The Changes

The Changes (1975)

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Hostages! - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Kewal tells the two girls to go into the barn to look after the hostage children, outside the barn Nicky goes through the door first but when the angle changes to inside the barn Ajeet is in front of Nicky.

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Hostages! - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: During the sword fight when Chacha is fighting the chief robber they are both on horseback, but when the angle changes Chacha is standing on the ground fighting the chief who is still on a horse, next scene of the fight Chacha is on the horse again.

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Hostages! - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When the Sikhs are gathering at the farm outside the barn ready to go and fight the robbers at the mansion house, you can see a lighting unit inside the barn.

Heartsease - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: In the first two shots of the witch hunt after they leave Peter's house there are ten men in the mob but in the next three shots there are only nine men in the mob.

Season 1 generally

Continuity mistake: In the final scene of episode 1 and the first scene of episode 2 when Nicky is talking to the old man, the cat siting on the man's lap changes position, as do the man's arms, every time the angle changes.

A Pile of Stones - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: Jonathan pours petrol around the schoolhouse before starting a fire, he is couching down and drops a match and the petrol ignites. The angle changes and Jonathan drops the match again and he is crouched down in a different position.

A Pile of Stones - S1-E6

Other mistake: At the end of this episode when Jonathan and Nicky set off on horseback to the canal to board the tug boat "Heartsease" they leave late at night and arrive the next day. But in episodes 7 and 8 Margaret rides on horseback to Heartsease and home again, and the journey only takes a few minutes.

Witchcraft! - S1-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Davy Gordon picks up a pitchfork and starts searching the barn you can see the lighting rig and a crew member reflected in the tractor windscreen.

The Quarry - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: At the end of the penultimate scene when Nicky tells Jonathan that she wants to get back into The Cavern to speak to Mr Furbelow, her hair is behind her shoulders and then falls in front of her left shoulder. The angle changes and her hair is in front of her right shoulder and behind her left.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the first scene when Nicky is doing her homework there is a horse ornament on the table in front of her which is in a different position with every shot.

The Cavern - S1-E10

Revealing mistake: When Jonathan and Nicky are running out of The Cavern during the rockfall a cabinet is knocked over by the vibration, but you can see that it is pushed over by someone with a stick.

The Quarry - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Jonathan is reading Furbelow's diary. Nicky is standing next to him then sits down, in close up shots her hair is behind her left shoulder but in long shots her hair is over the front of her left shoulder.

Lightning! - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: Jonathan starts a fire on the front deck of the boat, but later on after the fire has been extinguished there is no fire damage on the deck.

Heartsease - S1-E7

Plot hole: "The Noise" is supposed to sound whenever anyone starts using machinery, but in this episode the tugboat's engine doesn't trigger The Noise until it reaches the estuary in the next episode - The Noise should have started the moment Jonathan started the engine.

Heartsease - S1-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Jonathan and Nicky are in the cabin of the tugboat sailing on the canal in the scene leading up to the jammed bridge, you can see reflections of crew members in the rear window of the cabin.

Witchcraft! - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Davy Gordon is searching the barn he pushes the pitchfork between bales of hay causing Nicky to scream. The prongs on the end of the pitchfork are pointing down, but when the angle changes the prongs are pointing upwards.

Hostages! - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Ajeet and Nicky are crouched behind the hedge outside the manor house. Nicky restrains Ajeet by putting her left hand on Ajeet's right shoulder and her right hand is on the ground, the angle changes and both Nicky's hands are on the lapels on Ajeet's coat and she pulls her down behind the hedge. Ajeet's hair plaits also change position.

Hostages! - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Nicky is crouched down behind the wall, listening to the chief robber telling the villagers what his gang is going to do. One of the robbers throws a chain over the wall, nearly hitting her. Nicky ducks her head down to avoid the chain hitting her, but when the angle changes Nicky's head is upright and she ducks a second time, also she has moved back along the wall a little way.

The Bad Wires - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: All the action in this episode takes place on the same day, but Nicky is first wearing a brown jumper, then when her and the Sikhs stop for a break Nicky is wearing a blue jumper, then later on she is wearing a black one, with the same grey skirt and blue anorak.

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