London's Burning

London's Burning (1988)

24 mistakes

(3 votes)

Starring: Glen Murphy

Genres: Drama

Episode #10.4 - S10-E4

Other mistake: The fire at the used cars dealership recycles several shots from the petrol station fire in Series 6 episode 7. These include shots of burning petrol on the ground and a Renault car with the registration mark B649 CLY exploding.

Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Factual error: In this episode Blackwall Station is shown as a London Underground tube station. Blackwall Station is a Docklands Light Rail (DLR) station. Also look at the destination sign on the front of the train, which reads 'THAMES LINE', No such line/station exists on the London Underground.

Show generally

Revealing mistake: In the episode when ACO Bulstrode is looking at the newspaper cut-out of the appliance crash (the one that Bayleaf was involved in), look closely at the cut-out. The whole article consists of the same paragraph written twice. Seemed the producers were too lazy to write a full article, hoping no-one would notice.

Episode #4.3 - S4-E3

Deliberate mistake: Before the gas explodes in the sewer, you can see the base of the Davy lamp glow red. Except that in real life this doesn't happen; the flame simply turns blue and grows taller in the presence of gas. This was probably done to make the scene more dramatic, though.

Episode #9.4 - S9-E4

Revealing mistake: The flashover in the disused factory's ventilation duct (where the pop video is being shot) craftily borrows a shot of the flashover in the laser arcade shout from Series 7 episode 5. The arcade's overhead walkway and the icon of the woman holding the laser gun is visible.

Episode #10.10 - S10-E10

Other mistake: During the shout at the beginning, when the workman is hanging dangerously close over the electricity transformer, Nick is informed by the electricity board that they cannot get closer than 15 feet without it arcing. So why isn't the transformer arcing when the workman is hanging just under a foot from it?

Episode #4.9 - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: In an early shot of the factory fire. Appliance registration C389GFC is at the fire...but Blackwall have not been mobilised to the fire yet.

Episode #4.9 - S4-E9

Revealing mistake: In a scene in the mess, Sicknote walks in front of the television and there are grey stickers stuck to the screen to hide the production spotlights.

Episode #8.7 - S8-E7

Deliberate mistake: The washing machine must have been primed with explosives and petrol in order to catch fire. The machine is not actually on. Also, there are no electrical connections behind the drain filter cover (where the machine starts smoking and sparking). There is just a removable plastic filter and nothing else. (All washing machines have this). (00:35:15)

Christmas Special - S1-E6

Deliberate mistake: When the appliance crashes into the drunk driver's car and flips over, water is seen spilling out of the top of the appliance. This appliance was specially designed to flip over by mounting the water tank at the top, to make it unstable enough to tip over.

Episode #10.13 - S10-E13

Revealing mistake: Obvious CGI flames were used during the science lab fire, because when the teacher knocks over the Bunsen burner onto the flammable liquids, parts of the workbench instantly catch fire that were nowhere near the liquids.

Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Station Officer Tate is driving his car in a temper after the argument with his wife, he swerves onto the pavement hitting some rubbish bags. In the next shot he is driving in a straight line down the centre of the road.

Episode #6.7 - S6-E7

Continuity mistake: During the petrol station fire, Hallam goes to rescue two attendants trapped in the station shop. The first external shot shows the inside of the shop on fire, but when it switches to the interior shot where Hallam tells them to run for it, there's no fire at all.

Show generally

Revealing mistake: In the episode when the schizo falls off the crane, the car he falls on explodes a split second before he actually lands on it.

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