Grange Hill

Field Trip - S6-E6

Continuity mistake: When Roland plays his tape recorder on the coach, the woman on the tape says "lightest lemon sponge I've ever tasted - she used to bake, yes I remember, mind you she worked hard that woman..." But in the cafe Roland didn't start recording until she said "mind you she worked hard..."

Episode #6.12 - S6-E12

Continuity mistake: At the start of the fight, a boy attacks Gripper with a chair. He is holding it upside down with the backrest against Gripper, who is holding the chair's legs and pushing the boy with it. The angle changes and the chair is the right way up, with Gripper pushing the other boy with it, holding onto the chair's legs. Another angle change and Gripper is holding the chair seat and pushing the boy with the backrest.

Repurcussions - S6-E14

Continuity mistake: When Gripper's gang have cornered Randir in the toilet cubicle, one of the gang is standing with the others outside the cubicle shouting abuse at Randir. The angle changes and he's standing at the sinks next to Gripper.

Rally - S6-E18

Continuity mistake: Claire Scott is leading the second section of the protest march, she sees the first section start marching towards the school, runs back and shouts "now." She is standing on the pavement in front of the marchers, as the march starts the angle changes and Claire is now in the road to the right of her previous position.

Rally - S6-E18

Continuity mistake: In the final scene Pogo and his girlfriend are running from Duane and Stewpot they cross a road where a red Volkswagen is parked. The angle changes and Daune and Stewpot cross the same road - there is now a white Ford Fiesta parked where the Volkswagen was.

Rally - S6-E18

Continuity mistake: When Duane and Stewpot are following Pogo along the canal path they walk past a wall covered in a large mural but the angle changes when Pogo stops - Duane and Stewpot fall against a metal shutter that wasn't there before.

Rally - S6-E18

Continuity mistake: In the final scene when Pogo and his girlfriend get on a bus it is on route 260 to Hammersmith Broadway, but when they are on the bus waving at Duane and Stewpot from the back window it has changed to route 27 to Richmond.

Episode #7.3 - S7-E3

Continuity mistake: When Zammo and Jeremy are first chased by Gluxo and friends they run past three parked cars - a blue Maestro, a gold Toyota and a green Datsun. The camera angle changes to the other side of the road and the Maestro has gone. (00:03:10)

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Episode #7.9 - S7-E9

Continuity mistake: When the argument starts between Glenroy and John Eastlake, Mr Fowler stands between them. Next shot Sue Shallcross is standing between Glenroy and Eastlake and separates them. Mr. Mcguffy then stands next to Sue, next shot Mr Fowler is standing between the two boys, then the angle changes and Sue and Mr Mcguffy are standing between Eastlake and Glenroy again, with Fowler standing next to Eastlake.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: The last record that Pogo plays is "True" by Spandau Ballet. When he first starts playing it the record label is red; after Stewpot asks Pogo to play the song again the record label is black.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: Mr McGuffy is walking down the corridor - behind him is a girl dressed in pink, and walking towards him is a boy in a black jumper with a white stripe on it. Mr. McGuffy enters the classroom to speak to Pogo - when the angle changes to inside, the girl in pink doesn't walk past the open door but the boy does, even though he had already passed the door in the previous angle.

Episode #7.18 - S7-E18

Continuity mistake: In the first scene of the disco with Glenroy as the DJ, some of the kids dancing can also be seen in the next shot of kids waiting in the queue to pay to get in.

Episode #8.1 - S8-E1

Continuity mistake: Trevor Cleaver gives Hollo his bag and tells him to put it on the seat furthest away from the teacher. In the first two shots Hollo is holding the bag the right way up, but in the third shot Hollo is holding the bag on its end.

Episode #8.3 - S8-E3

Continuity mistake: First year Calley Donnington says she was born in 1974 but to be in this series' first year intake she would have to been born between September 1972 and August 1973.

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Episode #8.8 - S8-E8

Continuity mistake: Miss Washington leaves her class and asks them to mark themselves in the register, the red haired girl sitting in the front row stands up, the angle changes and she is still sitting down and then she stands up again. (00:04:44)

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Episode #8.12 - S8-E12

Continuity mistake: As the six pupils who visit the closed down Brookdale school find an unlocked door to enter Fay, Jackie and Banksie are the last three of the group in that order, but when the angle changes Banksie is ahead of Jackie and Fay, who have swapped places.

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Episode #8.13 - S8-E13

Continuity mistake: When the first years are walking down the road there is a blue Ford Transit van parked behind a Land Rover. When the pupils are crossing the road the Transit has disappeared.

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Field Trip - S6-E6

Continuity mistake: When Roland plays his tape recorder on the coach, the woman on the tape says "lightest lemon sponge I've ever tasted - she used to bake, yes I remember, mind you she worked hard that woman..." But in the cafe Roland didn't start recording until she said "mind you she worked hard..."

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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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