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Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen

Chris Hollins

Matt Crook

Simon Harries

Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen: Episode 10

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Episode 10

BBC One - Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen, Episode 10

Muddy mushrooms are put in an airing cupboard to set up a toxic-mould scam.

Hidden-camera series. Pretend rogue plumber Roger plants muddy mushrooms in an airing cupboard to set up a toxic-mould scam. Will the client fall for his fungal fraud?

An audacious hidden-camera series with Chris Hollins. An acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks to show us all how easy it can be to be taken in. 

Essex businessman Peter is set up by one of his employees, who has called in Roger to investigate problem plumbing. Our pretend rogue tries to con Peter with stories of a squirrel infestation, not realising that he has a sharp-witted consumer on his hands. 

Later he tries to take Nicola to the cleaners, when she house-sits for her friend in east London. He plants muddy mushrooms in the airing cupboard, to set up a toxic-mould scam, but Nicola suspects him of putting them there. Will she fall for his fungal fraud? 

A pensioner reveals how he fell for the tall stories of a West Midlands conman, who used fake literature to target more than 30 victims and pocket around 57,000 pounds as part of his devious plan.

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An acting rogue tradesmen shows us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

An acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks, to show us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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