2. Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips
•Portrayed by Freema Agyeman.
•Episodes: "Care" - "Fault Lines"
The young, beautiful and compassionate Alesha works
as a Junior Crown Prosecutor on the Crown Prosecution
Service, and works closely alongside James Steel and
later Jake Thorne as their assistant, bridging the gap
between the police and the CPS.
Phillips grew up on a council estate in Hackney, with her
single mother and attended university on scholarships
and hard work. After being rejected from four different
law firms, Phillips became worried about whether it was
because of her credentials, or because she was a black
woman from a poor neighbourhood. Definitively on the
side of the disadvantaged and the underdog, her
background gives her an insight into how legal issues
play out at street level. Unlike James, Alesha
understands that desperate circumstances can shape
people's lives and that the truth is murky, complex and
sometimes unhelpful. Phillips brings the empathy and
shades of gray to her working relationships with Steel
and Thorne. Alesha's mission is to give a voice to the
disenfranchised, the people who are rarely heard. She's
not afraid to speak her mind, even when it gets her in
trouble. She has a ferocious intellect, allied with
enormous passion.
While Phillips works as a crown prosecutor, because
she trained as a solicitor, her title is "solicitor advocate";
as such, she doesn't wear the wig, because she didn't
train as a barrister.
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5. Michael Stone, better known as Mickey Bricks, is a fictional
character in the popular BBC TV show Hustle from Series 1 to 3
and 5 to 8. Played by Adrian Lester, he was the show's
principal character at the time.
Mickey is a professional grifter who makes money by setting
up long cons. He is intelligent, charismatic and quick-witted.
Although he works with Albert Stroller who is one of his
mentors, Mickey is the leader of his "crew" (team) of grifters.
Mickey did not return in the fourth series, instead he led a con
off-screen in Australia. He has, however, returned in the fifth
and leads the group.
