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Father Ted (1995) - 19 mistakes in entire show

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Mistake Continuity: The lamps on either side of the door to the house are not there in some scenes - most noticeably in the opening credits, but in other scenes they are there.

Good Luck, Father Ted (season 1, episode 1)

Mistake Continuity: When Terry MacNamee is talking to Father Ted on the phone on the island, his tie is blown over his shoulder. After a cut to Father Ted, his tie is hanging straight. After another cut, it is back over his shoulder again.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: In the fortune-teller's tent, just as Ted chooses his second card, the boom mic enters the frame above Dougal's head.

Mistake Continuity: Immediately before Ted and Dougal enter the fortune teller's tent, there is a scene which appears to have been shot much later in the day than those on either side - it's almost night time.

And God Created Woman (season 1, episode 5)

Mistake Revealing: In the scene were Mrs Doyle is listing the rude words and phrases used in one of Father Ted's favorite author's book's, she goes through all of them fine. Apart from the last one, when she says "Get your boll*cks out of my face" you can hear her laughing in the word "boll*cks" before she exits the room.

Hell (season 2, episode 1)

Mistake Continuity: Father Dougal's hair changes position during the scene in the car, before they go on holiday.

Tentacles of Doom (season 2, episode 3)

Mistake Revealing: At the end when Ted flushes the toilet and kills the priest, we see an outside view of the priest and if you look at the bottom of his robes you can see a black square thing hanging down from the inside which must have been squirting the water out of his robes. Also to prove this, you are not able to see any water coming from the drain in the ground, which does not make any sense.

Mistake Other: The bishop that Dougal talks to about religion being pointless is supposed to be Irish but when he is telling Ted about his change of heart, the actor's English accent slips back in for a few seconds.

Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading (season 2, episode 8)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: When Ted and Dougal look into the window of Dick Byrne's house, the rope pulling Father Cyril's skateboard is visible.

Flight into Terror (season 2, episode 10)

Mistake Factual error: When Dougal and Ted enter the cockpit, the pilot points out the gauges for 'engines 1, 2 and 3'. They are in a Boeing 737 (the internal layout is that of a 737, not a BAE 146), which only has two engines.

Mistake Continuity: Ted and Dougal are sitting in the fourth row from the back for the journey. But when Ted presses the emergency button and after the credits, three completely different men are sitting in their seats. Everyone has been given seat numbers so they should not be sitting there.

The Mainland (season 3, episode 4)

Mistake Continuity: When Jack goes into the pub, it is dark outside, but when Ted and Dougal leave the caves, it is daytime, despite both scenes supposedly taking place at the same time.

Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse (season 3, episode 6)

Mistake Continuity: As Bishop Brennan Holds Ted up against the bedroom wall after he has broken in, the crucifix behind Ted's head goes from hanging crooked to hanging straight between shots.

Mistake Continuity: The first time Bishop Brennan inspects the skirting board, it is covered in black marks. The second time, there are none.

Mistake Revealing: In the bit were Bishop Brennan realises Ted did kick him up the arse, he runs up to Ted's house with his cape flying right out. The attachments holding up each side of the cape are visible.

Night of the Nearly Dead (season 3, episode 7)

Mistake Continuity: In the scene where the old women are grabbing at Eoin at the front door in one shot the top pane of the window on the left of the door is broken and an arm is coming through it, in another shot the bottom pane is broken and the top one is intact and arm is coming through the bottom pane and in the very next shot the top pane is broken again and the bottom one is intact again.

A Christmassy Ted (season 99, episode 1)

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: When Ted is running along the beach, you can see the tracks made by the vehicle that is supporting the camera.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: When Ted first brings the Golden Cleric display case into the living room, the studio lights can be seen in the reflection of the glass.

Mistake Continuity: When the commercial for the Priest chatback comes on, the phone number that's read out doesn't match the one that comes up on screen.

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