Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

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Episode #26.7 - S26-E7

Continuity mistake: Leah and Shannon are in the computer room - Mr Malachy comes in and talks to Leah, Leah's hair is loose. The angle changes when Malachy leaves the room and Leah's hair is now neatly tucked behind her ear.

eric 64

Episode #14.4 - S14-E4

Continuity mistake: When Brian, Locko and Jacko sneak aboard the coach the destination board states Edinburgh in the shot from outside the coach, but when the driver boards the coach to change the destination board it reads Newquay from the shot inside the coach.

eric 64

Episode #8.17 - S8-E17

Continuity mistake: The first years walk off to their next lesson after Mr Bronson has come out of the exam room to tell them off for being noisy, the pupils walking behind Gonch, Hollo, Ronnie and Calley change position when the angle changes.

eric 64

Episode #8.12 - S8-E12

Continuity mistake: As the six pupils who visit the closed down Brookdale school find an unlocked door to enter Fay, Jackie and Banksie are the last three of the group in that order, but when the angle changes Banksie is ahead of Jackie and Fay, who have swapped places.

eric 64

Instruments - S5-E5

Visible crew/equipment: In the music lesson when Miss Griffiths restarts the pupils playing the music after Roland has returned to his seat, on the right hand side of the screen a crew member's hand can be seen signalling a cue for the music to start.

eric 64

Christmas Special - S4-E19

Other mistake: Tucker, Alan and Tommy miss the bus because the driver won't wait, a few minutes later the next bus arrives and it is the same vehicle as the previous one (registration number AML3H).

eric 64

Episode #8.18 - S8-E18

Factual error: One of the rockers taking part in the musical is wearing an Iron Maiden T-shirt, this musical is set in 1962 and Iron Maiden weren't formed until 1975.

eric 64

Episode #8.17 - S8-E17

Visible crew/equipment: At the meeting about the school play in the hall, Fay runs out after arguing with Miss Washington and you can see the shadow of the boom mic on Julie's skirt. (00:14:55 - 00:24:48)

eric 64

Episode #8.13 - S8-E13

Continuity mistake: When the first years are walking down the road there is a blue Ford Transit van parked behind a Land Rover. When the pupils are crossing the road the Transit has disappeared.

eric 64

Episode #8.3 - S8-E3

Continuity mistake: First year Calley Donnington says she was born in 1974 but to be in this series' first year intake she would have to been born between September 1972 and August 1973.

eric 64

Episode #17.18 - S17-E18

Maria: Do you know what you are, Parrott?
Mr Parrott: Mr Parrott to you.
Maria: A complete prat. The kids know it, the teachers know it, and now it looks like your ex-fiancée has got the message as well.

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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