Cycle Crazy - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When Barry takes the Guinea Pig out of his sachel, in the next shot, when Paul walks off and Barry comes into the shot, the Guinea has disappeared from his arms as he picks up his bike.
17th Jul 2012
Cycle Crazy - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When Barry takes the Guinea Pig out of his sachel, in the next shot, when Paul walks off and Barry comes into the shot, the Guinea has disappeared from his arms as he picks up his bike.
17th Jul 2012
Parks and Wreck-Reations - S3-E2
Revealing mistake: When Paul and Barry are chasing the lawnmower, just before they go out of shot, Paul stops, triggering the end of his cue.
14th Apr 2012
We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb - S2-E2
Revealing mistake: When Victor and Margaret arrive back from her goddaughter's, they find their new wallpaper has been stripped. Margaret then goes up the stairs to bed and through the arch window you can see her stop at the top of the stairs waiting for the scene to end.
27th Nov 2011
Visible crew/equipment: In "Dance" (Series 1), Paul and Barry are in the disco and Paul is next to the mirrors. Before he leans to the mirror on the right, two women can be seen reflected in the left mirror, one being the director. (This can only be seen on the DVD version.).
27th Nov 2011
Revealing mistake: At the very beginning of most episodes of Series 1, during the pre-credit scene, either Paul or both of the brothers can be seen waiting for their cue. It usually lasts between one and three seconds.
16th Nov 2011
Visible crew/equipment: At the very beginning of "Breakfast Telly" (Series 1), while the brothers are waiting for their cue, a boom mic and pole can be seen at the top of the screen. (This can only be seen if viewed on a 4:3 tv or a computer screen, viewing it on a 16:9 zooms the picture in and it cannot be seen).
24th May 2011
Continuity mistake: When Paul gets his hand trapped in the window and when Barry can't switch off the alarm, Paul takes his hand out that's trapped in the window and switches it off, when his arm should be stuck in the window.
24th May 2011
Visible crew/equipment: When the brothers leave for the pitch and Barry takes his weight off the locker doors and they come flying open, look at the second locker you can see a pole pushing it open.
21st May 2011
Revealing mistake: In "Stop That World, Series 3, when Barry gets thrown of the See-Saw by the globe, and Barry lands in Paul's arms. The first shot is of a dummy and quickly switches to the second shot of Barry. It is obvious they used a dummy to make it look like Barry was falling into Paul's arm before switching them quickly.
20th May 2011
Parks and Wreck-Reations - S3-E2
Visible crew/equipment: In "Parks And Wreck Reactions", Series 3, when the mower runs over the flowerbed flattening the flowers, Paul goes to fix them. Once he has finished and the camera zooms out, the boom mic can be seen at the top right hand side of the screen, just after it has zoomed out.
20th May 2011
Cycle Crazy - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: In "Cycle Crazy, Series 3, Paul rides through the tunnel on his bike only to ride out again when a big truck comes the same way. It is obvious that the shot of Paul and the lorry are two separate shots, because after Paul comes back out, the trees don't follow the same pattern as the previous shot. This also happens between the shots where Paul rides into the tunnel.
19th May 2011
Visible crew/equipment: In "Window Wind-Ups", Series 3, When Barry is moving the cart and the buckets keep falling off, Paul tells him to stop the cart, then in the left hand corner the boom mic can be seen for a slit second.
10th Mar 2011
Visible crew/equipment: When Paul opens the door to enter his optician's office, as the door is opened half way you can see the boom pole reflected in the glass.
10th Mar 2011
Revealing mistake: When the robot refuses to let Paul and Barry through, they attempt to go under his arms but they are thrown aside. It is obvious dummies are used, because of their floppy features and blank faces.
2nd Jan 2011
Things Aren't Simple Anymore - S6-E6
Visible crew/equipment: While the song The end of the line is playing and as the credits appear on screen look at the back window of the Meldrews car, you can see the helicopter used for the high up scenes reflected in the glass.
21st Aug 2010
Revealing mistake: In the tea party on the ceiling scene when Mary takes out her watch, watch closely, she doesn't take it from behind her jacket. When she seems to reach behind her jacket it just appears in her hand. When she puts it back she reaches behind her jacket again, but it just disappears just before she puts her hand back there.
4th Aug 2010
19th Apr 2010
Visible crew/equipment: In "Wrong Number" from series 5, Paul and Barry are hiding from the spies and are dressed in Hawaiian clothes. As they are walking slowly away with the spy behind them, Paul's glasses, which are on his forehead, reflect the boom mic up until they leave the shot.
19th Apr 2010
Dear Diary - S8-E14
Visible crew/equipment: In "Dear Diary" from Series 8, when Barry's plane inspector phones up telling Paul about the plane, the boom mic is reflected in his goggles which are on his forehead.
19th Apr 2010
Continuity mistake: In "Matchstick Men" from Series 11, Paul is pretending to be ill, and when Barry is distracting, his trousers are red, but when he enters the bedroom his trousers are yellow.
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