Die actiongeladene britische BBC-Serie dreht sich um eine Bande ehrenwerter Ganoven, die mit spektakulären Tricks und Betrügereien die Verbrecher der Londoner Unterwelt an der Nase herumführen und um beträchtliche Geld- und Sachwerte erleichtern. Mit Charme, Witz und ohne jegliche Gewalt gelingt es den fünf Trickbetrügern um Anführer Michael „Mickey Bricks“ Stone (Adrian Lester), ihre Opfer reinzulegen und auch die Zuschauer immer wieder zu verblüffen. Interessantes und ungewöhnliches Stilmittel der Serie ist, dass in bestimmten Schlüsselszenen das Bild eingefroren wird, um den Protagonisten Zeit zu geben, den gerade gezeigten Trick oder Bluff für die Zuschauer zu erklären.
The Con Is On (Folge 1) 7.7
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2004-02-24
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: Long con expert Mickey reunites his old team with the promise of one last score. The target is a greedy businessman tempted by the chance to make a fast buck on the stock market. The operation goes like clockwork, but is there one thing Mickey's missed?
Faking It (Folge 2) 6.8
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2004-03-02
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: Danny makes a big mistake and blows a con, which makes Mickey question if Danny is right for his crew. Albert is viciously beaten after cheating in a card game and the team decide to wreak revenge the only way that they know how - by playing the long con. The stakes are higher than normal with Albert out of the picture. Can they pull off the con, or will the Mark, a ruthless and violent person, cause even more harm?
Picture Perfect (Folge 3) 8.0
Autor: Matthew Graham
Sendedatum: 2004-03-09
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: Mickey Bricks and his team of con artists decide to dabble in the world of art this week, when they set up an elaborate scam to swindle a greedy gallery owner, by faking an early Mondrian painting.
Cops and Robbers (Folge 4) 8.0
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2004-03-16
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: Mickey crosses paths with Victor Maher, ex-fraud squad officer, now head of security at a bank. Victor blackmails Mickey into doing something he normally wouldn't do.
A Touch of Class (Folge 5) 7.2
Autor: Ashley Pharoah
Sendedatum: 2004-03-23
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: Desperate for a lucrative con, the team decides to fleece a bitter, rich divorcee but Mickey's feelings for her begin to cloud the issue.
The Last Gamble (Folge 6) 8.0
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2004-03-30
Laufzeit: 52 min
Übersicht: The crew picks a greedy fat-cat as their mark for a con using his two secret weaknesses- gambling and prostitutes- but the situation is complicated by a previous mark who seeks payback for them claiming to sell him the London Eye.
