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The Hotel Inspectors (season 1, episode 4)

Mistake Continuity: When the hotel inspectors arrive at the end of the show, one of them describes the hotel as having 26 rooms. However in 'A Touch of Class,' Sybil says the hotel only has 22 rooms.

A Touch of Class (season 1, episode 1)

Mistake Continuity: When Basil brings in Lord Melbury's cases, they swap hands between the exterior and interior shots.

Gourmet Night (a.k.a. Gourmet's Paradise) (season 1, episode 5)

Mistake Revealing: When the Major first meets Basil, the same shot is used twice of the Major twitching.

The Germans (season 1, episode 6)

Mistake Revealing: When Basil goes from clapping his hands in the hotel reception area (just after the first hospital scene), he goes from standing completely still showing a clear 'action' cue.

Across whole show

Mistake Deliberate "mistake": In nearly all the episodes that the front door of the hotel is open we see a painted board that is meant to be bushes or something outside. Yet whenever we see scenes from the outside of the hotel there is no sign of any trees or bushes.

The Kipper and the Corpse (a.k.a. Death) (season 2, episode 4)

Mistake Continuity: The short elderly gentleman and the tall redhead bimbo are leaving the bar. After 15-20 seconds Basil is shown leaving the bar too. But Basil comes through the lobby before them.

Gourmet Night (a.k.a. Gourmet's Paradise) (season 1, episode 5)

Mistake Audio problem: In the first scene when Basil is trying to repair his car, when he tries to start the engine, the engine sounds are totally out of sync with Basil turning the ignition key.

A Touch of Class (season 1, episode 1)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the end of the episode where everyone is cleaning up, there is a shadow of the boom mic on the wall.

The Psychiatrist (season 2, episode 2)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: After Mr. Johnson refers to the Torquay guide as the 'world's shortest book' and leaves the hotel, you see a boom mic coming in at the top of the screen for about 3 seconds.

The Builders (season 1, episode 2)

Mistake Deliberate "mistake": When Basil is arguing with Polly and eventually decides to call O'Reilly, he trips over the gnome. However when we see Basil come out from behind the desk, he takes the gnome out of a side gap in the desk, perfectly out of reach of Basil tripping over it.

The Kipper and the Corpse (a.k.a. Death) (season 2, episode 4)

Mistake Continuity: When Basil, Polly and Manuel are trying to hide the body in the cupboard in the guests' bedroom, the door behind them leading to the bathroom mysteriously opens and closes between shots throughout the scene.

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