The Real Hustle

Series 2

The Real Hustle is a documentary on various hustles, or so you think. In the final episode of the final season you realize the truth. They later it out in such a way that the twist only makes sense if you watched every episode as each episode is a piece to the puzzle. It was a master class of short cons masking the longest con of all. Such a rewarding experience.

Where to Watch Series 2

10 Episodes

Episode 1
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Episode 1First in the new series sees the team conning a delivery man into giving them his goods, making a couple in a cafe buy an supposedly expensive plate after overhearing a phone conversation and getting someone to leave a deposit on a car before making off with the car and the cash.
Episode 2
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Episode 2This episode's proposition bet involves the circumference of a beer glass being longer than its height. Stealing a victim's bag and then obtaining her PIN via a fake customer service line. Stealing people's unattended bags with a hollow dummy bag.
Episode 3
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Episode 3The gang steal someone's car by pretending to be a valet parking service, Alex pretends to have an injured leg so as to steal watches, another proposition bet where you lift a shot glass using two coins and a waitress skimming credit cards.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Jess uses a distraction technique while Alex removes the contents of there car's boot, getting free drinks by inviting marks to copy you, how a fake phone shop on a busy high street can con you out of your money, bogus security guards picking pockets instead of searching them, and a restaurant scam that guarantees a meal for the price of a cup of tea.
Episode 5
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Episode 5How to steal a car with a clever bit of role playing and how a mock auction can con members of the public into buying cheap goods.
Episode 6
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Episode 6The gang show us how to con members of the public into giving away credit card details via a fake charity scratch card just by saying there was a bit of mix up.
Episode 7
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Episode 7The gang steel laptops by offering a free memory upgrade, they picking pockets in a cafe, hack someone's wireless network and sell cheap knives with an infomercial for much more than there worth.
Episode 8
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Episode 8The gang set up an fashion store, but all the clothes in it are second hand. Alex works his charms as a fake waiter and Paul dupes another punter into buying him a free drink. Also one woman gets her kitchen taken of any valuables by letting in some fake workmen.
Episode 9
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Episode 9The gang clamp someone's car and take a bribe to take it off, they show us how simple it is to sell non-organic produce as organic with a price rise, and Paul shows us how easy it is to con the public out of their cash in an origami scam that leaves you with half a £10 note.
Episode 10
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Episode 10Alex and Paul set up a market stall that sells fake TV show props and autographs, while Jess sells bus tour vouchers to unsuspecting tourists for a bus that doesn't exist. Plus, three ways you could be short-changed after buying something.