eric 64

1st Jan 2024

Porridge (1973)

1st Jan 2024

Porridge (1973)

30th Dec 2023

Mr. Bean (1989)

21st Dec 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Factual error: As Trisha and Judy leave the class, Mr Mitchell says "see you tomorrow." After which, Trisha asks Judy, "Did you see Top of the Pops last night?" Top of the Pops was shown on a Thursday night when this episode was shown in 1978, making this day Friday - there is no school on Saturdays.

eric 64

18th Dec 2023

Cry Wolf (1969)

Continuity mistake: Mary is riding her bike towards the warehouse. She stops when she sees Tony being driven off in Stella's mini moke. While she watches them drive away, her position changes between shots from sitting in the saddle to standing next to the bike.

eric 64

29th Nov 2023

Dad's Army (1968)

Turkey Dinner - S7-E6

Vicar: Captain Mainwaring, this whole affair is not well organised at all, they all started eating as soon as their plates arrived.
Mainwaring: Of course, otherwise it would go cold.
Vicar: But it's not right, Before I even said for what we are about to receive half of them had already received it.

eric 64

Learning to Fly - S3-E7

Frank: I didn't know what a girl was until I was twelve years old.
Betty: You must of done.
Frank: How could I. I'd never seen one.

eric 64

29th Nov 2023

Steptoe and Son (1962)

23rd Oct 2023

A Hitch in Time (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Fiona and Paul first go inside the castle and rescue the professor from his time machine, they are standing talking to the prof. Fiona is on the left and Paul is on the right. The angle changes, and Paul and Fiona have swapped places. Another angle change, and Fiona and Paul are back in their original positions.

eric 64

Whitemonk: From now on Noggett there's only going to be two ways of doing things round here - my way and the wrong way.

eric 64

21st Sep 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

Gently in the Night - S2-E2

Factual error: As Gently drives to the holiday camp at speed, he nearly collides with an MG 1100. Although the MG 1100 was introduced in 1962, this particular one is a two-door model, which wasn't added to the range until 1967, three years after this episode is set.

eric 64

4th Sep 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

5th Aug 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

Episode #15.19 - S15-E19

Plot hole: Chrissy is pushing her baby Jay in her pram into the school playground. Justine and Luke call out to her from an upstairs window, then come out to meet Chrissy. They come down from an upstairs floor to the playground in five seconds, which is not enough time.

eric 64

5th Aug 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

Episode #17.18 - S17-E18

Factual error: Justine and Maria are in Justine's bedroom. Justine is showing Maria the photos on her bedroom wall of her family and school friends. There is a photo of Banksie and Zammo on the wall. These two boys left Grange Hill at the end of series 10. Justine started in series 11, so she would not have known them.

eric 64

21st Jul 2023

Grange Hill (1978)

Episode #15.12 - S15-E12

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when the three girls are surrounded by the boys on bikes in the park, they are on a tree-lined path. The angle changes, and there are no trees beside the path. Additionally, the houses in the background are different from the previous angle.

eric 64

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