All six episodes from the second season of the BBC drama series following the fortunes of a gang of five London-based expert con artists Mickey & Bricks& Stone (Adrian Lester) Albert Stroller (Robert Vaughn) Stacie Monroe (Jaime Murray) Danny Blue (Marc Warren) & Ash Morgan (Robert Glenister) In & Gold Mine& Mickey Danny Albert Ash & Stacie return from a well-earned break to discover that old time grifter Harry Holmes (Ronald Pickup) has been banged up After attempting to con ruthless property developer Howard Jennings Holmes may be in for a long stretch Jennings has been stung before & won&t be out-smarted by anyone
- or so he thinks In & Confessions& the gang are on the verge of completing a job but Albert&s gone AWOL When he finally appears it&s all too late because &the mark& has pulled out
- but Albert has a new plan After spotting Johnny Keyes
- a prominent restaurateur with a notorious gangland background
- in a church he goes undercover as a priest to hear Keyes& confession In & The Lesson& Danny has found a potential new member of the gang Trevor He&s a short con artist & very good at what he does but he targets the elderly & the poor as well as the greedy Danny threatens to walk if the gang won&t give Trevor a chance so they reluctantly trust Danny&s instincts But is the gang finally going to end up being conned themselves? In & Missions& the team&s plan to con an auction house with a comic book forgery goes awry when corrupt copper Sam Phillips (Fay Ripley) decides she wants in on the play In & Old Acquaintance& when Stacie claps eyes on her estranged husband Jake (Max Beesley) who left her five years ago taking everything she owned with him she&s certain he is to be the gang&s next mark Having graduated from the short con world to the professional poker circuit he&s good & he won&t be an easy target Finally in & Eye Of The Beholder& Mickey&s got a plan & this one is like no other they&re going to steal the Crown Jewels! Initially the gang assume Mickey is joking
- they are not thieves but Mickey asks them to trust him & so they reluctantly agree to the elaborate con This will be the biggest challenge they&ll ever undertake but Mickey&s convinced they&re good enough to pull it off