Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Mitchell is comforting Cathy after the police have arrested the man who was following her, a row of parked cars that were parked behind them have disappeared.

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Judy is walking past the shops, parked behind her is a pick up truck full of junk. In front of it is a grey Triumph 2000 estate and a white Citroen, but seconds later when Judy is ambushed by Jackie Heron's gang, the triumph and Citroen have gone, and there are milk floats parked in front of and behind the pick up truck.

Arrival - S5-E1

Continuity mistake: When Mr Baxter catches Roland eating his crisps in the bike shed, Roland initially has his left hand on his leg, but the next shot shows him with his hand in the bag of crisps.

Episode #4.13 - S4-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Tommy, Alan, Justin and Tucker are pushing Andrew through the corridors on the barrow, the lighting rig is reflected in the windows of the fire doors.

Episode #4.12 - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: When the pupils are boarding the coach the weather is dry and sunny, but as soon as the coach drives off the ground is wet and the weather dull.

Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: During the assault course when Anita is going under the bar, Anita gets under before the girl next to her in the yellow top but when the angle changes to the climbing frame the girl in the yellow top is way ahead of Anita.

Episode #2.14 - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: When Tucker, Alan and Benny ambush the Brookdale boy, Alan is sitting on top of the Brookie pining him down. When the angle changes Alan is sitting beside the Brookie - he has not had time to move.

Episode #2.4 - S2-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Trisha is asking Sudhamani if she is going to the disco, when Sudhamani says "well if I'm late my father will want to know where I've been" you can see the shadow of the camera moving on the blackboard.

Episode #2.2 - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Andrew and Justin are walking home a white car on the road behind them slows down to go through the width restriction and then disappears, as it does not drive past them when the angle changes, and there was nowhere else for it to go.

Episode #2.1 - S2-E1

Other mistake: At the football match Simon Shaw complains to Mr Baxter that he was driving the minibus too fast, but when they left school another teacher was driving the minibus and Baxter was sitting in the passenger seat.

Episode #1.7 - S1-E7

Character mistake: When Mr Mitchell is counting the votes, he says that 23 pupils voted - he reveals Ann Wilson got 11 votes, Peter Jenkins 7 votes, Michael Doyle 3 votes plus 2 blank votes and 1 for someone's budgie which equals 24 votes.

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Visible crew/equipment: In the playground when Tucker and Benny are telling Mr Mitchell about Benny's lack of football boots, when the camera is on Benny you can see its reflection in the window behind him.

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Ann Wilson is asking Jackie Heron for directions, the position of Ann's hair changes between shots. When seen from her front Ann's hair is behind her ears, but when viewed from behind Ann's hair is covering her ears.

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Character mistake: When Mrs Munroe is calling out the pupils' names in the hall Alan's surname is Turner, but according to the credits at the end of this episode his surname is Hargreaves.

Episode #4.12 - S4-E12

Audio problem: When Mr Baxter comes into the coach after contacting the holiday company, Miss Lexington tells him it was worth a try, to which he replies,"Yes it was." We then cut to the pupils who are seen cheering, yet no words are heard.

Episode #15.19 - S15-E19

Plot hole: Chrissy is pushing her baby Jay in her pram into the school playground. Justine and Luke call out to her from an upstairs window, then come out to meet Chrissy. They come down from an upstairs floor to the playground in five seconds, which is not enough time.

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Episode #9.11 - S9-E11

Imelda: I'm gonna get my dad down here to sort you out.
Mr Baxter: You do that, get your whole family down here, I expect they'll be glad to hear you've been nicking money off first year students. You get them all down here, tell them to wear a funny hat and we'll have a party.

eric 64

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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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