Continuity mistake: When Ronald Reagan smacks Angie Dickinson, he smacks her on the left-hand side of her face. However, in the next shot, Dickinson is holding her right-hand cheek in pain.
swordfish
9th Apr 2025
The Killers (1964)
30th Mar 2025
House, M.D. (2004)
Continuity mistake: Chase is doing the crossword and asks Foreman what the answer to the clue "iodine deficiency in children" is. The close-up shot of the magazine shows Chase has already written the answer in (cretinism), so why is he asking Foreman the same question? Then, when Foreman gives the (same) correct answer to Chase, he writes it down - only, of course, it's already been written down. (00:02:58)
30th Mar 2025
Baywatch Nights (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Donna jumps off the bridge, it's into relatively shallow water under the bridge, and there is land very nearby (at both ends of the bridge). When the camera shows her in the morning, she is suddenly far out to sea in the ocean. (00:01:51 - 00:09:33)
2nd Mar 2025
Hustle (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the dream sequence, Danny karate-kicks Shiro in the chest, knocking him backwards. You'd expect Shiro to land on his back if he's kicked in the chest and is falling backwards. However, in the next shot, he somehow lands on his stomach instead.
2nd Feb 2025
Hustle (2004)

New Recruits - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: When the gallery is initially shown, it is covered with red banners. When it is shown at the end of the episode, the banners have vanished. (00:45:17 - 00:57:15)
22nd Jan 2025
Hustle (2004)

Continuity mistake: Shiro cuts Stacey's right cheek with his sword, drawing blood. However, in subsequent shots, Stacey's cheek is completely unmarked, and there is no sign of any cut or blood. (00:32:46 - 00:33:58)
22nd Jan 2025
Hustle (2004)

Continuity mistake: When Danny and Stacey walk into the Human Resources office, a shot of the woman behind the desk shows the glass countertop has nothing on it. However, when Stacey spins the monitor around, a mouse suddenly appears in the next shot on the glass countertop. (00:30:05)
8th Jan 2025
Hustle (2004)

Continuity mistake: When Mickey and Ash are sitting with Wendy in the restaurant, Mickey deliberately knocks over the jug of milk, causing a puddle of spilt milk. However, when the wide shot of the three characters is then shown, the jug is upright, and there is no puddle of spilt milk. (00:42:46)
31st Jul 2024
Chucklevision (1987)
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.
31st Jul 2024
Chucklevision (1987)

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.
20th Jun 2024
Hustle (2004)
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.
20th Jun 2024
Chucklevision (1987)
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.
20th Jun 2024
Chucklevision (1987)
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."
20th Jun 2024
Chucklevision (1987)
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.
11th Jun 2024
D.O.A (1988)
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.
3rd Jun 2024
Nowhere Man (1995)

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.
29th May 2024
Nowhere Man (1995)
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.
29th May 2024
Nowhere Man (1995)

Through a Lens Darkly - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Tom is absolutely drenched because the car has crashed into a river, and he has to wade through the river to get to the riverbank. However, as he walks away, he doesn't leave a single wet or muddy footprint behind him despite this.
29th May 2024
Nowhere Man (1995)

Through a Lens Darkly - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: When Tom lifts up the girl's sweater (with both hands), he is still wearing his shirt. In the very next shot, he has magically lost his shirt too, even though his hands aren't free to take it off, and the girl wouldn't have had time to do so in the space of 1 second.
29th May 2024
Nowhere Man (1995)
Stay Tuned - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: When Tom and the English teacher walk into the campaign HQ, a shot is shown of a security guard glancing up the stairs, and a blonde woman carrying a poster walking past. After Tom and the teacher have finished having a conversation with a balding man wearing glasses, the exact same shot is shown again.
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