Continuity mistake: Just before Alan leaves the fair, there is a wide shot of him at the table. When the angle changes, the extras have moved and the sun has come out. (00:08:55)
Continuity mistake: When Alan says about the custard pie throwing contest, the extras stood by his table change positions between shots. (00:08:15)
Continuity mistake: When Alan shakes Lynn's hand, the next shot shows Alan has moved a foot back and is leaning on the front desk. (00:11:05)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan tests his seat belt, he leans forward in front of Lynn. In the next shot he is sat back and leans forward again. (00:13:35)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: After Alan says he's like to know what it feels like for an airbag to go off in his face, it shows a shot of Lynn. In the next shot, she is looking up and Lynn has her finger in the air. (00:14:40)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan walks back from the petrol station down the M11, a white van drives past him, yet in the next shot the van has vanished. (00:12:00)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan sees the staff playing charades, he turns to look at them. In the next shot he has moved about three feet closer to them. (00:03:25)
Continuity mistake: When Alan is talking about Lyn's mum after they get back from the graveyard, Alan's arms are by his side. In the next shot his right hand is on his hip. (00:15:00)
Continuity mistake: When Alan says to Sonia he doesn't trust her, he puts his hands by his sides. In the next shot they are together in front of him. (00:10:40)
Brave Alan - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Just before Alan pretends to attack Lyn with the knife, he looks down at the table. In the next shot he is looking at Lyn. (00:11:50)
Brave Alan - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: In the petrol station after Dan says Mercs are sad, he is looking out of the window. In the next shot he is looking at Alan. (00:05:55)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: In the car, after Alan asks Lynn if she has lied, he is not wearing his seat belt. In the next shot he is. (00:14:05)
I Know What Alan Did Last Summer - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: Just before Alan starts playing air guitar. He starts to tidy up, there are two plates, Alan Cleans one and the other one disappears.
Continuity mistake: After the cow is dropped on Alan's boat, there is a quick scramble of shots. One of the shots shows the farmers who just dropped the cow. However, this camera shot shows them (and the bridge) as being a lot further away than they actually could be having dropped the cow only a few seconds earlier, especially given that the boat is moving slowly and appears to stop when the cow is dropped. (00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: At Lynne's baptism, the food disappears and reappears on Alan's plate when he's talking to the man about his book.
Continuity mistake: During the segment when Alan is on 'Prayer Wave', the clock on the wall either doesn't move between shots or jumps ahead in time - progressing about 12 minutes in a 6 minute segment. (00:17:45)
Continuity mistake: During the meeting with Pete, Michael comes in and lowers the torches attached to the bicycle wheel. He lowers the wheel, and then uses one hand to turn the torches on and the other to hold the rope to stop the wheel from falling to the ground. The shot cuts back to him and he is now using both hands to turn the torches on and the rope has already been tied off in the background. The shot cuts away and then back to him and the rope is back in his hand and he walks across to tie it off.
Continuity mistake: When Alan is talking to the builder, he puts a cigarette to his mouth. In the next shot it is gone. (00:08:45)
Brave Alan - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Dan and Kerry stop Alan from leaving, the way Kerry puts her hands on Alan's shoulders changes between shots. (00:26:15)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: At the end of the pretend gun fight between Michael and Alan, the curtain is in front of Alan's shoulder. In the next shot, the curtain is behind his back. (00:12:50)
Chosen answer: He was played by Ian Puleston-Davies. He is best known for his role as Owen Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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