Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: There is a boom mike shadow on the wall in the entrance passage when Tucker, Alan, Benny and Tommy return to the swimming pool to look for Benny's medal.

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: As Mr Mitchell is driving through the school gates he has to brake sharply to avoid Benny Green who is playing football in the car park. Mitchell gets out to tell Benny off, the angle changes and the car has moved forward.

Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When Mr Sutcliffe asks Tucker if he knew who was responsible for the vandalism, Tucker's jacket is only on his left shoulder. In the next shot, Tucker now has the jacket fully on.

Episode #18.9 - S18-E9

Visible crew/equipment: In the girls changing room before the rugby match when Jessica and Paula are bickering, the shadow of a camera and its operator moving can be seen on the lockers.

Season 17 generally

Continuity mistake: The final two episodes of this series are filmed in east Germany and are set in July. The snow on the ground comes and goes between scenes, plus why is it snowing in July?

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 #2.3 - S2-E3

Other mistake: Mrs Stanton sends Andrew to the shop for some ice cream but he is only gone for 30 seconds, which is not long enough.

Episode #12.13 - S12-E13

Audio problem: When the coach is driving through Portsmouth the pupils can be heard singing "a ticket to ride" but their mouths are all shut.

Episode #8.14 - S8-E14

Revealing mistake: In inside shots of the car it is being driven by either Banksie or Jean-paul, but in outside shots there is another man driving the car.

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 #1.8 - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Ann Wilson tells Trisha and Mary that they must find Tucker to ask him if he saw Micky Doyle steal the pistol, as they go through the door a reflection of a crew member holding a boom mike can be seen in the door window. (00:10:30)

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: After Mrs Munroe has finished calling out the names, Tucker is left standing alone in the hall. Mrs Munroe says "didn't I call your name out" while she leaves the stage and you can see a crew member in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

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