# Identify this documentary show

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 22, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-documentary-show/610274 "2012-01-22T03:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-documentary-show/610274/1 "2012-01-22T03:30:19Z")

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There was an A&E/Discovery Channel type show that aired, I think, around 2004 or 2005 for maybe half dozen episode. The show followed a group of guys who were hired by clients to do tiger-team/penetration testing type stunts to see if they could steal or con something. Some of the episodes that I recall include shoplifting valuable stuff from an electronics store in LA (they stashed gear in a fake pregnant belly), secretly switching out a blackjack shoe in a casino, and stealing a painting from a gallery.

Anybody remember the name of that show?

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-documentary-show/610274/2 "2012-01-22T04:46:25Z")

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_The Real Hustle_. There is a popular British version on BBC and there was a less popular U.S. version on USA. Several other countries had versions also.