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- A motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.
- In London, two teams are formed and prepare their operations, destined as adversaries. Michael 'Mickey Bricks' Stone is out of jail after two years for an unrelated offense; everybody knows he will do at least once more what he's good in, in fact the best in Britain: the intricate 'long con', always prepared by his American associate Albert Stroller, who finds and gains the confidence of a wealthy mark; their other known cahoots are Ash Morgan and Stacie Monroe. Meanwhile in the police force, a new man is stepping in as new head of the task force to catch them; his failed predecessor, DS Terri Hodges, fills him in on the findings, and Mickey's correctly presumed next target: businessman Peter Williams. The scam this time is to pretend a computer delay of under a second allows the 'investors' to earn a fortune on oil company Vestron's stock just before it rises as a consequence of its annual report, then pull the plug and run with the 'seed money'. A surprise element, however spotted by the police, is young short con- artist Danny Blue, who skilfully forces his way into Mickey's team after being refused a cut when he just asked for a chance to learn from the masters. The police already has a case against him, and offers him his freedom if he stays in the scam to spy and testify afterward. Things work out differently, because of another scam...
- Albert Stroller is severely beaten by a vicious casino owner, Frank Gorley, after being caught cheating at cards. The team decide to get their revenge by scamming Gorely for a load of money. Finding Gorley's weakness - he's a film buff who particularly likes old black and white movies from the '40s and '50s -the team sets up an elaborate quick-money scheme for him to invest in a film. They also let Danny play the lead in their elaborate charade, a first for him in a long con.
- The team focus on the art world and specifically Meredith Gates, an art collector and dealer who is an expert on the works of Mondrian. The plan is to produce a forged Mondrian that would show he experimented with cubism long before Picasso. Having found their forger, they must now provide him with period-specific materials while at the same time setting the trap for Gates. What they do not realize is that they too are being set up and may end up with nothing.
- Mickey Stone find himself being blackmailed by Victor Maher into helping him catch a bank robber. Maher has an old videotape of Danny Blue involved in a robbery and unless Mickey agrees to help, he will turn it over to the police. Maher spent his career in the fraud squad and is now head of security for Moores Bank. He knows that Sam Richards will soon try to rob the their main London Branch and want Mickey to get a member of his team in on the robbery. Albert Stroller, who has had dealings with Maher in the past, warns Mickey that the ex-cop is very good at what he does and that Mickey himself is as much the prize as Richards. Left on the sidelines, Danny and Stacie spend a good deal of time together with Danny starting to fall for her.
- The con artists set their sights on Katherine Winterbourne a very rich woman, now divorced, whose nasty reputation is well deserved. In her ongoing battle with her now ex-husband, she even killed his dogs. The team's plan is to use her hatred of her ex against her. They set themselves up as investors planning to build a luxury hotel that would compete directly with that of her ex-husband's. Her desire for further revenge is such that she insists on investing in the scheme. As Mickey gets to know her however, he comes to believe that they are scamming an honest person and wants to stop the con.
- The mark is Anthony Reeves who has just received a controversial half-million pound payout on being fired from his most recent job. Reeves loves the horses so the team set him up for The Wire - convince him that they are getting race information before it's being made available publicly thereby ensuring a win. The scam works well until one of their previous victims decides he wants his money back. Meanwhile, Danny has an amusing crisis of confidence when a new receptionist refuses to go out with him.
- Back from their holiday, the team learns that an old friend and con artist, has been sent to prison. He tried to con businessman Howard Jennings in a stock deal but unfortunately for him, Jennings knew the game too well. Danny is very keen to take this fellow on and now has to devise a plan for the most difficult of marks: conning someone without them ever knowing they have ever been conned. So, they try to convince Jennings that there is possibly a gold mine in the heart of London.
- When Albert doesn't show up for a planned scam the scheme falls through but he has already staked out another target. Johnny Keyes is now a successful London restaurant owner with a violent and nasty past. Keyes' son disappeared long ago and would give anything to find him and help him out in life. The plan is simple: have Danny impersonate the boy and tug on Keyes heart strings to the point where he will be just begging to give him money. When the plan falters, they go to their backup plan which proves to be a bit more successful.
