{"id":418590,"date":"2011-05-06T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/06\/hustle-creator-calls-time-on-show\/"},"modified":"2011-05-06T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:27:27","slug":"hustle-creator-calls-time-on-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/06\/hustle-creator-calls-time-on-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Hustle creator calls time on show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"55.4438356164\"><span><span>6 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>06:27 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The creator of BBC One con artist drama Hustle has said its newly commissioned eighth series will be the last.<\/p>\n<p>But writer Tony Jordan did not rule out the possibility the show, which first aired in 2004, could be revived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you allow the show to fade away or&#8230; quit while you&#8217;re ahead?&#8221; he told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/news\/broadcasters\/jordan-pens-last-con-as-hustle-runs-course\/5026929.article\">Broadcast magazine<\/a>. &#8220;You want to go out like James Dean in a fast car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A BBC spokesperson confirmed the next series of Hustle would be the last &#8220;with the current gang&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But the corporation said it was &#8220;in discussions&#8221; about the programme&#8217;s &#8220;continued life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh series of Hustle, screened earlier this year, attracted an average audience of 6.3m viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which stars Adrian Lester and Robert Vaughn, is made for the BBC by independent production company Kudos.<\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter Jordan acted as the lead storyliner on EastEnders for several years, and co-created time-travelling police drama Life on Mars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/entertainment-arts-13307876\" title=\"Hustle creator calls time on show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hustle creator calls time on show<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 6 May 2011 Last updated at 06:27 ET The creator of BBC One con artist drama Hustle has said its newly commissioned eighth series will be the last. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":418480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-418590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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