Hustle: Season 8

2012 · 6 episodes · ★ 8.0

Series 8

What Season 8 of Hustle

The eighth series started airing on 13 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9 pm after being pushed back from 6 January. Creator Tony Jordan said that it would be the last series for at least a while; later, the BBC announced that there would not be a series 9.Jaime Murray and Marc Warren returned to their roles as Stacie Monroe and Danny Blue, respectively, for the final episode.

6episodes

Jan 13, 2012premiered

Feb 17, 2012last episode

6 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Gold Finger
Jan 13, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Alrick Riley · Written by: Tony Jordan · Starring: Paterson Joseph, Pip Torrens, Cliff Parisi, Marlene Sidaway
8x02 Picasso Finger Painting
Jan 20, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Adrian Lester · Written by: Tony Jordan · Starring: Martin Kemp, Sheila Hancock, Peter Polycarpou, Bill Bailey
8x03 Curiosity Killed the Kat
Jan 27, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Roger Goldby · Written by: Ryan Craig · Starring: Patrick Baladi, Nina Sosanya, Sophie Ward, Skye Lourie
8x04 Eat Yourself Slender
Feb 3, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Roger Goldby · Written by: Chris Lang · Starring: John Barrowman, Raquel Cassidy, Jodie Prenger, Stuart McQuarrie
8x05 Ding Dong That's My Song
Feb 10, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Alrick Riley · Written by: Chris Bucknall · Starring: Mark Williams, Neil McNulty, Sammy Williams, Teddy Kempner
8x06 The Con is Off Season Finale
Feb 17, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Alrick Riley · Written by: Tony Jordan · Starring: Marc Warren, Jaime Murray, Abhin Galeya, Selva Rasalingam