Line of Duty

Line of Duty (2012)

3 mistakes in season 1

(3 votes)

Season 1 generally

Factual error: Chief Superintendent Hilton wears the ribbons of the General Service Medal (awarded for military service in a combat zone, most commonly in Northern Ireland) and the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (awarded for twenty years' service), but not the Golden Jubilee Medal (awarded to all officers with five years' service in 2002), which he would also have. When he reappears in Series 4, he is wearing the Golden Jubilee Medal, Diamond Jubilee Medal (awarded in 2012) and Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, which would all be correct, but no longer has the General Service Medal.

Necrothesp

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Other mistake: The team blow the flat door in (no. 56/59) with charges applied to the door. When Arnot arrives, the door is intact on the floor, complete with the door number, including the loose 6/9. This is pivotal in revealing that they have the wrong flat! Stairwell sign indicates flats 50 - 59. Regardless of which way they approached, they would have passed other flats and observed the door numbers. (00:02:28)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Visible crew/equipment: As the camera pans over Gate's car once Arnott searches it for the whiskey glass, you can see a person's face lying in the back seat of the car.

Show generally

Question: In the first season, Hastings tells Arnott he's Catholic - but then in subsequent seasons he's supposed to be a Mason. Except the Catholic church considers joining the Masons to be a sin - is that a clue to Hastings' real status?

Answer: Many Catholics do not adhere to all church beliefs, such as divorce, birth control, gay rights, etc.

raywest

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