Visible crew/equipment: As the pupils approach the biology lab, in the shot from inside the lab a reflection of a sound man holding a boom mike can be seen in the window.
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21st Jun 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
21st Jun 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Continuity mistake: As the six pupils who visit the closed down Brookdale school find an unlocked door to enter Fay, Jackie and Banksie are the last three of the group in that order, but when the angle changes Banksie is ahead of Jackie and Fay, who have swapped places.
15th Jun 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Episode #8.8 - S8-E8
Visible crew/equipment: When Ronnie is asking Calley if she has seen her missing coat, there is a boom mike shadow on the wall behind them.
8th Jun 2020
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Revealing mistake: During the rugby match George Layton who plays Tony Bender seems to be wearing a wig as he can be seen adjusting it.
8th Jun 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Episode #8.4 - S8-E4
Visible crew/equipment: In the music room when Kevin warns Larry not to mess with Emma Stebson, there is a shadow of the mike on the cupboard behind Kevin.
29th May 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Episode #7.3 - S7-E3
Other mistake: Jeremy is making a copy of Zammo's bus pass - the expiry date on it is 16th December 1983, this series is set in 1984.
20th May 2020
The Goodies (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: When Bill is putting the potatoes in the oven you can see a shadow of the boom mike on the diagram of the fish on the easel.
15th May 2020
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Revealing mistake: Early in the film when Truscott and Bender try and walk through the door at the same time the wall shakes.
6th May 2020
The Goodies (1970)
Kung Fu Kapers AKA Ecky-Thump - S5-E7
Trivia: In the previous episode on the wall of the Goodies' office was some graffiti reading "it's gibbon time". In this episode the graffiti now says "it is still gibbon time". This was to promote their single "Funky Gibbon" which was released when this episode was first broadcast, the Goodies released five novelty songs in 1974 and '75 - Funky Gibbon was the most successful, reaching number 4 in the charts, the opening line of Funky Gibbon is "Come on everybody, it's gibbon time".
6th May 2020
Father Brown (2013)
The Curse of the Aesthetic - S8-E8
Continuity mistake: When the nanny is found dead, the ball of wool in the bag is yellow but later on when Father Brown picks up the wool out of the bag it is grey.
1st May 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Instruments - S5-E5
Visible crew/equipment: In the music lesson when Miss Griffiths restarts the pupils playing the music after Roland has returned to his seat, on the right hand side of the screen a crew member's hand can be seen signalling a cue for the music to start.
1st May 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Episode #7.5 - S7-E5
Continuity mistake: In this episode Miss Lexington's first name is Jenny, in previous series' it was Andrea.
29th Apr 2020
The Goodies (1970)
Clown Virus - S5-E2
Visible crew/equipment: In the Goodies' office when Bill is taking the tomato soap out of the giant can, a shadow of the mike can be seen on the wall.
28th Apr 2020
The Goodies (1970)
South Africa AKA South African Adventure AKA Apartheight - S5-E11
Factual error: In the South African street scenes all the vehicles seen have British number plates.
26th Apr 2020
The Goodies (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: While the Goodies are in the bank, shadows of the boom mike can be seen on the wood panelled walls several times.
26th Apr 2020
The Goodies (1970)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk - S4-E4
Revealing mistake: While the Goodies are escaping the castle, you can see wires that the birds chasing them are hanging from.
8th Apr 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: Camera lights are reflected in the side and windows of Mr Humphries' car when Tucker, Alan and Benny arrive back at the builders yard.
3rd Apr 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: Camera lights are reflected in the side of the minibus and a boom mike is reflected in the window as the bus drives off after picking up the cricket team outside the annexe.
15th Mar 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: After the fight when the Brookies attempt to steal the cash box Mr Baxter takes it away, there is a boom mic shadow on the wall behind him.
15th Mar 2020
Grange Hill (1978)
Other mistake: Tucker, Alan and Tommy miss the bus because the driver won't wait, a few minutes later the next bus arrives and it is the same vehicle as the previous one (registration number AML3H).
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