Grange Hill

Grange Hill (1978)

32 mistakes in season 8

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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 #8.14 - S8-E14

Revealing mistake: In inside shots of the car it is being driven by either Banksie or Jean-paul, but in outside shots there is another man driving the car.

Episode #8.18 - S8-E18

Continuity mistake: When Mrs McClusky is in the playground with Mr Bronson, Miss Booth, Banksie and Kevin discussing the alternative end to the school play with the bikers there is a white Lada estate car parked on the road outside the school that appears and disappears between shots.

Episode #8.17 - S8-E17

Continuity mistake: Annette is wearing a black and white patterned top in registration, when she's sitting an exam and when she goes home, but when she's at the meeting about the school play she is wearing a plain black top.

Episode #8.14 - S8-E14

Continuity mistake: Just before Jean-Paul crashes the car the shots inside and outside of the car do not match, inside the car it is nearer the crash scene than it is outside.

Episode #8.18 - S8-E18

Continuity mistake: Stewpot arrives on stage for the play's finale on a motorbike, but when Banksie and Kevin open the hall doors only the rider is on the bike. As soon as the angle changes when the bike is through the hall doors Stewpot has appeared on the pillion.

Episode #8.14 - S8-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Phil tells Banksie to stop his car which is being driven by Jean-Paul, Banksie jumps in front of the car but jumps out of the way when Jean-Paul refuses to stop - you can see the crew reflected in the car's side windows.

Episode #8.17 - S8-E17

Continuity mistake: When Jackie and Banksie are sitting on the roundabout in the park, in the the row of parked cars behind them there's a brown Vauxhall Viva which appears and disappears when the angle changes.

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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