Revealing mistake: When the policeman hits Rick with a chair, the chair legs can be seen wobbling, revealing it to be a rubber prop. (00:25:17)
Casual Person
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: After the band finishes performing Our House, they start fighting one another, as well as joining another ongoing fight. A man then runs up to the camera and throws a saxophone at it. The shadow of the camera can be seen on the man when he throws the saxophone. (00:10:43)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Audio problem: An angry woman throws a lamp out of a window, which hits a man standing outside. The lamp then falls to the ground, but the sound effect of the lamp smashing is heard before it hits the ground. (00:05:54)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: When Vyvyan puts a pillowcase over Neil's head to stop him from sneezing, Neil sneezes again, causing the pillowcase to blow off his head. Just after this happens, a black bar can be seen behind Neil's head, which was used to push the pillowcase. (00:05:24)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Continuity mistake: To stop Neil from sneezing, Vyvyan puts a pillowcase over his head. The pillowcase changes position two shots later, just before Neil sneezes again. (00:05:20)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Neil is lifted into the air so that he can change the lightbulb, wires can be seen lifting him up. (00:24:50)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: Whilst Vyvyan has Neil raised in the air, in the shot of Neil saying "Okay, here's a joke for you, Rick," the wire lifting Neil up can be seen near his waist. The wires can be seen again when the band starts playing and he starts waving his arms. (00:20:58 - 00:21:20)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: Just after Neil says, "It's a nice day for weather," it cuts to a shot of all the characters sitting at the kitchen table. To the left of the shot, the shadow of a boom mic can be seen on the shelf near the front door. The boom mic shadow then starts to move upwards when Rick starts clapping his hands. (00:13:50)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: When the woman is sitting at the kitchen table, Rick starts talking to her. Whilst he is saying, "Have some breakfast, let me introduce you to everyone," the shadow of the boom mic can be seen on the wall next to the fridge. (00:13:03)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Mike approaches Rick while he is reading the Cosmopolitan magazine, Rick stands up and drops the magazine on the table. The shot then cuts to Vyvyan briefly, but when it cuts back to Rick and Mike, the magazine has disappeared from the table. (00:09:35)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mike whispers "Squat down" to Neil, it prompts Neil to say "Great idea, Mike," and he turns to Rick and Vyvyan. A boom mic can be seen at the top of the frame and is quickly pulled out of shot when this happens. (00:04:40)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Vyvyan's head is guiding his body towards him, there is a shot of his head on the ground saying, "You took your time, you bastard." In the shot, the ground can be seen moving up and down slightly, revealing that the ground is fake, as well as revealing the use of a hole that the actor is sitting in. (00:23:03)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Vyvyan yells at his knickers, it cuts to a close-up shot of the knickers while they are on the ground. In the close-up shot, to the right-hand side of the frame, the corner of the knickers can be seen lifting off the ground slightly, revealing the use of a wire to pull them. (00:11:27)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Mike tells Neil to sit down, he turns his head to face him. When the shot cuts, he is suddenly looking down at his book. (00:04:53)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: When Neil throws the small blue bin, Mike tells him to sit down, which he then does. In the shot of Neil sitting down on the chair, a boom mic can be seen towards the top right-hand corner of the frame. (00:04:53)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Neil points to the window after saying he hates sharks, Vyvyan says, "That's just the most completely brilliant thing I've ever seen," whilst sharks are swimming past the window. Just as Vyvyan finishes the line, there appears to be a visible cut on-screen shown around the window, where the sharks are swimming past, revealing the use of stock footage of sharks swimming that was digitally added over the window. (00:21:06)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Rick closes the window after putting out the fire, there is a small fire behind his bed that hasn't been put out. Vyvyan then walks into the room and the fire behind his bed is suddenly out. Also, the bottom of the curtain next to the bed suddenly moves onto the windowsill in between the two shots. (00:20:27)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: The neighbourhood outside Rick's window is flooded and completely covered in water. When he opens the window and water comes into the room, the water shown outside the window appears to be a dark blue colour. But once Rick closes the window, the water switches to a light teal colour midway through the shot, revealing that the water is a digital green screen effect. (00:20:24)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Rick realises his bedroom is on fire, he opens a window to allow water from a flood to come into the room and put the fire out. When the fire dies out as it gets covered in water, a digital red cloud can be seen around the fire as it goes out, revealing that the fire was a digitally added effect. (00:20:23)
6th Oct 2025
The Young Ones (1982)
Interesting - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When the two female party guests walk over to the giant sandwich that has been modified into a chair, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the frame, dipping into shot. (00:12:23)