Factual error: The assassin sent to kill Captain Renard carries a French passport which lists his place of birth as "Marseilles". This is an old-fashioned spelling of the name now almost only seen in North America. The French spelling is and always has been "Marseille".
Necrothesp
23rd May 2013
Grimm (2011)
6th May 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: Alfred Jodl is listed in the credits as a Field Marshal. He actually held the rank of Colonel-General.
2nd May 2013
Winds of War (1983)
The Changing of the Guard - S1-E6
Factual error: The Royal Navy lieutenant aboard the American warship is wearing a moustache. Royal Navy personnel must be either clean-shaven or wear a "full set" (beard and moustache). They are not (and never were) permitted to wear a moustache alone.
18th Apr 2013
Doctor Who (2005)
Factual error: The rank insignia of the Soviet officers is completely inaccurate. The captain wears the epaulets of a captain first rank (captain) and the sleeve insignia of a captain second rank (commander). Lieutenant Stephashin wears the epaulets of a senior lieutenant and the sleeve insignia of a captain third rank (lieutenant-commander). The third officer wears the epaulets of a captain second rank and the sleeve insignia of a captain third rank.
10th Apr 2013
Carnivàle (2003)
Los Moscos - S2-E1
Factual error: Outside the church headquarters where Norman has his stroke is a board saying 'United Methodist Church'. The UMC didn't come into existence until 1968. It was the Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1930s.
28th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
Factual error: Richard I was not fighting his way back across Europe following the Crusades when he was killed. He had already returned to England and put down John's rebellion before returning to France to put down rebellions there.
26th Mar 2013
The Borgias (2011)
Factual error: In the Pope's coronation procession they play the anthem Zadok the Priest. It was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727, 235 years after this coronation took place.
26th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
Factual error: Richard, John and Eleanor are all addressed as "Your Majesty." Henry VIII was the first English king to use that form of address, in the 16th century. Medieval kings and queens were addressed as "Your Grace."
26th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
Factual error: Nottingham was an important fortified city with a castle in the Middle Ages, not a small village as depicted.
28th Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: The batman at the RAF station introduces himself as "Aircraftsman Horton" (which also appears on the credits). While a common mistake made by those outside the RAF, the rank is actually Aircraftman, without an "s".
28th Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: When Pug first arrives in London, a car can be seen driving on the right.
21st Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: Churchill tells his aide to fetch "Air Vice-Marshal Dowding". Dowding was actually an Air Chief Marshal, two ranks higher, and wears the correct rank insignia for that rank when he is seen later. As a keen military man, this is not an error Churchill is likely to have made.
20th Feb 2013
Restless (2012)
Factual error: One of the US Marine Corps guards in the government building (in 1941) is wearing the single rank chevron of a lance corporal. This rank was not used in the USMC between the 1930s and 1958.
20th Feb 2013
Restless (2012)
Factual error: Whenever the Stars and Stripes is shown it is the modern 50-star version, not the wartime 48-star version as it should be.
19th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Group Captain Massey is referred to several times, even by British officers, as "Captain" Massey. Group captains are always called group captains.
12th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Johnnie Dodge wears no medal ribbons. Even if the real Dodge had not had the DSO, DSC and MC, it would be inconceivable that a major who had fought in two world wars would have no campaign ribbons.
12th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Colonel von Lindeiner was not executed. He testified to the investigation into the Gestapo murders and died in 1963 at the age of 82.
8th Nov 2012
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: MacKenzie is referred to as "Gunnery Sergeant". This is not a rank used by British and Commonwealth forces. He actually wears the rank insignia of a Flight Sergeant.
2nd Oct 2012
Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007)
Factual error: When the wraiths first invade the stockade, one of the officers orders his men to fire their "rifles". This is the 16th century. They're firing muskets.
22nd Jul 2012
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Factual error: The Major and the band are (correctly) summonsed to appear before a magistrates' court for driving without insurance, but then appear before a judge in full robes. Judges do not sit in magistrates' courts.
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