Revealing mistake: At the very beginning of most episodes of Series 1, during the pre-credit scene, either Paul or both of the brothers can be seen waiting for their cue. It usually lasts between one and three seconds.
Visible crew/equipment: At the very beginning of "Breakfast Telly" (Series 1), while the brothers are waiting for their cue, a boom mic and pole can be seen at the top of the screen. (This can only be seen if viewed on a 4:3 tv or a computer screen, viewing it on a 16:9 zooms the picture in and it cannot be seen).
Visible crew/equipment: In "Dance" (Series 1), Paul and Barry are in the disco and Paul is next to the mirrors. Before he leans to the mirror on the right, two women can be seen reflected in the left mirror, one being the director. (This can only be seen on the DVD version.).
Character mistake: In the Armchair Theatre story, Billy mentions that the grandma puts a tray of chocolate brownies into the oven. In the next scene the grandma (played by Billy Butler) has a tray of cookies, not brownies.
Parks and Wreck-Reations - S3-E2
Revealing mistake: When Paul and Barry are chasing the lawnmower, just before they go out of shot, Paul stops, triggering the end of his cue.
Parks and Wreck-Reations - S3-E2
Visible crew/equipment: In "Parks And Wreck Reactions", Series 3, when the mower runs over the flowerbed flattening the flowers, Paul goes to fix them. Once he has finished and the camera zooms out, the boom mic can be seen at the top right hand side of the screen, just after it has zoomed out.
Revealing mistake: In "Stop That World, Series 3, when Barry gets thrown of the See-Saw by the globe, and Barry lands in Paul's arms. The first shot is of a dummy and quickly switches to the second shot of Barry. It is obvious they used a dummy to make it look like Barry was falling into Paul's arm before switching them quickly.
Visible crew/equipment: In "Window Wind-Ups", Series 3, When Barry is moving the cart and the buckets keep falling off, Paul tells him to stop the cart, then in the left hand corner the boom mic can be seen for a slit second.
Cycle Crazy - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When Barry takes the Guinea Pig out of his sachel, in the next shot, when Paul walks off and Barry comes into the shot, the Guinea has disappeared from his arms as he picks up his bike.
Cycle Crazy - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: In "Cycle Crazy, Series 3, Paul rides through the tunnel on his bike only to ride out again when a big truck comes the same way. It is obvious that the shot of Paul and the lorry are two separate shots, because after Paul comes back out, the trees don't follow the same pattern as the previous shot. This also happens between the shots where Paul rides into the tunnel.
Plumb Crazy - S4-E1
Continuity mistake: When the fountain's head flies off, Barry bends down and puts his hand on Paul's right shoulder. In the next shot, his hand is suddenly on Paul's left shoulder and a few seconds later in the next shot it's back on Paul's right shoulder again.
Visible crew/equipment: The boom mic is visible twice in this episode: After Barry tries to hit the golf ball (which Paul nailed into the ground) and he falls over, the boom mic is briefly seen at the top of the screen. And When Paul and Barry are in the paddling pool and Paul says "That will cost you a stroke", the boom mic is again briefly seen at the top of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: In "Wrong Number" from series 5, Paul and Barry are hiding from the spies and are dressed in Hawaiian clothes. As they are walking slowly away with the spy behind them, Paul's glasses, which are on his forehead, reflect the boom mic up until they leave the shot.
Continuity mistake: When Paul gets his hand trapped in the window and when Barry can't switch off the alarm, Paul takes his hand out that's trapped in the window and switches it off, when his arm should be stuck in the window.
Visible crew/equipment: When the brothers leave for the pitch and Barry takes his weight off the locker doors and they come flying open, look at the second locker you can see a pole pushing it open.
Visible crew/equipment: In Football Heroes, when Barry is holding the locker doors closed and he lets go, look at the second locker, you can see it being opened by a pole.
Dear Diary - S8-E14
Visible crew/equipment: In "Dear Diary" from Series 8, when Barry's plane inspector phones up telling Paul about the plane, the boom mic is reflected in his goggles which are on his forehead.
Continuity mistake: In "Matchstick Men" from Series 11, Paul is pretending to be ill, and when Barry is distracting, his trousers are red, but when he enters the bedroom his trousers are yellow.
Visible crew/equipment: When Paul opens the door to enter his optician's office, as the door is opened half way you can see the boom pole reflected in the glass.
Visible crew/equipment: When Paul and Barry are watching the concert, just before Paul yells "Rubbish", you can see a hand turning off the music system in front of him.
