Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

372 mistakes - chronological order

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Episode #20.5 - S20-E5

Continuity mistake: In the cafe when Gerald says his line "must dash got a deadline to meet on the school magazine" the same girl (with long brown hair) walks behind him twice within a few seconds.

Episode #20.18 - S20-E18

Revealing mistake: Carlene makes Joanna a cup of coffee in the common room after finding her drunk in the toilet. Joanna refuses to drink it and drops the cup, breaking it - it's obvious that there was never any coffee in the cup.

Episode #21.15 - S21-E15

Continuity mistake: In the first post titles scene Dill is running for the bus. There is a red car in front of the bus waiting to turn left, the camera cuts to Chris and when it cuts back to Dill the red car has gone and two more cars are in its place.

Episode #21.16 - S21-E16

Visible crew/equipment: As the door shuts when Mrs Holmes tells Chris to get back to class after he has been told off for fighting with Arnie there is a refection of a sound man holding a boom mike in the door window.

Episode #22.1 - S22-E1

Continuity mistake: Mr Robson parks his red Vauxhall Cavalier outside the school gates with a blue VW Golf next to it backed up to the fence. When Amy walks in there is a different red Cavalier parked where Robson's car was parked, and the blue Golf has turned round and is now facing the fence.

Episode #22.3 - S22-E3

Continuity mistake: During the fire alarm when the staff and pupils are assembling in the playground, a boy points out judi trapped at a upstairs window to Mr Brisley by saying "sir look." There is no one behind them, the angle changes and there are now a crowd of pupils behind them.

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Episode #22.3 - S22-E3

Continuity mistake: At the start of this episode it is raining heavily, but when Cathy drops Alec off there is bright sunshine and the ground is dry even though Alec is still wet. But when the school is out in the playground after the fire alarm has sounded, the ground is wet again.

Episode #22.6 - S22-E6

Continuity mistake: Kamal and Becky kiss in the last of the four photos that the booth takes but when Kamal, Colin, Arnie and Nathan are looking at the strip of photos, Kamal and Becky are kissing in the third photo.

Episode #22.6 - S22-E6

Visible crew/equipment: In Becky's garden, when she has tricked Kamal into wearing the dress, you can see a crew member reflected in the windows of her conservatory when Dill brings Nathan, Colin and Arnie into the garden.

Episode #23.19 - S23-E19

Visible crew/equipment: Colin and Nathan intervene when the two older bullies are being abusive to Spencer, Calvin and Anika. After the bullies have gone a boom mike shadow can be seen on Colin's coat.

Episode #9.11 - S9-E11

Imelda: I'm gonna get my dad down here to sort you out.
Mr Baxter: You do that, get your whole family down here, I expect they'll be glad to hear you've been nicking money off first year students. You get them all down here, tell them to wear a funny hat and we'll have a party.

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Trivia: The main entrance and car park of Grange Hill school used from series eight until series eleven are the same ones that are currently used for the BBC1 series Holby City, they are on site at the BBC Elstree Centre.

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