Character mistake: According to the subtitles, when the landings begin General Marcks asks his aide to get General Pemsel at 5th Army on the phone. Pemsel was chief of staff of 7th Army, as the caption correctly states when he first appears. 5th Army was disbanded in 1939.
Necrothesp
9th Oct 2015
The Longest Day (1962)
30th Aug 2015
Major Dundee (1965)
Character mistake: Ryan's final diary entry says the US Cavalry fought against "French irregulars." The French lancers were actually regular troops.
14th May 2015
Death Proof (2007)
Character mistake: Jungle Julia refers several times to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mitch and Tich, instead of Mick and Tich.
8th Dec 2013
Casualty (1986)
There's No Place Like Home - S28-E16
Character mistake: The old photo of Sylvia and her friend shows them in RAF uniform. Sam, who is a serving British Army officer and could be expected to recognise the very obvious differences between the uniforms, keeps referring to Sylvia being in the Army and Sylvia does not disagree with her.
26th Jun 2011
Primeval (2007)
Character mistake: Referring to the US, Russian and Chinese governments, the admiral says that "Washington, Moscow and Shanghai" have been informed. The capital of China is Beijing.
26th Jun 2011
Primeval (2007)
Character mistake: The submarine captain says they have no "kitchen staff" on board. No naval officer would refer to a ship's galley as a "kitchen". It's a tradition thing.
11th Sep 2010
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Character mistake: Hicox uses the word "momentarily" in the American sense of "in a moment". In British English it means only "for a moment". An educated Englishman in the 1940s would never have used the word in the American sense.
24th Aug 2010
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Character mistake: Hicox salutes General Fenech, who returns the salute. But Fenech is bareheaded and therefore under British military protocol cannot salute. He would instead acknowledge the salute with a nod.
5th Aug 2009
The Holiday (2006)
Character mistake: Arthur (who knew him) says that Cary Grant was from Surrey and Iris (who is from Surrey) agrees with him. Cary Grant was actually from Bristol.
8th Jul 2009
Torchwood (2006)
Children of Earth: Day One - S3-E1
Character mistake: Lois says that Colonel Aduya's uniform "isn't British Army". In fact, it is entirely (and accurately) British Army with the exception of the small UNIT badge over the pocket.
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