The Changes

The Changes (1975)

33 mistakes in season 1

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The Bad Wires - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When the Sikhs turn their carts round after Nicky tells them not to go through the streets, the angle changes and Nicky and Kewal (in the green shirt) have changed positions. Also a blue Austin 1100 parked behind them appears and disappears between shots.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: After Nicky has been separated from her parents, Nicky and her father are walking the streets looking for each other. A horse and cart with lots of children on the cart and a line of children walking behind it goes past Nicky. She sees her father walking on the other side on the road, but when she walks behind the cart to cross the road, the camera angle changes, and the children have changed places in the line.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: After he has destroyed the television Mr Gore tries to light his pipe. If you look outside you can see several cars parked outside the Gore's house, in the following scenes outside this house all the cars have gone. They couldn't have been driven after "the changes" had started.

The Bad Wires - S1-E2

Plot hole: During "the changes" people fear machinery, but the woman who pulls back her curtains to watch Nicky and the sikhs go past is wearing a watch.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The same extras can be seen several times throughout this episode in the chaos scenes in the city and when walking through the country roads to the coast.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Sheila is walking down the steps to get to the boat, she stops walking when she feels a pain. The angle changes and the people walking behind her have changed position.

The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: After dark when Nicky puts the candle in front of the clock to see what the time is, in the close up shot the items around the clock have changed position.

The Noise - S1-E1

Factual error: When Mr Gore destroys the television set, it is obviously a prop, as when he breaks the screen there is no noise, in reality there would be a loud bang as there is a vacuum behind a TV screen of that era.

Lightning! - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Davy Gordon and his mob are on the bridge and Davy is telling the mob about Nicky's trial, you can see a crew member holding onto the horse that Margaret will soon ride off on.

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