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8th May 2017

SS-GB (2016)

8th May 2017

SS-GB (2016)

Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Other mistake: A major plot point is the rivalry between the Wehrmacht and the SS, who refuse to work together. After the explosion at the cemetery, it is the Wehrmacht who are explicitly described as rounding up and interning suspected resistance fighters, with the SS not being party to it. However, when Archer visits the internment camp, most of the staff are wearing SS uniform.

Necrothesp

3rd May 2017

Little Boy Blue (2017)

Show generally

Factual error: ACC Pat Gallan wears the ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. The medal was issued in 2012. Her medals would be correct for 2017 when the series was made, but not 2007 when it is set.

Necrothesp

6th Apr 2017

Fury (2014)

4th Apr 2017

SS-GB (2016)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Factual error: Dunn says he's researched at the British Library. It wasn't called that until 1973. Before then it was the British Museum Library and always referred to either as that or simply as the British Museum.

Necrothesp

4th Apr 2017

SS-GB (2016)

4th Apr 2017

SS-GB (2016)

31st Mar 2017

SS-GB (2016)

31st Mar 2017

SS-GB (2016)

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Other mistake: The German officer in the pub is described in the credits as an unteroffizier (corporal or, generically, NCO). He actually wears the uniform of an oberleutnant (lieutenant), a commissioned officer.

Necrothesp

31st Mar 2017

SS-GB (2016)

Show generally

Factual error: The constables working at Scotland Yard are wearing the divisional letter 'S'. 'S' Division covered North West London, including Hampstead, Hendon and Golders Green. Its men wouldn't have been anywhere near Scotland Yard.

Necrothesp

23rd Mar 2017

Jekyll & Hyde (2015)

The Incubus - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: In episode 5, it was established that there is no road to the Jezequiel house. Robert and Max had to leave their car in the village and walk across the fields to the house. In this episode, however, Robert drives his car right up to the house with no problem.

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8th Mar 2017

Roots (2016)

Part 3 - S1-E3

Factual error: At the picnic, a woman says she is going to New York by train. It is 1828. Railway passenger service in the United States did not begin until 1830 and it would not be possible to travel from North Carolina to New York until some years after that.

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8th Mar 2017

The Halcyon (2017)

Show generally

Factual error: Toby joins the War Office, handles statistics for the RAF (an Air Ministry job) and then is suddenly said to be working for the Admiralty, but still in the same office in which he has been working since the beginning of the war. These were three completely separate ministries with separate buildings. Civil servants joined one or the other.

Necrothesp

8th Mar 2017

The Halcyon (2017)

Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Factual error: In 1940, all the Americans are leaving London on transatlantic flights. Although the first commercial transatlantic flights began in 1939, they were suspended on the outbreak of war. Real commercial transatlantic service did not begin until after the war.

Necrothesp

8th Mar 2017

The Halcyon (2017)

8th Mar 2017

The Halcyon (2017)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Factual error: Billy is called up into a specific unit of the Royal Artillery. This didn't happen. He would first have been sent to a Royal Artillery training depot and only after training would he have been assigned to a unit.

Necrothesp

8th Mar 2017

Taboo (2017)

Show generally

Factual error: The Prince Regent's servants address him several times as 'Your Majesty'. Since his father, the King, is still alive he is actually 'Your Royal Highness'. No royal servant would make this mistake.

Necrothesp

8th Mar 2017

Taboo (2017)

Show generally

Factual error: Several of the soldiers at the Tower wear their hair tied back in queues. These were abolished in 1808 and the series is set in 1814. Since they were loathed as well as against regulations, it's highly unlikely that any soldier would have worn them after they were abolished.

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8th Mar 2017

Taboo (2017)

Episode #1.7 - S1-E7

Factual error: Lorna uses the word 'okay'. The first recorded usage of this word in America was not until 1839 and in Britain not until the 20th century. The series is set in 1814 and generally uses language contemporary to its setting.

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1st Mar 2017

Unforgotten (2015)

Season 2 generally

Factual error: Both detective superintendents always wear uniform, which is only worn by detectives on very formal occasions if at all. Both also wear collar badges, which are not worn by either the Metropolitan Police or Thames Valley Police, the forces to which they belong.

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