Series 8
- Dexter Gold, played by Paterson Joseph, is a gold seller. He made his fortune using a company that buys gold items and jewellery from unsuspecting victims for heavily reduced prices. He gets away with it because of the fine print that no one reads.
- Petre Sava, played by Peter Polycarpou, is a ruthless Eastern European art collector who the team attempt to sell a fake Picasso to after hearing in the press that the work had been stolen. What they don't know, however, is that Sava was the original owner and they come unstuck when Sava kidnaps Mickey thinking the crew really did steal the painting in the first place. They have no luck in retrieving the original. Mickey is released though when Ash calls Sava and rival gangster Harry Holmes (Martin Kemp) to the same warehouse, causing them and their henchmen to fight with a fake being destroyed in the process (Sava thought that this was the real painting). Eventually he settles for a fake created by art forger Dolly Hammond (Sheila Hancock).
- Dale Ridley, played by Mark Williams, is a disgraced 80s TV gameshow host who had a catchphrase with 'Ding Dong, That's My Song'. Now he is a ruthless property developer, tearing down sites for profit including one of Albert's old clubs. The team know his old studios that fired him are up for sale and know he would love the chance to take revenge and knock the building down. Dale does discover he's being conned in this episode (episode 5), but Mickey and the gang still walk clean away with his money.
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