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Bomber's Moon - S1-E3

Factual error: Two cars in this episode set in 1964 are too new, Robert Stratton's Wolseley 1100 or 1300 is a mark two which didn't start production until 1967, and George Gently's Rover 3 litre is a 1966 mark 3 model fitted with rostyle wheels from the 1967 3.5 litre model.

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Bomber's Moon - S1-E3

Factual error: John Bacchus is trying to sell his MGB sports car for £100, the car is less than a year old and would be worth much more than that - a new one would be about £850, and it wouldn't have lost 90% of its value in a year.

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Continuity mistake: During the fight in the garage when Larry is fighting the two thugs a calendar on the wall shows the month of August, the next day Turk has a poster for the next stock car meeting on the 14TH May 1955 the duration of this film is not that long.

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Trivia: The blue Ford Cortina squad car seen in series 1 and 2 has the reg number NHK 296M. Sometimes it is fitted with a false number DLO 97M on the front (as has been noted as a mistake). The programme makers had been supplied with two cars from Ford, this Cortina and a Consul GT. The Cortina was fitted with this false plate to make the squad look like it had more cars, and only one number plate (the white front one) was made up to keep costs down, as the Sweeney had a small budget. In the series 3 episode "Pay Off" DLO 97M is on a white Cortina, in series three the same Triumph 2000 is seen with number plates TPA 931N and UUV 931N - again it is the same car with different number plates.

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Show generally

Other mistake: Stuart drives to his wedding in the hearse, but he gets trapped inside when the battery goes flat, disabling the central locking and electric windows. Later on how does he manage to sound the horn if the battery is flat?

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Character mistake: When Tony's mum is getting in to the car Tony tries to tell her that Stella tried to kidnap him, she calls him Terry instead of Tony.

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Character mistake: Tony and Stella are leaving the warehouse to get away from the villains. She calls him Tony - how did she know his name, as she only just met him a few minutes earlier, and he didn't tell her his name?

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Character mistake: As the vicar, Moira and Charles leave the garage after returning the car, Mr Goorlie calls Ralph Charles.

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Continuity mistake: Just before Kenickie runs up behind Patty Simcox and lifts up her dress she standing at the back of the hall clapping her hands, she is not in the dance contest.

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Continuity mistake: Just before the concert in central London, the coach with the football supporters drives past Hero and Rockbottom and stops at the traffic lights. It is then seen driving along the road, then stopped again at the same traffic light junction.

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Continuity mistake: When Charles and Moira are washing the car, Charles throws a bucket of water over the bonnet, soaking Moira, who is crouched down the other side of the car. In the first shot the water hits Moira, the angle changes and the water hasn't yet hit her.

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Continuity mistake: Ben kicks the tractor when he can't get it started, denting the grille, the next time we see the tractor the grille is straight.

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Show generally

Character mistake: When Pat goes to Roy Evans' car showroom to complain about the dodgy car he sold to her son David, she asks Roy if he has any children. Roy replies that he has two sons which was true, but at this time Roy didn't know he had a second son, Nathan, conceived years before when Roy had an affair with his secretary Doreen. He only found out years later when Nathan turned up to tell Roy that Doreen was terminally ill. When Roy was speaking to Pat he only knew about his first son and business partner Barry.

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Deliberate mistake: Its obvious at the concert that there is no audience in the venue and that the crowd noise is just sound effects.

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Stay Lucky Eh? - S2-E9

Character mistake: Herbie is making an anonymous phone call to Tony Kirby arranging for him to meet Vaughan. He gives a time 3 o'clock but no location, how did Kirby know where to go when he didn't know who was making the call and no location was given? (00:41:56 - 00:42:25)

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Episode #5.20 - S5-E20

Continuity mistake: Gemma arrives at the grove while the other kids are organising her party. She is a wearing a red hairband but she wasn't wearing that when she was walking up the path to the grove. (00:06:35 - 00:07:23)

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Episode #5.20 - S5-E20

Revealing mistake: When Arran is pushing his gran at high speed in her wheelchair through the care home corridors, it is obvious that his gran is a dummy.

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Episode #5.20 - S5-E20

Continuity mistake: Debbie Dobson is looking through a photograph album, the pages she has open have photos of her sister Gemma. The angle changes when Gemma enters the room, just before Debbie turns the page the photos that can now be seen are of Debbie herself. (00:04:45)

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Hit and Run - S2-E5

Question: Towards the end of this episode the squad car has to double park so Regan can use a phone box, as Regan gets out of the car a van has to drive round the squad car and the driver sounds the horn, Regan gesticulates and shouts "up yours" at the van driver. I wonder if this was scripted or was a random moment and John Thaw was ad-libbing?

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Episode #26.7 - S26-E7

Continuity mistake: Leah and Shannon are in the computer room - Mr Malachy comes in and talks to Leah, Leah's hair is loose. The angle changes when Malachy leaves the room and Leah's hair is now neatly tucked behind her ear.

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