Grange Hill

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Character mistake: When Mrs Munroe is calling out the pupils' names in the hall Alan's surname is Turner, but according to the credits at the end of this episode his surname is Hargreaves.

Episode #1.7 - S1-E7

Character mistake: When Mr Mitchell is counting the votes, he says that 23 pupils voted - he reveals Ann Wilson got 11 votes, Peter Jenkins 7 votes, Michael Doyle 3 votes plus 2 blank votes and 1 for someone's budgie which equals 24 votes.

Episode #1.9 - S1-E9

Character mistake: When Mr. Mitchell is at the civic centre looking for Trisha who is playing truant, he asks the receptionist if she has seen her and describes Trisha as having long blonde hair. Trisha has brown hair.

Episode #2.13 - S2-E13

Character mistake: Miss Summers tells Mr Sutcliffe that she has to check on some our third year friends meaning Jackie Heron, Brenda and Lucy. But these three girls are in fact fifth years.

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Character mistake: In the meeting, Susi says that Penny Lewis and Rosie Spencer got in trouble during the previous year for writing a libelous article in the school magazine about Micky Doyle, but it was actually Penny and Chris Dukeson that got into trouble about that article about Doyle.

Love Triangle - S6-E7

Character mistake: Gripper tells Georgie that he and Denny are bunking off their next lesson to go to the cafe, but they do actually go to their next lesson where they find Randir writing on the blackboard.

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Episode #7.1 - S7-E1

Character mistake: After Zammo has walked Jackie to Brookdale he is chased off by Gluxo. During the chase Gluxo falls over he calls out "you wait, I'll have you Mcguire." No way for him to know Zammo's name when this is the first time they've seen each other and they go to different schools. (00:08:27)

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Episode #16.14 - S16-E14

Character mistake: In episode 12 Robyn Stone celebrates her fifteenth birthday, but in this episode while she is in Mary's caravan watching the TV news report about her disappearance, the news reader gives her age as fourteen.

Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Audio problem: When Cathy and Trisha are walking to the post office with Mr Hargreaves walking behind them their mouths are not moving in sync with their dialogue. (00:09:55)

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Episode #17.18 - S17-E18

Maria: Do you know what you are, Parrott?
Mr Parrott: Mr Parrott to you.
Maria: A complete prat. The kids know it, the teachers know it, and now it looks like your ex-fiancée has got the message as well.

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Episode #8.14 - S8-E14

Trivia: When Banksie, Jackie, Jean-Paul and Sarah first arrive at the disused factory to drive Phil's car, the scaffolding in the background is on the Eastenders set which was under construction when this series was being filmed. From 1984 until 2001 Grange Hill was made at the BBC Elstree studio's, where Eastenders has been filmed since 1985.

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