About this season
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.
Episodes (10)
1. New Recruits - 1
Aired 5 September 2011 • 29 min
Polly Parsons and Jazz Lintott join Jess Clement, Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson in their mission to expose cons and crimes that catch the public out on a regular basis. Former Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallet goes undercover to help the hustlers steal from a watch store
2. New Recruits - 2
Aired 12 September 2011 • 29 min
Pop Idol's Gareth Gates plays the role of a stock market trader in a bogus business scam.
3. New Recruits - 3
Aired 19 September 2011 • 29 min
Former Eastenders wheeler dealer Joe Swash goes undercover, posing as a member of a film crew in a scam to relieve a TV rentals shop of a shipment of flatscreen TVs.
4. New Recruits - 4
Aired 26 September 2011 • 29 min
Dance act Diversity's front man Ashley Banjo goes undercover in an art scam.
5. New Recruits - 5
Aired 3 October 2011 • 29 min
Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding is a guest hustler in a scam involving gold chains.
6. New Recruits - 6
Aired 10 October 2011 • 29 min
Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe goes undercover in a lottery syndicate scam.
7. New Recruits - 7
Aired 24 October 2011 • 29 min
Hollyoaks actress Sarah Jayne Dunn goes undercover with Alex in a scam involving luxury watches, and Paul poses as a security guard for a local shopping precinct.
8. New Recruits - 8
Aired 31 October 2011 • 29 min
Colin Murray poses as poker magazine journalist, helping the hustlers pull off a scam.
9. Episode 9
Aired 7 November 2011 • 29 min
10. New Recruits - 10
Aired 20 January 2012 • 29 min
Actress Adele Silva helps the hustlers in a scam which involves the Forth Railway Bridge