Continuity mistake: After being hit by the amnesia dart, Steed falls unconscious with his bowler hat still on his head. But when the enemy agent approaches and shoots him again, his hat is off and he's lying in a completely different position. (00:21:00)
Jean G
8th Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
5th Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
The Positive Negative Man - S5-E22
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Dr. Gray works at his drawing board while smoking a cigarette. From one shot to the next, as he looks up at the intruder, the cigarette disappears and he's smoking a pipe instead. (00:01:30)
3rd Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
You Have Just Been Murdered - S5-E21
Continuity mistake: The money boxes Steed is stacking at the end keep changing positions between shots. And though they're supposed to be full of half-penny coins, the ease with which he lifts and carries them makes it obvious that they're empty. (00:49:00)
3rd Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
You Have Just Been Murdered - S5-E21
Continuity mistake: When Steed first spies the satchel full of money in Unwen's flat, the bills are stacked flat in horizontal piles. But in the next shot, the currency bundles are vertical and tilted at an angle. (00:36:50)
3rd Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
You Have Just Been Murdered - S5-E21
Visible crew/equipment: Studio lights and reflectors can be seen in the Rolls Royce's shiny side panels as it backs up and leaves the alley. (00:26:00)
3rd Jun 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Visible crew/equipment: When Steed and Lord Melford find the lift out of order, shadows of the boom rigging and microphone make two separate appearances on the wall above their heads.
29th May 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Visible crew/equipment: As Emma is leaving Steed's apartment, the boom dips into the shot at the upper left. (00:04:30)
5th May 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Revealing mistake: The dead man in Steed's apartment is visibly breathing. (00:19:00)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Factual error: Major Robinson threatens Steed with a revolver equipped with a silencer. A military officer would certainly know better. Though it's a common movie and TV cliché, it is a glaring error. Revolvers are open-chambered, allowing sound to escape out the back of the barrel - so they can't be silenced. There are rare exceptions if the gun is heavily modified to close the open chamber gap, but that does not apply to the weapon featured here. (00:46:00)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Continuity mistake: The cigarette lighter Robinson uses to set the incriminating papers alight disappears from the desk as he makes his phone call. (00:21:30)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Visible crew/equipment: A large round studio light is visible in the lorry's door just after it strikes the motorcyclist. (00:02:00)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Quick-Quick Slow Death - S4-E19
Revealing mistake: When Mrs. Peel unmasks the recently-murdered Bernard, the corpse's eyelid twitches. (00:37:00)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Continuity mistake: Jackson plants an explosive device in the 12th green cup while Mrs. Peel is watching through the periscope. He doesn't pick it up again, but when Reed looks, Jackson is still holding the bomb. (00:44:00)
17th Apr 2014
The Avengers (1961)
Continuity mistake: Georgie's wig, which she'd pulled off and placed over the flowers on the mirrored stand, either changes position or disappears altogether during Steed's fight with Ivanov. (00:40:55)
31st Dec 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Revealing mistake: The secretary turns on the tape recorder to play back her employer's dictation. His voice starts speaking, but the tape reels aren't turning, and the button she pushed hasn't stayed depressed. Apparently, the machine isn't even on. (00:01:20)
24th Dec 2006
The Avengers (1961)
The Decapod - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: In the midst of Steed's conversation with the wrestling referee, the camera loses focus and suddenly whip-pans away when it shouldn't. The actors continue their lines as the camera comes quickly back and refocuses on them. (00:19:45)
5th Nov 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Too Many Christmas Trees - S4-E13
Continuity mistake: When Steed and Emma are driving to the estate, the car's windscreen keeps disappearing. It's there in full shots, gone in close-ups, and reappears again every time we cut back to a long shot. (00:10:30)
1st Nov 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Continuity mistake: Steed tosses his opponent over his shoulder during the scuffle. The man lands on his back with his right hand extended over his head. But when the shot cuts to a different angle, both his arms are instantly down at his sides instead. (00:38:25)
1st Nov 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Factual error: The bad guys are supposedly auctioning off the stolen Mona Lisa. But they and their prospective buyers aren't very art savvy. The painting is more than twice the size of Da Vinci's actual masterpiece. (00:44:50)
31st Oct 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Visible crew/equipment: When the old lady enters the costume shop to retrieve her knitting book, an equipment shadow sweeps across the lower right of the screen, then moves back to the left. (00:11:45)
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