Grange Hill

Episode #12.9 - S12-E9

Continuity mistake: Ronnie arrives at school on her moped and parks next to a blue car that Vince is hiding behind - she removes her helmet, the camera cuts to Ziggy shouting at Vince, and when the camera cuts back to Vince, Ronnie takes her helmet off a second time.

Episode #12.10 - S12-E10

Continuity mistake: During the memorial ceremony for Danny, Ronnie is reading a tribute but starts crying and is unable to finish it. Helen consoles Ronnie by embracing her, the angle changes to Ziggy and Robbie planting the tree and Ronnie and Helen have changed position - both are facing forwards, watching Robbie and Ziggy.

Episode #12.13 - S12-E13

Continuity mistake: After Mr. McKenzie and the coach driver have loaded the coach boot Mac calls the driver Neil, but when they reach the ferry terminal the same coach driver's name is Tom.

Episode #12.20 - S12-E20

Continuity mistake: While the end credits are rolling Mr McKenzie is taking a photo of Trev and Helen dancing. Behind them Gonch is dancing with Mandy. The angle changes and Gonch is now dancing with Calley.

Episode #13.1 - S13-E1

Continuity mistake: When Ayeesha and Akik walk into school Mr. Hankin's blue Morris Minor is parked next to a white Ford Escort mark 3 which the Timpson brothers are leaning on. The camera then goes back to Hankin getting out of his car - there is now a white Ford Escort mark 2 next to Hankin's Minor.

Episode #13.6 - S13-E6

Continuity mistake: During the demonstration outside the chemist's shop, when Frances is explaining to Calley the reasons for the protest Frances is facing Calley, but when the angle changes when Mrs McCluskey arrives, Frances is facing away from Calley.

Episode #13.6 - S13-E6

Continuity mistake: When Mr Griffiths is pushing the trolley across the playground with the boxes on it, it is hit by a football. The position of the football changes between shots.

Episode #13.9 - S13-E9

Continuity mistake: When Natalie and Raju are talking in the playground just before they rush off to the room where Justine and Chrissie are printing the T shirts, Natalie's hair changes position between shots from being over her back to over the front of her shoulders.

Episode #13.16 - S13-E16

Continuity mistake: When Akik tells Robbie that his father will see him now, Robbie enters the living room as Akik starts to go up the stairs. When the angle changes to inside the living room Akik should be visible on the stairs through the door but isn't, although his footsteps on the stairs can be heard.

Episode #13.17 - S13-E17

Continuity mistake: In episode 16 Calley takes her boyfriend's works pass out of his wallet - the name on the pass is John Cooke. In this episode when the security staff look at the computer screen to find out whose pass let Calley, Ronnie and Georgina into the animal house, John's surname has changed to Hunter.

Episode #13.20 - S13-E20

Continuity mistake: At the court Robbie and Mike walk up the stairs - Derek stares at them. The other people on the stairs and in the hallway change position between shots.

Episode #13.20 - S13-E20

Continuity mistake: At the class party, Dipti is dancing to Natalie's left. She says "we should have had a party for the whole of the third year." The angle changes and another girl is dancing between Natalie and Dipti.

Episode #14.4 - S14-E4

Continuity mistake: When Brian, Locko and Jacko sneak aboard the coach the destination board states Edinburgh in the shot from outside the coach, but when the driver boards the coach to change the destination board it reads Newquay from the shot inside the coach.

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Episode #14.7 - S14-E7

Continuity mistake: Calley and Georgina are sitting a mock exam that Mr. Robson is supervising. Later on Calley and Georgina have somehow got out of the exam and are at the unveiling of the advert in the corridor. The next scene Mr. Robson is in Mr. Hargreaves' office when Chrissie is being falsely accused of swapping the adverts over, later on Robson is back in the classroom when Calley and Georgina finish their exam.

Episode #14.9 - S14-E9

Continuity mistake: Richard and Matthew are on reception duty, and Richard is hacking into Mr. Hargreaves' computer to see if he can find out what Hargreaves did with the money that was for the trip to Russia. The scene cuts to Mr. Robson's geography class where Justine has a message from Mrs. McCluskey to Fran. Richard and Matthew are seen in this class, but when we cut back to reception Richard and Matthew are still on reception duty.

Episode #15.12 - S15-E12

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when the three girls are surrounded by the boys on bikes in the park, they are on a tree-lined path. The angle changes, and there are no trees beside the path. Additionally, the houses in the background are different from the previous angle.

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Episode #15.12 - S15-E12

Continuity mistake: In the final scene when Ray is shouting at Liam from the derelict building, in the third shot of Liam there is a different crowd of kids standing behind him from the first two shots, then in the fourth shot the original crowd of kids are back.

Episode #15.12 - S15-E12

Continuity mistake: In the final scene when Justine and Chrissie arrive to break up the fight, Chrissie walks in front of the boys while holding her baby. A boy in a blue shirt is standing between Justine and Nick, but when the angle changes the boy in the blue shirt is now standing behind Justine and Nick, and the two boys that were standing between Ray and Richard have disappeared.

Episode #15.13 - S15-E13

Continuity mistake: When Liam and Justine are on the park bench Liam gives Justine the ring, as Justine puts the ring on her tie changes position from being over her arm to its normal position on the front of her shirt.

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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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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