7.2/10125 votesLoading...#1 - Ding Dong That's My Song
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2012
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.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Chris Bucknall
7.5/10184 votesLoading...#2 - Signing Up to Wealth
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2007
Back on their home turf, the gang set about getting back to business as usual - playing the long con. Porn czar Dickie Brennan has his eye set on owning a prize-winning horse and his ruthless ways make him confident that he'll get what he wants. Of course, the Hustle crew are more than willing to lend a hand, even though they know nothing about horses. Meanwhile, Danny is focused on finding a new grifter to complete the team and begins interviews. Billy Bond isn't giving up on getting noticed and will stop at nothing to join the gang even though Danny has his heart set on a pretty lady member.
Director: Lee MacIntosh
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.5/10202 votesLoading...#3 - Conning the Artists
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2007
Eddie's bar is the "Hustle" crew's hangout and the place to go when celebrating the success of a recent con. Unfortunately, their most recent celebration comes to a grinding halt when they are taken hostage. A man claiming that the gang dishonored his family has come to seek revenge and this time it's not about money - it's personal. Can the grifters negotiate their way out, or have they gone too far and must pay the ultimate sacrifice?
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Nick Fisher
7.5/10136 votesLoading...#4 - Old Sparks Come New
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2011
When Emma finds out that ex-boyfriend Joe Ryan is facing eviction, the team find themselves travelling to Birmingham to take on Georgina Althorp, owner of an unscrupulous law firm. Mickey and the gang set about the ambitious task of selling Georgina a castle and a title - but will she bite? Meanwhile, it seems love is blossoming once more for Emma; are they about to lose one of the team for good?
Director: John McKay
Writer: Chris Lang
7.6/10337 votesLoading...#5 - Faking It
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2004
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?
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.6/10228 votesLoading...#6 - Confessions
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2005
The gang are on the verge of completing a job but Albert's gone AWOL. When he finally appears it's all too late because 'the mark' has pulled out - but Albert has a new plan.
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Matthew Graham
7.6/10189 votesLoading...#7 - A Designer's Paradise
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2007
Billy finally gets his shot to play the inside man with Danny. Using the "Emperor's New Clothes" as inspiration, the crew are looking to con Clarissa Bartwell, an immoral "fashionista." While exploiting Clarissa's passion for fashion, Billy runs into trouble with someone from his past. Unless Billy can hand over 20,000 pounds, this certain someone threatens to blow their cover. Can Billy keep this threat away long enough to complete the con, or is his first long con going to be his last?
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Colin Bytheway
7.6/10127 votesLoading...#8 - The Fall of Railton FC
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2011
When Ash finds out that the local football club where he grew up has gone bust and closed down, he suggests the Hustle gang should tackle the greed that has taken over the great game, as the drama continues. Of course, the team stand to make loads of cash in the process! When Ash has an accident and develops a rare condition that means he can't lie, it looks like it won't just be the con that's over but Ash's days as a grifter as well. Can Mickey, Albert, Sean and Emma convince the seemingly untouchable Coleman to score an own goal, or will they be shown a red card?
Director: Colin Teague
Writer: Chris Lang
7.7/10232 votesLoading...#9 - As One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, One Flew In
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2007
The Hustle crew are back, but they are short a man - Mickey Stone. Mickey is off in Australia to pull off a major con and Danny uses this opportunity to prove to everyone that he's capable of being the new boss. Of course Danny's never been shy about taking on a challenge and for his first time as leader, Danny and the gang are off to Los Angeles. The con? To sell the Hollywood sign to a Texan...
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.7/10150 votesLoading...#10 - The Father of Jewels
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2010
The gang are just about to close a deal worth 50,000; that is, until Sean is distracted by someone with whom he has a score to settle. He lets the mark walk off with the money while he pursues this man. Emma is shocked to discover that the man is none other than Rex Kennedy, Sean and Emma's dad, who walked out on them 25 years ago.
Director: Sarah O'Gorman
Writer: Fintan Ryan, Mark Chappell
7.7/10135 votesLoading...#11 - The Delivery
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2011
Mickey and the team find themselves thrust into a daring, daylight heist to retrieve some stolen diamonds which are buried beneath a busy police station, and things look stacked against them when it turns out the jewels belong to a mafia boss who wants them back. Meanwhile, Albert is visited by a figure from his past who brings a shocking revelation.
Director: Colin Teague
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.8/10280 votesLoading...#12 - A Touch of Class
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2004
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.
