Visible crew/equipment: When Alan lies on the bed at the end of the episode, the shadow of a boom mic can be seen to the left of the screen. (00:28:15)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan sees the staff playing charades, he turns to look at them. In the next shot he has moved about three feet closer to them. (00:03:25)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan looks out of his bedroom window, the Dictaphone vanishes from his hands between shots. (00:07:00)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Alan is dictating a message in his room, he walks pasts the TV. If you look closely you can see the reflection of the cameraman. (00:07:00)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Ben and Sophie appear from the bushes, Sophie walks in front of Ben. In the next shot they are stood next to each other. (00:07:05)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan watches Sophie and Ben kiss from his hotel window, the curtain moves between shots. (00:07:10)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan is walking down the M11, the first shot shows a blue car driving towards him, yet in the next shot the car does not pass him. (00:10:55)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: When Alan walks into the petrol station, he immediately has a conversation with a shop worker, however there is a huge queue visible as Alan walks in. He would not have been able to be served that quickly. (00:11:05)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan walks back from the petrol station down the M11, a white van drives past him, yet in the next shot the van has vanished. (00:12:00)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Alan says he's taken apart his trouser press, a crew member can be seen in the reflection of the picture as the camera moves. (00:12:10)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan looks out of his window and sees Michael, his hands twice change positions between shots. (00:12:40)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: At the end of the pretend gun fight between Michael and Alan, the curtain is in front of Alan's shoulder. In the next shot, the curtain is behind his back. (00:12:50)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan tests his seat belt, he leans forward in front of Lynn. In the next shot he is sat back and leans forward again. (00:13:35)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: In the car, after Alan asks Lynn if she has lied, he is not wearing his seat belt. In the next shot he is. (00:14:05)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: After Alan says he's like to know what it feels like for an airbag to go off in his face, it shows a shot of Lynn. In the next shot, she is looking up and Lynn has her finger in the air. (00:14:40)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Alan is dressed as a zombie and says nothing has been damaged, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen. (00:18:25)
Basic Alan - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Alan says about putting a cone on his head in the bar, he is holding his pint on the table. In the next shot he is drinking from it. (00:21:45)
To Kill a Mocking Alan - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the episode, when Alan asks for people to call in, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen. (00:00:30)
To Kill a Mocking Alan - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Michael guesses war of the worlds, he is holding the box of letters in his left hand. In the next shot it is in his right hand. (00:02:20)
To Kill a Mocking Alan - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When Alan and Michael are talking about the board in the hotel, when Alan suggests to turn the board into a sandwich board, a boom mic can be seen behind him in the reflection of the glass. (00:02:45)
Chosen answer: He was played by Ian Puleston-Davies. He is best known for his role as Owen Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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