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.
Gold Finger (Folge 1) 9.0
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2012-01-13
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: The Hustle team is back, and making more money than ever now that the Olympics are in town, but a moment of random kindness from Albert draws them into an altogether darker con. The grifters pose as a renegade army unit to take on Dexter Gold, the greedy, smooth-talking owner of a corrupt gold exchange.
Picasso Finger Painting (Folge 2) 8.0
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2012-01-20
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Mickey has been taken prisoner by notorious gangster and international art collector Petre Sava, who wrongly believes the gang were behind the theft of his stolen Picasso. Now Ash and the others face a race against time to locate the missing painting and return it before Mickey becomes Sava's next victim.
Curiosity Killed the Kat (Folge 3)
Autor: Ryan Craig
Sendedatum: 2012-01-27
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: The gang plan an inheritance scam to bring down their latest mark, but are unaware that they're being targeted by corrupt cop DI Fisk.
Eat Yourself Slender (Folge 4)
Autor: Chris Lang
Sendedatum: 2012-02-03
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: After one of the teams friends called Carol suffers a heart attack, the gang find out that she's been the victim of a sham diet plan run by American Dr Dean Deville and his wife, Dana. Mickey comes up with a weight-loss scam to sell them a a new miraculous diet pill, but knows they'll first need to gain their trust.
Ding Dong That's My Song (Folge 5)
Autor: Chris Bucknall
Sendedatum: 2012-02-10
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Albert decides to return to an old haunt and soon discovers that it's been pulled down by ruthless property tycoon, Dale Ridley. He ends up recruiting the rest of the team to deliver a special form of retribution.
The Con is Off (Folge 6) 7.0
Autor: Tony Jordan
Sendedatum: 2012-02-17
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Mickey believes that he has found the ultimate mark in multi-millionaire businessman Madani Wasem. The stakes end up being much higher than usual as Wasem is extremely dangerous and the kind of mark they usually try to avoid dealing with.
