Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

6 continuity mistakes in season 10 - chronological order

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Episode #10.2 - S10-E2

Continuity mistake: When Helen and Ziggy are leaving the fish and chip shop, you see a white viva van parked opposite the shop. But when Helen and Ziggy get outside the shop, the van has gone.

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Episode #10.4 - S10-E4

Continuity mistake: When Mr Griffiths is driving back to school in the van after picking up Harriet, he takes a right turn. The angle changes to Ziggy and Robbie running on the pavement beside the van, a beige Vauxhall Cavalier turning left, and a lawn mower on the grass verge that should have been in the previous shot but weren't. (00:18:39)

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Episode #10.4 - S10-E4

Continuity mistake: When Mr Griffiths is driving Harriet back to grange hill in his van he pulls up outside some shops for a few seconds in between parking and leaving there are different vehicles parked behind the van.

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Episode #10.7 - S10-E7

Continuity mistake: Mrs McClusky drives into the school car park; there is a red Vauxhall Cavalier and a gold Vauxhall Nova parked outside the school. The angle changes when Roland walks in and talks to Danny; there is now a red VW Golf and a white Morris Marina parked where the two Vauxhalls were. The angle changes again when Banksie arrives on his motorbike; there is now a white Citroën parked where the red Golf was. (00:01:05 - 00:01:56)

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Episode #10.7 - S10-E7

Continuity mistake: Mrs McClusky drives into the school car park and stops to talk to Danny. There is a blue Ford Escort and a yellow Ford Fiesta parked in the first row of the car park. The angle changes when Banksie arrives on his motorbike, and the two cars have gone; there is now an orange Mini and a green Fiat parked in their spaces. (00:01:38 - 00:02:02)

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Episode #10.24 - S10-E24

Continuity mistake: In the final scene at the party when the conga starts, Julie is at the front followed by Freddie, Jackie, Zammo, Mrs McClusky, Ronnie, Gonch, Louise, an extra, Calley, Robbie wearing an orange and green party hat and Trev. Then when the conga goes through the door and out into the playground the first 5 are the same, followed by Ronnie (who is now wearing a party hat), Gonch, Mrs Reagan, Jane, Hollo, Calley, Robbie (now wearing a yellow party hat), Cheryl and Trev (who is now wearing the hat Robbie was wearing). As the conga goes round the playground Hollo disappears from the line up and Louise moves further back.

Field Trip - S6-E6

Continuity mistake: When Roland plays his tape recorder on the coach, the woman on the tape says "lightest lemon sponge I've ever tasted - she used to bake, yes I remember, mind you she worked hard that woman..." But in the cafe Roland didn't start recording until she said "mind you she worked hard..."

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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.

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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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