- The team set their sights on a former African despot, Anthony Mgube, who now lives in Switzerland. Mgube collects old banknotes and very much wants to get his hands on a 19th century US $1000 note. All is going well until Danny shows up with a new friend, Trevor Speed, who wants in on the long con. The team is reluctant to take him on, but eventually give in to Danny's ultimatum to trust him or he'll quit. Meanwhile, Stacie is upset that her bank has charged her £85 for a very minor overage on her account and she enlists Albie to help her get even. In the end, nothing is as it seems. Mickey has a bit of fun with bar owner Eddie who thinks the team are always taking advantage of him.
- The con artists have to deal with a bent copper when she arrests Mickey and Danny in Eddie's bar in the middle of scamming someone. The police Officer, DI Sam Phillips, makes it quite clear that she expects 50% of the proceeds but also half of their next scam, involving original artwork for a 1930's comic book. The idea is to put the original up for auction and then swap it for a forgery once the sale is complete. The real question however is how will the con artists get away with their scheme and get rid of the pesky police officer at the same time?
- The team's next victim is Jake Henry, Stacie Monroe's husband. He walked out on her five years previously and cleaned out her bank account leaving her, as she says, a cactus, a Phil Collins CD and a stale piece of cheese. Henry fancies himself a top poker player so the plan is to scam him in a game of Texas Holdem. There may be cause for concern however when Stacie apparently starts to re-connect with Henry and he in turn wants them to renew their relationship.
- The team plan to commit the crime of the century - the theft of the Star of Africa, largest diamond in the world and centrepiece of the Crown Jewels.
- After a near-fatal car accident, smart, savvy, sharp-suited detective Sam is mysteriously transported back to 1973. Confused by his new surroundings, Sam tries to return to the present, but the police force of long ago needs his help.
- A DCI from 2006 wakes from a car crash in 1973 and must figure out how he got there in order to get back and save his girlfriend.
- Sam and Gene are at loggerheads when tragedy results from Sam's ethics.
- A murder at a factory brings some nostalgia to Sam -- it's where is flat is in the future, and he and Hunt each have a tenner on which is best: Hunt's instincts or Tyler's forensics.
- After discovering most of the police force is on the take, Sam must decide how to handle it and figure a way to get DCI Hunt on board. The fact the mob boss is responsible for terrorizing his mother only firms his resolve.
- The death of a Manchester United fan may send the city into a riot when a City fan is suspected, so Sam, Gene and Annie go undercover at a pub to get clues as to the murderer.
- A hostage situation becomes increasingly more nerve-wracking for Sam when he discovers the hostage taker's deadline coincides with the time that his life support machine is due to be turned off in 2006. Meanwhile Annie gets sent into the room with the hostage taker, dressed as a nurse, in an attempt to gain information about the situation.
- Sam believes exposing a dirty cop will make his tests in 2006 show a response, but will the sacrifice of the unit be worth it?
- Sam's encounter with his father brings back memories and challenges his belief of his purpose for being in 1973.
- 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.
- Danny and Mickey have been bickering of late so Albert suggests they undertake the Henderson challenge, named after a New York con man who wanted to prove he was the best con man anywhere. The challenge is relatively simple: Mickey and Danny will be dropped off at noon in a very public location stark naked and have until 6 pm to make as much money as possible. The one with the most money wins. The two of them are soon running through Trafalgar Square in their birthday suits and the contest has begun. Danny focuses on what he does best - the short con, making a few hundred quid here and there. Mickey has a different approach and decides to get at a mark he has held in reserve to make one quick, but large, bundle. At the end of it all, they not only surprise themselves but Albert has a bit of news for them as well.
- Con artist JW3 (James Whittaker Wright III) arrives on the scene hoping for revenge on the bank responsible for ruining his grandfather - who sold fake gold mines on the stock market. The team step into action, with Danny posing as a City businessman, but it's not long before they come unstuck and realize their ally could be just as deceitful as they are.
- Albert identifies their next mark, Kulvinder Samar, a businessman with a love of Bollywood movies. Their play is quite simple: convince him to invest in their Bollywood movie and even offer him a part in the film. Samar is arrogant and runs a sweatshop so as far as they are concerned, he's an ideal target. The con is just a little too perfect however and he's soon on to them. Fate intervenes in the form of a car accident resulting in Samar losing his short-term memory. The con artists decide to just run the con over again - a little less perfect this time - but Samar has undergone a serious personality change and is no longer the smug SOB they set out to get.
