Here Come the Double Deckers

Here Come the Double Deckers (1970)

55 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Season 1 generally

Other mistake: Whenever you see the gates to the yard during the show they are painted green and have a "Wright and Boston scrap metal merchants" sign written on them. But right at the front of the opening titles of every episode, the gates are plain green with no sign-writing on them.

Tiger Takes Off - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Brains is writing out the notes about the emergency meeting for the carrier pigeons. He writes the first note but as he finishes writing it there is other notes already written to the right of his pad. When he gets off the chair these notes have disappeared.

Tiger Takes Off - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the egg is thrown at the man in the bowler hat with two elderly women standing with him, the angle changes and a woman with a child and a dog walking behind them have appeared who weren't in the previous angle.

The Case of the Missing Doughnut - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: The three walking and talking dolls are walking across the toy shop floor - the blonde haired doll is walking behind the ginger haired one. A red toy car goes across the floor behind them, the angle changes and the red toy car is passing the dolls again and the blonde doll is now next to the ginger haired doll, there is also another doll lying on the floor behind the three dolls that has suddenly appeared. Then the dark haired doll falls over, another angle change and the dark haired doll is now standing up - the blue pedal car then knocks her and the blonde one over - another angle change and the blonde doll is standing up, and the dark haired doll has disappeared.

The Case of the Missing Doughnut - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When we first see the three walking and talking dolls in blue dresses on the counter one has dark hair, one is blonde, and the other one has red hair, but when they are lowered onto the floor the blonde haired doll has been replaced by another red haired one, then when they start walking across the floor the blonde haired doll is back in place.

The Case of the Missing Doughnut - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the bakery when Doughnut is invisible, he knocks the wedding cake over and the bride and groom figures on top of the cake fall to the floor, but when the baker is sitting on the floor covered in cake, the bride and groom figures are on the baker's head.

Get a Movie On - S1-E3

Visible crew/equipment: Doughnut is standing on the platform on the bus after the gang refuse to let him in because he is late. When the gang come out to wish him a happy birthday a boom mike shadow is visible on the wall behind him.

Get a Movie On - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Sticks and Spring are on the staircase they have custard pies in their hands but when Albert falls through the banisters the pies have vanished, also the custard pie that was left on the bar has also vanished.

Starstruck - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: In both the close up shots of Bob Todd on the cherry picker as the director you can see under his leather coat sleeves his shirt cuffs are red, but in both the shots of him falling off the cherry picker his cuffs are white.

Happy Haunting - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When the gang first arrive at the stately home Albert parks his car next to a coach. When the camera angle changes the car has moved back a few yards, and when the gang leave the car has changed position completely.

Happy Haunting - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When we first see the stately home as the gang arrive (with the coach parked outside) the same shot is used just before the gang get into Albert's car to go home, when the angle changes the coach has disappeared.

Summer Camp - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When the gang are unloading the cart, Doughnut tips it up, causing everything to fall out of the back. Spring and Scooper are standing next to Billie and Doughnut is facing Billie. When Billie says "look what you done," Doughnut is facing the other way and Spring and Scooper have disappeared.

Summer Camp - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: Brains is first one to get up and leave the boys' tent when it starts raining during the night. The angle changes and Brains is still in the tent, and then leaves a second time with Scooper and Sticks.

Summer Camp - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Gerald is trying to stop the donkey from eating the food off the table, the table gets pushed over. When the angle changes Gerald is on the other side of the table.

Summer Camp - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When the gang are trying to push Gerald's car which is stuck in the mud, the wheel is spinning in the mud but the wheel arch is clean. As soon as the wheel stops spinning the wheel arch is covered in mud, and when the car drives off by itself after it has been left it in gear, the wheel arch is clean again.

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