owen (played by Paul Kaye) and his weasely reporter Tim Millen (played by Kenneth Cranham). Both suffer from a serious lack of morals and are about to wish they'd never been born.
Stacie is furious when their actions lead to Emily attempting suicide. This time, she's not after their money, she's after their resignations. By the time she's finished with them there will be nothing left of their reputations, or their careers.
The gang intend to expose Owen by selling him a bogus story with a surprising and shocking Royal connection.
They convince Millen that he has the scoop of the century; proof that the real Queen Mother died many years ago on a visit to the East End during The Blitz. To cover up the death, the powers that be recruited a doppelganger by the name of Cynthia Felgate. Now Danny claims to have tracked down Cynthia's long lost son, Albert. Could the biggest royal scandal ever be about to break?
After conclusive DNA tests, Millen falls hook, line and sinker for the scam and is convinced he's going to blow the competition out of the water. Little does he know, Mickey is already in secret talks with their biggest rival and about to expose them for the immoral creeps that they are.
The rival newspaper grabs the opportunity to humiliate Millen and Owen in the most excruciatingly embarrassing way possible - simply by showing their gullibility, stupidity and greed.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Roderic Culver as , Pip Harvey as , Peter Watts as , Paul Kaye (1) as Frances Owen, Martin Townsend as , Lara Cazalet as , Kenneth Cranham as Tim Millen, Glen Davies (1) as , Gareth Tunley as | | | |
| 18 :03x06 - Law And Corruption (Apr/14/2006) |
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Still on a high from their last triumph, the crew are hauled off to the police station on trumped-up drug charges by ambitious and fearless cop DCI York (played by Ian Puleston-Davies).
York's latest obsession is catching notorious thief, Adam Rice (played by Paul Nicholls), also known as 'The Ghost'. Ingeniously, he's decided to blackmail the Hustle crew into doing his dirty work by keeping Albert locked up until the gang deliver Rice. Once he has The Ghost, York promises they can all go free.
Having weighed up their options, the gang attempt to make contact with Rice. He lives up to his elusive reputation and they have to go to extraordinary lengths to track him down. Finally they make contact and convince him to join forces to pull off his next con together.
Rice has been commissioned to steal a lost Hans Christian Andersen* manuscript from inside a security-tight country house the next night.
Mickey arranges to call York once they're in the house and Rice has the manuscript so he can catch him red-handed. Unfortunately for the gang, York is a bent copper at best and plans to take them all in.
With the security diverted, Rice, Mickey and Danny skydive into the grounds - but a bad landing puts Rice out of the game and the Hustlers have to take over.
On cue, York arrives to reel in his prize catch, only to discover he's been outwitted him. With all the conmen vanished into thin air, York is left at the scene of the crime just in time to be caught by rival police officer, Cooper.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ | | Guest Stars: Richard Dillane as Graham Poole, Paul Nicholls as Adam Rice, Mark Spalding as , John Arthur as Sgt Eric Milverton, Ian Puleston-Davies as DCI York, Helen Coker as DI Deborah Eastman, Gary Cross as , Charles Daish as DCI Neil Cooper, Adam Smethurst as , Sarah-Jane Holm (1) as Doctor | | Writer: Tony Jordan | | Songs: Elvis -- A Little Less Conversation | | | |
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