Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Character mistake: Richie Gulliver is referred to as Rory Gulliver on the newspaper headline. As he's supposedly a very well-known Member of the Scottish Parliament, it's unlikely a newspaper would make a mistake like this.
Necrothesp
7th Aug 2023
Crime (2021)
15th May 2022
Ghosts (2019)
Character mistake: The Captain's medal ribbon bar is sewn onto his uniform back to front, with the 1939-45 Star on his left and the 1939-45 War Medal on his right.
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Suggested correction: This is explained in the final episode, as he took somebody else's medal ribbon bar in order to get into an event only open to "decorated" officers and hurriedly put it on the wrong way round. However, this is also a mistake. Although the Captain never left Britain, he would still be entitled to the War Medal and Defence Medal, so would legitimately have two of the ribbons he wears. And having campaign medals does not make one "decorated" in any case.
22nd Oct 2021
Vigil (2021)
Character mistake: Robertson is usually referred to as Detective Superintendent, but sometimes as Detective Chief Superintendent.
22nd Oct 2021
Vigil (2021)
Character mistake: The ship's doctor is sometimes addressed as "lieutenant surgeon" instead of the correct "surgeon lieutenant."
4th Sep 2021
Before We Die (2021)
Character mistake: A police officer describes a murder weapon as a revolver. It is an automatic pistol.
1st Sep 2020
The X-Files (1993)
Character mistake: Scully continually addresses the senior police officer as "Captain." But he wears sergeant's stripes. As a law enforcement officer continually dealing with other law enforcement officers, Scully is not likely to make this mistake. More likely a failure to match script with costume.
7th Oct 2019
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Character mistake: Several times Tommy addresses Sir Oswald Mosley as Mr Mosley instead of the correct Sir Oswald. Mosley never corrects him, which given his snobbishness portrayed throughout the series seems highly unlikely.
7th Oct 2019
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Character mistake: Mosley says Tommy won the Distinguished Service Medal. This was a naval decoration. Tommy actually won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Not a mistake someone like Mosley is likely to make.
25th Sep 2019
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Character mistake: Ada is listed on the portraits of The Company officers as Mrs Ada Shelby. She is actually Mrs Ada Thorne.
28th Feb 2019
Luther (2010)
Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Character mistake: Luther and Ripley pretend they have not been on the boat and did not find the victim's body as they do not have a search warrant and do not want to compromise the case. However, under English law a police officer may legally enter any premises without a warrant in order to save life, prevent injury or protect property. Since they have a reasonable belief that the victim is being held prisoner on the boat and her life is in danger (as far as they know at that time she is still alive), they don't need a warrant. As experienced police officers, they are bound to know this.
25th Feb 2019
Luther (2010)
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Character mistake: A number of times the police officers refer to Owen and Terry Lynch as being soldiers and in the Army. They were in the Royal Marines, part of the Navy, and Marines are Marines, not soldiers.
24th Feb 2019
Luther (2010)
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Character mistake: Owen refers to his own unit as Forty Six Commando. The Royal Marines pronounce the names of commandos as individual digits: Four Six Commando.
21st Feb 2019
Luther (2010)
Episode #1.6 - S1-E6
Character mistake: DCS Cornish refers to "Detective Chief Superintendent Schenk." At that time he is a Detective Chief Inspector.
6th Feb 2019
Casualty (1986)
Character mistake: Charlie says that Iain has been a paramedic for ten years. Iain actually joined as a student paramedic in August 2013 immediately after leaving the Army (in which he was an infantryman, not a medic). As 'Casualty' operates in real time and this episode was shown in February 2019, Iain has therefore been a paramedic for only five and a half years.
20th Sep 2018
Happy Face Killer (2014)
Character mistake: When Jesperson imagines himself as a Mountie his uniform is completely wrong and is not even the right colour. As it was his ambition to join the force and he has photos of RCMP officers in his cab, it seems unlikely that he would imagine himself in a completely incorrect uniform.
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Suggested correction: It's not a character mistake, for the reasons stated; it's a clear factual error from the filmmakers.
It's a character mistake since it's his imagination and, as you stated, it's not something the character would get wrong.
22nd Oct 2017
The 4400 (2004)
The New and Improved Carl Morrissey - S1-E2
Character mistake: The advertising leaflet for the cemetery misspells it "cemetary" on the front cover.
20th Oct 2017
Victoria (2016)
The Luxury of Conscience - S2-E8
Character mistake: The Speaker calls on Lord George Bentinck as "the Honourable Member for Lincoln." He was actually the Member for King's Lynn.
12th Jun 2017
Wonder Woman (2017)
Character mistake: While posing as Steve's driver, Sameer refers to him as a colonel. He is actually wearing captain's epaulettes.
23rd Jan 2017
The Missing (2014)
Character mistake: The brigadier wears a regimental cap badge. Colonels and brigadiers have their own cap badge.
14th Dec 2015
Homeland (2011)
Character mistake: Carrie tells Aayan that she can arrange for him to study at the Royal College of Physicians. The college isn't a medical school; it's a professional body.
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