Benidorm

Benidorm (2007)

42 mistakes - chronological order

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Episode #3.3 - S3-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Geoff sits down for his date with Lesley, and the camera pans round to show Geoff sitting and the host ask him what he wants to drink, you can see Lesley waiting in shot and a crew member correcting his hair.

Episode #3.6 - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: When the Garveys and Harveys go to see the mayor, they park the car and walk through the town. When they leave the mayor's office, the car is outside.

Episode #4.3 - S4-E4

Revealing mistake: When Janice is speaking to Johnny by the pool, it is pouring down with rain. Look at all the parasols/walls etc in the background and you can see the sun shining on everything. The rain is artificial rain.

Episode #4.3 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: At the end of the scene where Pauline is talking to Michael at the bar, Pauline puts an empty glass on the bar and says "keep them coming". Mateo picks the glass up, and puts it under the bar. In the next shot, the glass appears back on the bar side.

Episode #4.4 - S4-E5

Other mistake: During the scenes in the Hawaiian Function Room you can see the sun shining down on the floor and furniture, when it's meant to be thundery with heavy rain outside.

Episode #4.6 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: When Jacqueline, Gavin and Kenneth meet Sir Henry to find him listening to his iPod, Jacqueline, Gavin and Kenneth are all looking at each other. In the next shot, the three are all looking at the Sir Henry.

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Episode #5.2 - S5-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When Michael is street dancing towards the end of the episode, about 5-10 seconds into the routine (as he's shuffling his feet on the floor) look just above the table on the right hand side of the screen. You can easily see a camera crew behind the table. (00:34:10)

Episode #5.2 - S5-E2

Continuity mistake: When Michael's street dancing routine starts towards the end of the episode, the male presenter (in the background) goes to sit down 3 times when it should be once.

Episode #5.3 - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Mateo pulls Trudy out of the pool after nearly "drowning" Trudy is lying down feet facing the camera. In the next shot she is lying down facing the opposite direction.

Episode #5.4 - S5-E4

Continuity mistake: When Madge is found after being "kidnapped" Michael sees Mohammed and shouts "there he is!" Mick goes to grab Michael's right shoulder with his right hand. In the next shot Mick's left hand is on Michael's left shoulder.

Episode #5.5 - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: When Liam is showing the swimming team around the fish market in Calpe, he runs across to the other side of the path, cutting in front of a person in a white jacket. In the next shot directly after you should be able to see the person, but they have vanished.

Episode #5.5 - S5-E5

Factual error: At the pool party at the end of the episode, Asa Elliott is singing Gold by Spandau Ballet. Whilst he's singing, the shots change to different couples/families at the party. When Asa finishes the song, 5 minutes and 58 seconds have passed. The actual song is only 3 minutes 55 seconds.

Episode #5.5 - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: When the Olympic Swimming team arrive at the hotel, in the background Kenneth is continuously giving Carmen towels to hold. A couple of shots later, Carmen is holding about half the amount of towels she was holding.

Episode #5.5 - S5-E5

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the episode when everyone has jumped in the pool, look closely in several different shots, you can see a cameraman in the pool filming the "in pool" shots.

Season 6 generally

Continuity mistake: In series one Jacqueline and Donald says that big Donna has been banned from the all you can eat places but she comes to Benidorm and they let her get on with it. Then in series 6 big Donna dies and Jacqueline and Donald says she's never been to Benidorm before.

Episode #6.1 - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: The key to the lock Donald had chained Jacqueline up with that he had meant to have swallowed, was still in the padlock after he had swallowed it, and then gone in the next scene. (00:28:20 - 00:33:00)

Tom Patterson

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