- When Stacie's friend attempts suicide because of a slanderous story about her by a newspaper. The team, expectedly, decide to make a mark out of the newspaper. A false headline about the identity of the queen mother quickly intrigues the chief editor and his top reporter. However, the editor isn't the only one worrying about the truth of the story.
- The crew are blackmailed by a policeman to catch Adam "The Ghost" Rice, a famous thief.
- Sam is experiencing visions and pains that suggest that his life is in danger in 2006. At the same time, he runs into the younger version Tony Crane, a twenty-first century killer who Sam helped to convict. Sam comes to believe that Crane has escaped justice in 2006 and has come to wreak revenge on his comatose nemesis by torturing him...to death.
- Sam receives messages from 2006 saying that his mentor, Glen Fletcher (Ray Emmet Brown) has died. He's shocked to meet a younger version of Fletcher in 1973, especially when he finds that his mentor has not yet grown into the man who he looked up to. Meanwhile, a prisoner's escape triggers Sam's suspicions about crooked dealings within the CID.
- Manchester is beset with bomb threats that Gene readily pins on the IRA, but Sam's knowledge of history makes him doubt Gene's assertion. However, messages from 2006 and a grave mistake in 1973 are giving Sam reason to question his own judgment.
- Sam and Annie investigate a world of suburban swingers' parties to investigate a murder.
- A very ill Sam Tyler has reason to believe that he's been given an overdose of medication in 2006. While struggling with this, he's called into CID to assist with a troubling kidnapping case. With Sam not quite himself, it's up to the rest of the team to solve the case and save the lives of a mother and daughter.
- Sam hears the voice of his girlfriend Maya (Archie Panjabi) from 2006, asking him to let her go. At the same time, an investigation of the burgeoning Manchester heroin trade leads him to meet an unexpected acquaintance from his twenty first century life.
- DCI Gene Hunt finds himself under suspicion of murder and soon all of CID are after him. But DI Sam Tyler believes otherwise. He goes to find his innocence. Even if that means making Gene dress as a road safety squirrel.
- The CID team goes undercover to prevent a payroll robbery, but Sam's determination to return to 2006 endangers them all.
- 2004–201256mTV-147.7 (225)TV EpisodeAs Mickey leaves for a big score in Australia, Danny steps up to the mark as the gangs new leader, but can he convince a greedy American businessman to buy the Hollywood Hills sign?
- Albert has found the team a new mark: Richard Brennan, who runs an adult video production company and has a passion for race horses. He has three horses in training, but not a single won race so far. Danny's idea: to "sell" Brennan a horse that would win. Danny also thinks they need a new permanent fifth member an is interviewing applicants - who "by chance" happen to all be women, all 21 of them!
- The grifters' barman Eddie approaches them as his father is in a nursing home that is trying to take his home from him in a very underhand way. The nursing home has just been taken over by Veronica Powell and the grifters, having seen her in action, vow to take her down.
- Spin off from Holby City (1999) and Casualty (1986), taking place in and around Holby South police station and focusing on the police who work with the doctors and paramedics from Holby City and Casualty.
- Despite his professional heroics, DI John Keenan has to face facts about his marriage. With a dangerous paedophile on the loose, probationer Lucy Slater has a baptism of fire at Holby South.
- The team finally allow Billy into their inner realms just as a figure from his past resurfaces and threatens to blow Billy's cover if he doesn't give him £20,000. The crew look to con Clarissa Bartwell an immoral "fashionista" using the "Emperor's New Clothes" as their inspiration.
- DI Keenan has long had his sights set on arresting Neculai Stenga, a local Russian mobster who is heavily into the drugs and prostitution trade. Up to now, Keenan has been unable to get the evidence to nail him but things may have changed. Stenga's girlfriend, Louise Martin, approaches PC William Jackson, whom she grew up with, to tell him that Stenga may have been responsible for the recent death of a prostitute who was thrown from a third story window. She's also ready to testify, even though she knows that Stenga will not hesitate to kill her if he finds out what she has done. On the street, the police are on the lookout for a gang of 5 hoodies who have been mugging anyone with earphones. PCs Clifton and Slater arrest a young lad, Adam Tyler, out joyriding in a stolen car. Keenan's personal life becomes ever more complicated now that he's sleeping with Rachel Barker and his wife, who had asked him for a divorce, is sending different signals.
