Episode #1.5 - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Tommy enters the office where Grace is working on the books he steps forward, leaving the door open, to draw a black star on her ledger. When he turns to leave the door is shut. (00:03:40)
Episode #2.2 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When Polly holds the gun against Tommy the hammer is pulled. Next shot it isn't. (00:45:52)
Continuity mistake: Tea leaves are visible to the top of the cup during the reading's close-ups, but the cup is clean each time the view switches to full screen. (00:29:30)
Episode #3.6 - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: Michael picks up the cash from the table. After Polly speaks to Tommy she turns around to take the money out of Michael's hand; in the shot Michael is holding the cash in his lap with his jacket off, but when Polly takes the cash it shows her hand taking the money from Michael with him wearing his suit.
Episode #3.4 - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: The show opens with an elk grazing, a shot is fired and a deer falls dead on the ground. The antlers are different - not those of an elk. (00:00:20)
Continuity mistake: The first man to die in the ploughed field "execution" scene had the back of his head blown away by a gunshot. In the replay in next episode, his head shows no such effect.
Episode #1.4 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Thomas and Grace are sharing a drink to celebrate her employment with the Shelbys. Thomas pulls out a cigarette, puts it in his mouth (correctly), and then turns to the camera to reveal a backwards cigarette. (00:43:00)
Episode #2.5 - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: The camera cuts between a wide shot and a close-up of Pol and Inspector Chester Campbell undressing her. Between scenes for the next minute, Pol's shirt is on in the close-ups but taken off in the wide shots. (00:24:40)
Episode #2.3 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The bullets on the table change positions during the scene after they stopped moving. For example, when Arthur moves the glass, you see 5 between him and the glass. In the next shot, you can't see any of the bullets, even though you see the same area. They're back when she flips the table.
Episode #3.1 - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: At the wedding, Arthur leaves the table looking for Tommy and Grace, leaving his suit jacket. The next scene, he appears at Tommy's door wearing the jacket. (00:14:20 - 00:15:30)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: John and Polly are talking in his office. He is wearing a ring on his left hand, then a few seconds later he is not.
Episode #3.1 - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Michael and Charlotte are alone together, the size of the flame on the candle differs depending on who is in shot.
Answer: There has never been prohibition in England. There are many reasons for running an underground distillery. It would be a way to avoid things like government regulations, safe distilling methods, alcohol content limits, taxation, fix pricing, and so on.
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