Saturday, 16 May 2009

The Real Hustle On Holiday - Starts on May 21st

Thursday the 21st of May at 10:30 on BBC3 sees the first episode of a brand new series of The Real Hustle.

This ten part series is dedicated to holiday scams and is full of useful tips and things to look out for when traveling at home or abroad.

Here's a synopsis of the first episode:

A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - expose the scams that cheat tourists and travellers out of their holiday money.

Jess persuades a well-meaning tourist to take a gift through international customs, a good deed that could lead to him spending the rest of his life in jail.

Paul demonstrates how the unwary traveller can be separated from their luggage in a matter of minutes and Alex pulls a fast one on TV presenter Andi Peters by challenging him to the seemingly impossible task of ripping a phonebook in half.