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Alexis Conran is a British actor, writer and presenter on TV and radio, who currently hosts the weekend afternoon show on
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. He is perhaps best known for co-hosting the
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show ''
The Real Hustle ''The Real Hustle'' is a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on ...
'' from 2006 until 2012. He was born in south Paris, France, and moved to Greece when he was a child. Conran won ''
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'' 2016 on 29 July, beating
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and
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in the final.


Early life

Conran was born in Paris to a father who was a gambling addict and started to get into debt. He turned to crime and became a thief and conman, eventually getting arrested. When Conran was 7 years old, his parents got divorced. He was then raised by his mother with the help of her parents. He is of Greek heritage. Aged 16, he moved to London to study at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...
.


Career

In 2000, Conran starred in the music video for Blockhead's "Insomniac Olympics", directed by Sam Arthur.. Later that year he had a minor role in the TV miniseries ''
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'', playing Prince Ali. His stage work includes ''Excuses!'' in 2003. In 2003, he was a member of a team of experts advising the writers and actors of the hit
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series '' Hustle'', which he later co-wrote and presented (confidence trickster) on the follow-up 2006-2012 hit series ''
The Real Hustle ''The Real Hustle'' is a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on ...
'' on
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. In 2015 he starred in the show '' Man v Expert'' on the
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, in which he used various tricks to try to beat experts in their own field of expertise. In 2013 Conran wrote and presented '' Hustling America'' for Channel 5 and
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, which was similar to ''
The Real Hustle ''The Real Hustle'' is a BBC British television series created by Objective Productions, Alexis Conran and R. Paul Wilson for BBC Three. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on ...
''. He has helped the
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show consumers how to avoid becoming the victim of a fraud. His other television roles include 2 episodes he starred in season 5 of the show '' Waking the Dead'', as Michael Sherman. He appeared in the TV show ''
Wire in the Blood ''Wire in the Blood'' is a British crime drama television series, created and produced by Coastal Productions for Tyne Tees Television and broadcast on ITV from 14 November 2002 to 31 October 2008. The series is based on characters created by V ...
''. He also starred in a TV advert for
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cold sore cream. In 2013 he appeared in the Channel 4 show
Eye Spy
' and in August 2015 he presented the Channel 5 morning show ''
The Wright Stuff ''The Wright Stuff'' is a British television chat show which was hosted by former tabloid journalist Matthew Wright from 2000 until 2018. It aired on Channel 5 on weekday mornings from 9:15 to 11:15am. The series characterised itself as "Br ...
'' whilst the host was on holiday. Conran played the role of Dr Petridis in ITV's ''
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''. In 2016, he co-presented ''The Joy of Techs'' with his best friend,
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. He was ''
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'' Champion 2016. Conran presented Radio Hustles on
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, a consumer affairs based talk show which aired from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday afternoons. From 20 January 2018 to June 2020, the show changed from being consumer affairs based to being a news phone-in discussion programme, still presented by Conran, with the new airtime of 4pm to 7pm on Saturdays. He also presented a Sunday morning political programme until June 2020, when he left the station for
Times Radio Times Radio is a British digital radio station owned by News UK. It is jointly operated by Wireless Group (which News UK acquired in 2016), ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. As of September 2022, the station broadcasts to a weekly audienc ...
. Since July 2020, he has presented a show on
Times Radio Times Radio is a British digital radio station owned by News UK. It is jointly operated by Wireless Group (which News UK acquired in 2016), ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. As of September 2022, the station broadcasts to a weekly audienc ...
between 1-4pm on Saturday and Sunday.


Personal life

Conran is a
technophile Technophilia (from Greek τέχνη - ''technē'', "art, skill, craft" and φίλος - ''philos'', "beloved, dear, friend") refers generally to a strong enthusiasm for technology, especially new technologies such as personal computers, the Int ...
. He is a collector of playing cards, owning over 5,060 decks and spends an hour each day practising card tricks.


References


External links


Alexis Conran
Official site.

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conran, Alexis British male television actors British magicians British television presenters British writers English people of French descent English people of Greek descent French people of Greek descent Greek people of French descent British gamblers French gamblers Greek gamblers Living people Reality cooking competition winners Year of birth missing (living people)