Best crime TV factual errors of 2011

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The Poisoned Chalice - S1-E1

Factual error: In the Pope's coronation procession they play the anthem Zadok the Priest. It was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727, 235 years after this coronation took place.

Necrothesp

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Episode #3.3 - S3-E3

Factual error: Reading the dull travel guide, the island of Saint Marie is said to be 1/10 of Guadeloupe (≈162 km), 1/8 of Dominica (≈94 km), 1/6 of Saint Lucia (≈102 km), 1/5 of Martinique (≈225 km) and 1/3 of Barbados (≈146 km). How big IS Saint Marie then? It makes no sense! These very specific fractions (Goodman praises how meticulous the book is) contradict each other. It should also be noted that this fictional book is from 1929 and none of those entities were independent nations. (00:18:25)

Sammo

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Run for Your Life - S3-E4

Factual error: When the tracking dog finds a gun in some bushes, Kenda, who is narrating, says that the gun was a Ruger Mark I, which is a semiautomatic target pistol; but the gun shown in the reenactment is a snub-nose .38 Special revolver.

mdwalker

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