Grange Hill

Episode #13.16 - S13-E16

Continuity mistake: When Akik tells Robbie that his father will see him now, Robbie enters the living room as Akik starts to go up the stairs. When the angle changes to inside the living room Akik should be visible on the stairs through the door but isn't, although his footsteps on the stairs can be heard.

Episode #3.14 - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: Jill Harcourt walks out of the school gates with her boyfriend after Mr Sutcliffe tells her he suspects it wasn't her that did her homework as her handwriting is different from last time. A woman with a dog walks past the school entrance - when the angle changes the woman and dog have disappeared, as has the girl who was walking behind Jill and her boyfriend.

Episode #1.8 - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: Doyle and Robo are in a locker while they are waiting for Miss Mather to leave the art room. After she has gone they go into the art room to steal the pistols, leaving the locker door open. After Doyle has stolen the pistols, he and Robo run past Tucker in the corridor and the locker door is shut.

Episode #26.19 - S26-E19

Continuity mistake: When Hudson is setting up the equipment for the sports day Shannon jumps on the mattress in front of him and her jumper lifts up, exposing her midriff. When the angle switches to behind Hudson, Shannon's jumper is tucked in to her jeans and her legs have also changed position.

Episode #21.15 - S21-E15

Continuity mistake: In the first post titles scene Dill is running for the bus. There is a red car in front of the bus waiting to turn left, the camera cuts to Chris and when it cuts back to Dill the red car has gone and two more cars are in its place.

Episode #2.11 - S2-E11

Continuity mistake: Before Justin strikes the winning ball the score according to the score board is 25 runs, but when the match is won and the boys rush from the bench the score on the board is now 20. Also the number of wickets has changed from 9 to 8.

Episode #2.11 - S2-E11

Continuity mistake: In the dining room scene, when Tucker stands on the table the clock on the wall behind him reads just after 12.55pm, but when Justin and Andrew join him in a later shot it's just before 12.55pm.

Episode #17.7 - S17-E7

Continuity mistake: When Arnie is outside "Animal man's" flat on his bike there is another boy on a bike riding to his right. The angle changes to the entrance to the flats then back to Arnie, and the boy on the bike has disappeared.

Episode #13.20 - S13-E20

Continuity mistake: At the court Robbie and Mike walk up the stairs - Derek stares at them. The other people on the stairs and in the hallway change position between shots.

Episode #15.12 - S15-E12

Continuity mistake: In the final scene when Ray is shouting at Liam from the derelict building, in the third shot of Liam there is a different crowd of kids standing behind him from the first two shots, then in the fourth shot the original crowd of kids are back.

Episode #13.20 - S13-E20

Continuity mistake: At the class party, Dipti is dancing to Natalie's left. She says "we should have had a party for the whole of the third year." The angle changes and another girl is dancing between Natalie and Dipti.

Episode #12.7 - S12-E7

Continuity mistake: When Fiona and Calley are watching Ronnie on her new moped she does a right turn, passing a grey BMW waiting to turn right in the opposite direction. The angle changes and the BMW has disappeared as Ronnie rides over the same part of the road again. Also more parked cars have appeared on the road behind her.

Episode #8.18 - S8-E18

Continuity mistake: When Mrs McClusky is in the playground with Mr Bronson, Miss Booth, Banksie and Kevin discussing the alternative end to the school play with the bikers there is a white Lada estate car parked on the road outside the school that appears and disappears between shots.

Episode #4.17 - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: Pogo throws the chair at Gripper legs first but when it goes through the window it has turned round as the chair backrest hits the glass.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: The last record that Pogo plays is "True" by Spandau Ballet. When he first starts playing it the record label is red; after Stewpot asks Pogo to play the song again the record label is black.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: Mr McGuffy is walking down the corridor - behind him is a girl dressed in pink, and walking towards him is a boy in a black jumper with a white stripe on it. Mr. McGuffy enters the classroom to speak to Pogo - when the angle changes to inside, the girl in pink doesn't walk past the open door but the boy does, even though he had already passed the door in the previous angle.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: In the first scene of the disco with Glenroy as the DJ, some of the kids dancing can also be seen in the next shot of kids waiting in the queue to pay to get in.

Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Audio problem: When Cathy and Trisha are walking to the post office with Mr Hargreaves walking behind them their mouths are not moving in sync with their dialogue. (00:09:55)

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Episode #8.14 - S8-E14

Trivia: When Banksie, Jackie, Jean-Paul and Sarah first arrive at the disused factory to drive Phil's car, the scaffolding in the background is on the Eastenders set which was under construction when this series was being filmed. From 1984 until 2001 Grange Hill was made at the BBC Elstree studio's, where Eastenders has been filmed since 1985.

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