Hustle

Hustle (2004)

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The Hush Heist - S6-E6

Corrected entry: During their assessment of the security in operation at the Syrian bank they intend to rob, Mickey and his team discuss in some detail the regular patrols of the safety deposit box vaults by guards leading attack dogs. These guards are conveniently forgotten about during the heist, even though there has been a power failure knocking out all but one of their electronic safeguards. You'd think there would be increased and more thorough patrols by the guards at that time - instead they just disappear.

Correction: Watch the episode again. The guards are shown patrolling, but Mickey and his gang are behind a huge, locked vault door and the guards do not have access. One guard is shown looking at the door and is satisfied it is closed and secure. The guards have every reason to believe that the pressure pads inside the vault provide sufficient security during the power cut as they are not affected.

Correction: The guards are shown patrolling with their dogs. Mickey and his team are in a vault to which the guards have no access. If they did continue their patrol inside the vault, they would set off alarms triggered by the pressure pads in the floor.

The Hush Heist - S6-E6

Corrected entry: If MI5 and the Serious Crime Squad had information to the effect that a terrorist suspect had stashed valuables in a safe deposit bank in a vault in London it would take them about ten minutes to obtain a confiscation order signed by a Supreme Court judge. The bank wouldn't even know about it until the heavy squad turned up and if they claimed they couldn't open the deposit box in question the locks would simply be drilled out on the spot. No risk and no unexpected surprises from the criminals you have hired to pull off an extremely hazardous operation (as happens here) - the whole thing would be neat, clean, and above all legal.

Correction: This is explicitly dealt with in the episode. The female MI6 agent explains that if the Home Office were to raid the bank it would create a hell of a row with the Syrian government, whereas having a bunch of hapless crooks arrested during a robbery would mean nothing, as HM government would be able to deny any involvement.

The Con Is On - S1-E1

Corrected entry: When Ash takes all of the money out of the rigged cash machine, we see a few £50 notes (pink in colour). Cash machines don't pay out £50 notes due to the rate of counterfeit notes produced.

DoubleCheese14

Correction: At the time the series was shot a number of ATMs in London were stocked with £50 notes. They were mainly in popular tourist spots like Westminster, Kensington and Covent Garden. The original posting is incorrect.

The Henderson Challenge - S3-E2

Factual error: Mickey and Danny walk to their local shop to buy ice. We see that the shop is Robis, which is at 106 Brick Lane, in E1. They even show the street name sign just so we can be certain. Mickey and Danny deliver the ice to their flat, which is in the street directly opposite the shop - the camera shows them going into the building. However, a few shots later, the whole crew meet on the roof of the building to discuss The Henderson Challenge. We see that this building overlooks the north side of the river, close to Tower Bridge. We get a clear view of the Greater London Authority building which is on the opposite, south bank. They are suddenly several kilometers from Brick Lane, which is where their flat was just shown as being.

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Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Albert, what the hell were you doing in a church today?
Albert Stroller: Gil Stewart died this afternoon. I was there at the end.
Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Oh God, I'm so sorry Albert. You two were like brothers.
Albert Stroller: We worked Vegas together. That man was made for bright lights. Poor bastard - died of a stroke in a dental surgery.
Mickey 'Bricks' Stone: Well, someone should sue them.
Albert Stroller: Aye, he was pretending to be the dentist.

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The Hustlers News of the Day - S3-E5

Trivia: In some versions of this episode the name of the newspaper the grifters con has been rather clumsily dubbed over as "The Weekend World" rather than the original "The Sunday World", which is a real newspaper.

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