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Missions - S2-E4

Factual error: The police visit Richard Shaw's estate agency towards the end of the episode. The establishing background shot opposite where the estate agency allegedly is is of what was then the Cable and Wireless Building (long since bought by Vodafone). That building's real-life address is in the SE1 postcode. The problem is that the business card the police officer holds with the address has a completely different postcode.

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Hanging Round - S19-E15

Continuity mistake: When Paul pours out the pink paint from the tin, only a small amount is shown flowing out of the tin. However, the amount of paint that appears to hit Captain Pilbury on the ground below is far more.

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Hanging Round - S19-E15

Continuity mistake: Paul and Barry paint a porthole pink, and paint noughts and crosses on the ship in white paint. However, through the episode when the camera pulls away, you can see that the pink/white paint has mysteriously disappeared.

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Gold Finger - S8-E1

Continuity mistake: When talking to Sean, Ash says that Liverpool play like a "bunch of girls" (not realising Sean is recording him saying this). However, when Sean subsequently plays the tape, in the recording Ash now describes a team as playing like a "load of girls" instead.

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In a Class of Their Own - S15-E4

Continuity mistake: When Barry walks through the door, he has the plank of wood on his shoulder. The camera briefly cuts to Paul before cutting back to Barry in less than a second - but the plank has now completely disappeared.

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In a Class of Their Own - S15-E4

Continuity mistake: When Paul tears up the list and starts typing his own list, he says "If Barry's on the list, then I'm gonna be on the list as well." However, when the video footage from Barry's camcorder is later shown on the TV in the assembly hall, in the recorded footage Paul now says "If Barry's on the list, then I'm gonna be as well."

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In a Class of Their Own - S15-E4

Continuity mistake: When Barry carries the long plank of wood through the doorway, the door slams, and a shattering glass sound effect and Barry and Paul's reaction suggests the glass window in the door has been broken. However, the camera briefly shows the door over Barry's shoulder - and the glass pane is completely intact.

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Mind Your Manors - S20-E1

Factual error: Aunt Petunia says that the chalice was first seen in the Stone Age, and sends Paul and Barry back to where Stonehenge is just being completed. However, the Stone Age actually ended in around 3300 BC. Stonehenge is believed to have been constructed in around 2500 BC, which was the Bronze Age.

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Mission Implausable - S14-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Paul and Barry are watching the concert, just before Paul yells "Rubbish", you can see a hand turning off the music system in front of him.

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Continuity mistake: When Dexter confronts Mrs. Fitzwaring, she points a gun at him. That gun is a Beretta Model 70. However, later on in the confrontation, the gun she is pointing at him is now a Heckler and Koch P7M13.

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Something About Her - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: After Tom's "wife" has been kidnapped, he dives out of the way of the kidnappers' van as it speeds towards him. As he hits the ground, you can see a protective rubber mat bounce up as he comes into contact with it.

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The Enemy Within - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Tom stands outside the General Store, and walks into it, through a door that is already open. However, in the next shot, from inside the store, both shop doors are still closed and Tom has to open them.

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Contact - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Tom is ringing the pager number from the phone box, you can see office workers watching the filming of the scene from an upstairs window.

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A Rough Whimper of Insanity - S1-E7

Stupidity: The hacker's VR goggles are not plugged in to anything (despite having a wire for this purpose) when he and Tom sit down at the computer in the teacher's house.

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Contact - S1-E13

Character mistake: The voice tells Tom that the alarm deactivation code is 47223. However, when Tom enters the code subsequently to deactivate the alarm, he only enters "4723." You can tell he doesn't enter a fifth digit because the keypad chimes each time a digit is entered.

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Absolute Zero (Pilot) - S1-E1

Factual error: At the end of the episode, Tom is at a crossroads, theoretically in Iowa. However, the desert/scrub/mountain surroundings are scenery not found anywhere in Iowa.

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Absolute Zero (Pilot) - S1-E1

Factual error: Tom's mother lives in Iowa, but the flowers/plants in her garden include types that could only live in places with warm/temperate weather all year round, which is decidedly not the case for Iowa.

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Stay Tuned - S1-E17

Factual error: The episode is set in New York State, but at the end the road signs are all for Oregon locations.

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Gemini - S1-E25

Factual error: Tom finds a notecard with an "internet access code" that is an IP address: 271.287.291.31. The problem with this is that IP addresses cannot go above 255 as the starting three digits - it's a completely invalid address.

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Zero Minus Ten - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: When Tom gets a copy of his hospital admission records, his SSN is stated to be 542-68-4360. However, in an earlier episode ("A Rough Whimper of Insanity"), he tells the hacker that his SSN is 549-24-1889.

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