Factual error: While on the beach, you can see many women running around topless (including the daughters) - which isn't allowed on public beaches in Rio. (00:18:31 - 00:21:00)
Andy Benham
24th Jul 2024
Blame it on Rio (1984)
18th Jul 2024
The X-Files (1993)
Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster - S10-E3
Trivia: When Mulder's phone rings, the ringtone is the series theme tune.
13th May 2024
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Character mistake: When Nick and Morgan are commanding the dog to find the victim's scent (and the crime scene), they both use commands in French, e.g. venez (come), trouvez (find), allez (go), and restez (stay) - these are all formal versions of each verb. Why would they command in a formal manner?
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Suggested correction: Because that's the manner in which the French train their dogs - they are ordering them to do something, not asking them.
20th Aug 2023
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Jessie is being chased by Steve, she is wearing trainers (you can see the Nike logo on the side), but when she is in the interrogation room, she is wearing ankle boots.
20th May 2023
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Trivia: Two years after the second series, ITV decided to repeat both series on Tuesday on Thursday at 7:30pm (against popular BBC soap EastEnders). This wasn't popular as the episodes had to be cut to remove material unsuitable for early evening (the original episodes were shown on Fridays at 9:00pm) and so each episode was split into two 30-minute segments. Removing key scenes wasn't popular as it made the plots muddled, and some regions opted out mid-run.
19th May 2023
The Professionals (1977)
Trivia: In early episodes, the cars used were provided by British Leyland. Unfortunately, the cars were unreliable and BL took them back after each day's filming (leading to continuity problems). The producers then did a deal with Ford, who allowed them to keep the cars for as long as they needed.
27th Jan 2023
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Trivia: The role of the balloon lady (Angela Lansbury) was originally offered to Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins in the original film), who turned it down as she felt she would upstage Emily Blunt.
16th Nov 2022
The Pentaverate (2022)
Trivia: The logo used for PTV (the Pentaverate's TV network) is the same double eye used by Associated Television (ATV) - a UK broadcaster that served Central England from the 1950s until the early 1980s.
7th Jun 2022
Knight Rider (1982)
Character mistake: When K.I.T.T. is talking about rubies he refers to them as a crystalline form of carbon. Ruby is actually crystalline aluminium oxide.
21st May 2021
The Goldbergs (2013)
DannyDonnieJoeyJonJordan - S2-E10
Factual error: In this episode Adam and Barry are mocking Erica for being a fan of New Kids on the Block when she was younger - she must have gone off them pretty quickly as NKOTB only became well-known outside of Boston (their home city) on the release of their second album in 1988.
4th May 2021
The Goldbergs (2013)
Double Dare - S3-E13
Factual error: When watching a game, Barry mentions what the Eagles need to tie he mentions a two-point conversion. The NFL didn't adopt this until 1994, so it wouldn't have been an option in the 1980s.
11th Dec 2020
The Goldbergs (2013)
Trivia: Sean Giambrone (Adam) plays Ron Stoppable in the live action Kim Possible movie - the title role is played by Sadie Stanley (Adam's love interest Brea).
26th Oct 2020
Cougar Town (2009)
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When Jules suddenly appears on the roof she is wearing red flip-flops. When we see her feet again she is wearing black strappy sandals. When she stands up she is barefoot. When she travels down the zipline she is wearing the black sandals again. (00:15:20)
3rd Jul 2020
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
Trivia: Why do the Dukes (and Daisy) always climb through the windows to get into the General Lee? The reason is they can't open the doors - as it was a race car, the doors are welded shut.
9th Jun 2020
The Goldbergs (2013)
Spaceballs - S5-E21
Trivia: When Beverly is playing a tape of Erica (Hayley Orrantia) singing, she's performing the series' theme song.
29th May 2020
The Goldbergs (2013)
Trivia: The series is a biopic of Adam F. Goldberg's own childhood (Beverly, Murray and Barry are real), but he didn't have a sister in real life. Erica was actually Eric - another brother.
6th Apr 2020
White Gold (2017)
Factual error: In the last 2 episodes of series 2, when anyone uses a phone box it has the the BT Piper logo on the outside, which wasn't introduced until 1991 - six years after the series is set.
4th May 2019
Benidorm (2007)
Episode #2.5 - S2-E5
Trivia: In the one-off special of the famous sitcom Are You Being Served? Niky Wardley (Kelly) played Miss Brahms - a character more strongly associated with her screen mother, Wendy Richard.
28th Sep 2018
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
10th Sep 2018
The Nun (2018)
Continuity mistake: When Sister Irene's habit is ripped at the back, you can see a bra strap on her left shoulder which disappears when she is seen at the front and when the camera is closer to her back (when she has the pentagram carved into her).
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