Director: Minkie Spiro
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
7.8/10231 votesLoading...#13 - Old Acquaintance
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/26/2005
When Stacie claps eyes on her estranged husband Jake who left her five years ago taking everything she owned with him, she's certain he is to be the gang's next mark. Having graduated from the short con world to the professional poker circuit, he's good and he won't be an easy target. But the team swears to exact revenge on him for Stacie. Is Stacie really prepared to leave her friends for love? Or has she really got another card up her sleeve....?
Director: John Strickland
Writer: Julie Rutterford
7.8/10237 votesLoading...#14 - Price For Fame
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2006
The team plan to con a violent businessman out of a hundred grand by pretending to be music promoters interested in representing his young son.
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.8/10128 votesLoading...#15 - Benny's Funeral
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2011
Albert, Mickey, Ash, Sean and Emma attend the funeral of a fellow grifter called Benny. Benny had a history with the team having helped Mickey out of a difficult situation years ago and nearly taking Ash's place in the group. Ash bumps into a panicked man that looks like Benny after the funeral. Ash the chases after him and learns that Benny is still alive. Benny explains to Ash why he had to fake his own death and the team decide to help him.
Director: Roger Goldby
Writer: Chris Bucknall
7.9/10232 votesLoading...#16 - A Bollywood Dream
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/2006
One of Albert's long time concierge contacts, Harold, asks Albert to target a man who's caused a lot of suffering in the Asian community - Kulvinda Samar, a greedy sweatshop owner and ardent fan of Bollywood films. The gang agree to use a classic movie-investor con on Samar - given it's Bollywood they'll have a lot to learn, but as ever, they're determined to make it perfect.
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Danny Brown
7.9/10154 votesLoading...#17 - Politics
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2009
Caught out while posing as lawyers, the team promises to save a community centre.
Director: Martin Hutchings
Writer: Fintan Ryan, Marston Bloom
7.9/10157 votesLoading...#18 - Tiger Troubles
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2010
Albert is in Chinatown to close a deal with Phil and his brother-in-law, Charlie. However, Czech Charlie is a notorious hard-man and not one to ever consider conning, so when Phil collapses and dies, Albert decides to cut his losses and leave the con. But Charlie isn't pulling out. He wants his brother's cash by the end of the week or else! Can the team con half a million to save Albert's bacon?
Director: Sarah O'Gorman
Writer: Chris Bucknall
7.9/10149 votesLoading...#19 - Conned Out of Luck
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2010
The gang are left in shock as the unthinkable happens - Mickey is conned! Some lowlife rips him off by selling him a useless mobile phone online. According to the age-old laws of grifting, when a grifter is conned he's guaranteed a run of bad luck. What will the gang do if Mickey loses his mojo? They head to Eddie's to drown their sorrows, only to find it heaving with customers. It seems Lady Luck has switched her allegiance and the chums need to do something to restore the balance.
Director: Luke Watson
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.9/10144 votesLoading...#20 - Gold Finger
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2012
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.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.9/10142 votesLoading...#21 - Picasso Finger Painting
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2012
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.
Director: Adrian Lester
Writer: Tony Jordan
8.0/10316 votesLoading...#22 - Picture Perfect
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2004
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.
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writer: Matthew Graham
8.0/10262 votesLoading...#23 - Gold Mine
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2005
The gang are back and despite his better judgement, Mickey gives Danny a chance to run his own scam. However, the object of the scam has a habit of sending con men to jail so the risks for the gang are high. And it doesn't make them feel any better to discover that Danny plans to convince the man, a savvy property developer, that there's a goldmine in the heart of London.
Director: Otto Bathurst
Writer: Tony Jordan
8.0/10229 votesLoading...#24 - Whittaker Our Way Out
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2006
Fellow con-man James Whittaker Wright III enlists the help of the Hustle crew to avenge his legendary grifter grandfather's treatment by Cornfoots Merchant Bank. Posing as enterpreneurs and investors they try to get back at the bank by a massive con. But have the Hustle crew forgotten just how devious James Whittaker Wright III can be?
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Steve Coombes
8.0/10165 votesLoading...#25 - The Thieving Mistake
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2010
While at the airport seeing Albert off on a trip, the team encounters `Liability' Finch, a hapless friend of Ash who is in hot water with a customs officer and a Russian art collector as a result of a bungled painting theft. Despite being ordered by Mickey to lie low and avoid trouble, Sean sets out to help Finch, with disastrous consequences.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Writer: Fintan Ryan
The Worst Episodes of Hustle
Every episode of Hustle ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hustle!
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Genres:ComedyCrimeDramaMystery
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"Ding Dong That's My Song" is the worst rated episode of "Hustle". It scored 7.2/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by Alrick Riley and written by Chris Bucknall, it aired on 2/10/2012. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Signing Up to Wealth".