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22nd Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Continuity mistake: Kirsten is referred to as a DC (Detective Constable) in the first half of the series and then as a DS (Detective Sergeant) in the second half. As these later episodes include flashbacks to before the previous episodes, she obviously hasn't suddenly been promoted.

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22nd Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

22nd Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

21st Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Factual error: The ID cards for the chief petty officers all show them in junior rates' round hats and 'sailor suits'. CPOs (and petty officers) wear officer-style peaked caps and jackets and ties. It is unlikely that they've never had their photos changed since they were junior rates.

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Suggested correction: So you are wrong in the sense that ID card photos aren't always updated that quickly; you would find a lot of POs and CPOs that have the same idea card from when they were junior rates, however it's a passport type photo and hats are not worn and you should only see the head not the uniform so it shouldn't matter.

All service personnel have their identity cards changed when they become senior rates (Army and RAF sergeants and naval petty officers). This verifies their right to enter senior rates' messes when on land.

21st Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Factual error: Some of the ranks are wrong. There are too many chief petty officers (and they're too young). The coxswain would be a warrant officer rather than a chief. The marine engineering officer would be a lieutenant-commander rather than an inexperienced lieutenant.

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21st Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Factual error: None of the naval officers wear medal ribbons. Even if none of them have been in a war zone (unlikely) or received an honour (also unlikely, especially given one is an admiral), the more senior would still have jubilee medals and the long service medal.

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Suggested correction: Not all officers wear uniform with medal ribbons, so have a best and a work uniform. In fact most of the time at sea all crew and officers would be wearing working blue uniform, not a mix like on the show.

Obviously no ribbons are worn on working dress, but none of them are wearing medal ribbons on No.1 Dress, where they most certainly would. Wearing this without appropriate medal ribbons is wearing it incorrectly, which no military officer would do.

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21st Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Factual error: The insignia worn by the submarine crew is inaccurate, including the lack of a white patch behind the trade badges and a strange made-up version of the White Ensign. Also the Submarine service emblem of two heraldic dolphins has them facing the other way.

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21st Oct 2021

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Factual error: All four Hodgson children go to Enfield Grammar School. Enfield Grammar School is a single sex boys' school, so the two girls could not go there. In addition, grammar schools in England are secondary schools. While the two girls (aged 11 and 14) are of secondary school age, their younger brothers are of primary school age.

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7th Oct 2021

Vigil (2021)

17th Sep 2021

Vigil (2021)

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Factual error: Most of the crew seem to be Scottish. Even though the submarine is based in Scotland, the Royal Navy is a national service and its crew's composition would reflect that of the UK in general: the majority would therefore be English.

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4th Sep 2021

Before We Die (2021)

4th Sep 2021

Before We Die (2021)

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Factual error: Superintendent Kane wears the insignia and uniform only worn by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, not only six ranks above the rank he is supposed to be, but in an entirely different police force.

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2nd Jun 2021

Peter Rabbit (2018)

Factual error: Thomas McGregor asks at the station in London for a 'round trip' ticket to Windermere. It's called a 'return' in Britain and no British person would ask for anything else.

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20th May 2021

Tin Star (2017)

All Roads - S3-E5

Factual error: When Detective Inspector Sara Lunt's photograph in uniform is shown on the TV news she is wearing a double row of silver lace below her hat badge. Only chief constables wear this insignia, well above the rank of inspector.

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19th Apr 2021

Unforgotten (2015)

Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Factual error: Ram says he has two "Chief Constable's Commendations" (which are also shown on his office wall). He has spent his entire career in the Metropolitan Police, which has a Commissioner instead of a Chief Constable.

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5th Apr 2021

The Terror (2018)

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Factual error: Sir John Franklin's wife is consistently addressed and referred to as Lady Jane. Since she only held a title due to her husband's knighthood and not in her own right, she was actually Lady Franklin. Nobody in the circles in which she moved would have addressed or referred to her as Lady Jane.

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5th Apr 2021

The Terror (2018)

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Factual error: Sir John Franklin, Francis Crozier and James Fitzjames all wear a crown over an anchor on their epaulettes, the rank badge for a captain with over three years in rank. This is correct for Franklin and Crozier, but Fitzjames only held the rank of commander, and should therefore only be wearing an anchor on his epaulettes.

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Factual error: The Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police is depicted as a mixed-race woman named Tyler. At the time, the chief constable was actually Terry Grange, a white man. The only woman to ever head the force, temporarily in 2012 (after the period covered by the series), was Jackie Roberts, who is also white. This is a factual series covering real events, not a work of fiction.

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28th Jan 2021

The Serpent (2021)

Episode #1.6 - S1-E6

Factual error: The Indian police officer who arrests Sobhraj after the jewel robbery is a detective sergeant. The Indian police do not use the rank of sergeant. Head constable is the equivalent.

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24th Nov 2020

The Crown (2016)

Season 4 generally

Factual error: Sir Martin Charteris, depicted as being Private Secretary throughout the series (which begins in 1979), actually retired in 1977. Sir Philip Moore and Sir William Heseltine were the real Private Secretaries during this period.

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