Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Camille and Richard are talking in the car in the middle of the market. With the camera positioned on Richard' side, his thumb dangles lower than the other fingers, that are leaning on top of the wheel. In the angles from Camille's position the thumb is pointed always up and leans the pad on the wheel. (00:17:40)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Richard's bit of conversation in the market with Camille proves to be pointless, as he's got nothing yet. Camille remarks about it; through the car window on her side you can see, as in the earlier parts of the conversation, a woman with a pink top and a large flower-themed shopping bag. A moment later the Defender leaves, and behind it you can see the same woman, completely different part of the market. (00:17:50)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Richard asks the mysterious girl at the police station "I knew you were outside, crying. Why?" there's a reaction shot on her, saying nothing and just being pouty. In that shot, the water in her glass is completely still, but with Richard on focus, the water keeps undulating. (00:20:55)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Dwayne puts the snake in the sack, he is aided by Camille, who is standing in foreground in the same position with her arm on her hip every time it cuts to DI Richard Poole as if nothing happened. (00:22:50)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Camille is hiding her face behind the weapon report after she made Richard squeal in terror because of the little fake snake. When he strafes back in view saying "Excuse me?" she moves the paper away, but in the reverse shot she's still hiding her mouth behind it. (00:31:00)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Poole and Bordey show up at Curtis James' home. When she shows him the picture of Avita she just found, in close-up the strap of her bag is off the tanktop and directly on her skin. In the rest of the scene, the leather strap is off her cleavage. (00:32:55)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Camille tells Curtis that probably the widow fancies too, making him all giddy, her hand takes different directions at every cut (fingers on cheek, fingers on jaw, fingers not in view, wrist turned the other way so it's the back of the hand to be under the chin, etc). (00:35:25)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Poole barges in when Avita is on a bed, and tells her "You're in love with Curtis." In the establishing shot the bed is entirely in the shadow, but when she turns towards the rude Englishman the side of the bed is strongly sunlit. (00:36:00)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: The police staff is sitting at the table while DI Richard Poole is listening to the bootleg. Throughout the sequence, Camille's hand position changes between shots multiple times. Same for Dwayne's hands when he asks him to rank the band; Dwayne's hand goes on/off the table between shot and reverse. (00:40:30)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Poole holds the Greatest Hits CD, his hands hold it in a different position between shots. Same when he passes it to Camille. (00:41:10)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Richard starts laughing having cracked the case, Camille's arm position on the back of the chair keeps changing between shots. (00:42:50)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: In the denouement, Richard shows a picture to the audience, then he puts it back on the pile on the table. Notice the picture's corner is touching the side of the plastic folder with all the others. When Richard walks back to the table having shown the camera to Renward, the photo moved to a completely different spot. (00:44:15)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Fidel shows the clock in the evidence bag, the close-up puts the clock firmly in the corner of the bag, where he was not in the wider shot. (00:49:40)
Episode #1.7 - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Solly is at the start with a trickle of blood running down his face from his temple to the jaw line. However when we see Solly get killed, he is lying on his back so the blood should trickle towards to the back of his neck.
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: DI Richard Poole gets in front of the victim's gate holding his bag in his left hand, and in the next shot he has it in his right. (00:01:10)
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: First time we see the victim, there's a striking difference between close-ups (no less than 5 coins on the pillow) and the angle with the whole bed (less coins, different lighting, head sunk into the pillow more). (00:01:40)
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: In close-up, Richard holds up Dwayne's police shield with his 3 fingers placed lower than in the wider angles, where the middle was touching the fold of the wallet, instead of being an inch below it. (00:02:45)
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Richard asks the owner of the import/export company if the victim owed him money, he is holding his handkerchief in his left hand seen from behind, in his right hand from the front. (00:13:15)
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: Camille picks up the laptop from the victim's desk, and Jon Taylor tries to stop her. The laptop is positioned differently in her arms between shots. (00:14:40)
Episode #1.8 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: Jacko Gardiner is leaning against his suburbia door talking to Poole and Bordey, but his arm is angled up in the front view, perpendicular in the view from behind. (00:18:50)
Answer: There's probably no particular reason. Sets and props on long-running TV shows often change as needed and for various reasons throughout a series run.
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