- Danny and the crew successfully scam a greedy Japanese businessman, Mr. Yakubi, using a foreign currency scam. They then go against their own better judgment and decide to try the same ruse on a caviar importer. Their scam is interrupted however when Yakubi's son shows up at Eddie's bar and demands revenge, saying he has to retrieve his father's honor. The crew aren't impressed until he reveals that he is holding Eddie hostage.
- With the information on the incoming shipment of crystal meth, the police finally manage to get the green light to stage a raid and arrest Neculai Stenga in the act. It all goes wrong however and it's obvious that Stenga has set them up. While most think their informant was involved in the set-up, Keenan posits another theory. Having located the storage site for a robbery ring, PC Kelly Cooper gives into temptation. PC Lucy Slater and Sgt. Macfadden are attacked by a disturbed man who takes them prisoner. Keenan's personal life is upside down when Rachel Barker makes a point of telling his wife Kate they slept together. With Kate starting her new job at the station, it makes for a difficult work atmosphere. DS French's wife comes to the station with bad news.
- While on a holiday in Las Vegas, Albert is recognized by an old friend, the head of security at a major casino. Although satisfied that Albert isn't scamming the hotel the owner - Joey Maranzano, son of a famous mafia boss - decides to teach Albert a lesson anyway, taking a baseball bat to his hand. The team decide to get their revenge by stealing $5 million on display behind an aquarium in the hotel lobby. Even if they get away with the theft, Maranzano is ruthless and the real question is whether they can get away with their lives.
- The police are looking for Steven Price, the informant who was supposed to set up Nekolai Stenga for a drug bust. DS Luke French thinks that Price is probably dead but few agree with him, including DI Keenan. What they don't know is that there is a mole in the police force who tipped Stenga off about the raid. The mole is also out to find out in which safe house Keenan has put Stenga's girlfriend, Louise, another possible witness against the mobster. The police arrest Vinnie Dwyer, a house burglar who takes his infant nephew with him while out on the job. It turns out that the baby's mother, Anne-Marie Dwyer, and PC Robert Clifton have a considerable history together. Dwyer however also has some important information - he tells French there's a grass on the Force. Clifton also arrests a young woman who turns out to be a drug mule. Kate tell her husband, DI Keenan, that he's becoming infatuated with his case and shutting everything - and everyone - out.
- The investigation of Stenger continues and DI Keenan focuses on trying to find the mobster's ex-girlfriend Louise. She fled the police safe-house having lost faith in their ability to keep her safe after Stenger paid her a visit. Keenan begins to believe that Stenger is getting information from inside the station and that they have a bent copper on their hands; he shares that view with DCI Harry Hutchinson who sets his sights on PC William Jackson. PC Lucy Slater returns to work after her stay in hospital.The police participate in Operation Spider, the massive roundup of a suspected pedophile ring. Inspector Jenny Black's husband is one of those arrested but it turns out it's Jenny who has a secret. PCs Kelly Cooper and Neil Parker look into the case of a homeless man who is found badly beaten. It turns out he is married but has been living on the street since leaving his wife. Additional information indicates that his wife has hatched a scheme to make some money.
- DI Keenan and DS French continue their investigation into Stenga. They get a lead on locating Michael Martin who helped his sister, Stenga's girlfriend, get away from both the hoodlum and police protection. A well-respected solicitor Amina Akran has acid thrown in her face. The police initially suspect the girl's father who had disowned her after she became involved with someone he didn't approve of. PC Lucy Slater has a new boyfriend and is over the moon but PC Robert Clifton recognizes him as a drug dealer. Neil Parker gets the job in CID both he and Kelly Cooper applied for.
- PC Robert Clifton is in hospital recovering from his recent encounter with a murder suspect - who poured boiling water on his genitals. DS Luke French decides that his elderly mother will have to be put into a home. Two women show up at the station with one claiming the other's daughter has stolen her baby. PC William Jackson decides to return to work after having resigned when accused of being a bent copper. When DCI Hutchinson gets a call telling him that a local mobster - and chief rival to Nicolei Stenga - is getting a major drugs shipment, DI Keenan smells a rat. He subsequently learns that Harry's superior knows nothing of a possible intelligence leak in the Station. The police have a strange case of one man beating up the other but neither will satisfactorily explain what is going on.