0:00:13 > 0:00:15Hello, I'm Robert Webb.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Welcome to Great TV Mistakes.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Over the next half hour, we'll be revealing the worst howlers ever broadcast.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Mistakes my crack team of square-eyed, OCD numpties
0:00:26 > 0:00:31refuse to rest until they have managed to show you the foul-ups they didn't want you to see.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35They meaning them, not you.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Coming up, mistakes from...
0:00:45 > 0:00:49In TV, we have a special nickname for special effects.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51We call them special FX.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Aren't we brilliant? These days, the effects on TV are so special,
0:00:55 > 0:01:00they can often leave you, the viewer, wide eyed, slack jawed and dumbstruck, even more than usual.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Yes, thanks to computer technology, the only limit to modern SFX
0:01:04 > 0:01:07is the producer's imagination, which is a shame, because
0:01:07 > 0:01:12most producers' imaginations are limited to saying, "Hey, why don't we just get Ant and Dec to do it."
0:01:12 > 0:01:19And then ordering the sushi. Which sadly means every now and again, the SPECIAL effects are anything but.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29A high-speed chase in Knight Rider and Michael is in pursuit of two blokes who have kidnapped a lady.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Oh, she's a terrible back-seat driver.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38That car is all over the shop. Three drivers, one steering wheel, that's asking for trouble.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Oh, no, no, no, no, leave it.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Sit down, you silly cow! Oh, too late, she's jumped.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Well, somebody did.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- Crazy broad jumped out!- I'm afraid that was your unconscious female.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55No, it wasn't, KITT, you're talking out of your tailpipe.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58That's a stunt double in an ill-fitting blonde wig.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02She's less lookalike and more look nothing like.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It's 24 and look out, the guy in the car is about to get all shooty.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11But when he discharges his weapon....
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Through the car window, the glass all falls inwards, in defiance of all the laws of physics.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Let's see that again. Take that, Newton.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Look, he's got Stagler.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Here we are, back in that brilliant episode
0:02:26 > 0:02:32of Wonder Woman, and Gargantua the Gorilla is making his escape carrying that bloke from Magnum.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34But he's made a terrible error.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38In the confusion, he's grabbed a poorly constructed dummy instead.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42See it flailing in the breeze just like human bodies don't.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Look, his legs have gone all trembly, something, something, Wembley.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51That doesn't make any sense, and neither does this episode of Wonder Woman.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Yes, it's high time Lynda Carter twirled into her crime fighting boob tube and hot pants.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Bad news for bad guys, good news for randy 14-year-old boys.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But look how this spectacular metamorphosis also has the power to
0:03:07 > 0:03:11change this humble biro into thin air.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Yeah, it's probably just rolled under the desk.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21The Doctor again, and this is what I call thrilling stuff.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24There again, I'm quite easily thrilled.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh, look, the Doctor is climbing up that giant television aerial,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29trying to stop Maureen Lipman being transmitted.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34You cannot stop the wire. Soon I shall become...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Then, as Dave's a-dangling from the pylon, his foot suddenly disappears.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Here it is, here it isn't.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Yes, the BBC's blue screen is no larger than a tea towel.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Mac and Guy from Green Wing are heading for a very literal end-of-series cliffhanger.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Ever wonder how they do stunts like this? Well, the clues are here
0:04:02 > 0:04:08and here. That is a safety harness and that is a dirty great support cable.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Less Italian Job, more bodged job.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18OK, no argument, the Hulk has always been incredible.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But on the '70s TV show, the effects were anything but.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28Here, a couple of local thugs have unwisely locked David Banner in the steam room.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32He gets angry, goes green, and picks them and half the wall up using the strength of 100 men.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Or should that be by making them stand on a hidden trolley
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and pushing them back using the strength of three caterpillars?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42You decide.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49The friends from Friends are on holiday and, oh, dear, it's chucking it down.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53But what's worser, their lovely beach house is full of wet sand.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What's with all this sand?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Oh, yeah, Bob said there might be flood damage.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Either that or he has a really big cat.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02But now it's dry.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04They must have under-sand heating.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10A clip from classic Dr Who episode Genesis Of The Daleks,
0:05:10 > 0:05:14and keep your eyes on the Dalek chatting with Davros
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and the light bulb flashing on his head.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20That's how deaf people know that a Dalek is talking, by the way, it's a courtesy thing.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Hold on a sec, his light's gone out.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Maybe he forgot to pay the Da-lecky bill.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30But then, between takes, while Davros practises his shouting...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33You will obey me!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36..there's a chance to unscrew the bulb and pop a new one in.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38We are the superior beings.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43On with the serious business of mass extermination and sink plunging.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Exterminate!
0:05:46 > 0:05:49More from Genesis Of The Daleks now,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54and the Thals are about to detonate a bomb using this rickety old plunger.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58But even before that happens, some smoke wafts through the doors.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03That bomb has either detonated itself, or one of those Daleks is having a crafty fag.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10This is X-Files rain, heavy and persistent, like Mulder,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12apart for the heavy bit.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18Dana and Fox are in hot pursuit of a woman doing some top-notch driving-in-heavy-rain acting.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Moving the steering wheel about, frowning at rain...
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and then she hits a cloudy ghost. Bosh!
0:06:30 > 0:06:36But when Mulder and Scully pull over seconds later, all the rain has gone. Spooky.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40# Da-da-da-doo, da-da-da-doo... # Sorry, that's The Twilight Zone, sorry.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- I can see her.- Michelle!- Help!
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Considering it was made in the '60s, the effects on Thunderbirds are pretty FAB.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Of course, every now and again, they were less than perfect.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Look what happens when the aircraft explodes.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03This bit of debris flies off and bounces off the back projection screen. Boing.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11For some reason, at that moment in that half-finished foxhole, all I could think about was the 4th July.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Band Of Brothers now, and those German mortars are really doing some damage.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Thank God they're only aiming at the trees. Yeah, Nazis hate trees.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Especially these ones. They're birch trees, they make Nazis furious.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Boom! Take that. Hold on a minute, it did.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29A bomb that only causes minimal bark damage. Let's have another look.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yeah, that must have been a smart bomb.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37They only destroy certain trees. If that had been a willow, it would be dead.
0:07:41 > 0:07:48A thrilling FX scene from Blake's 7, the doddery senile granddad of the TV sci-fi family.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Once again, the audience at home are on the edge of their seats, getting up to leave the room.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56But gasp as the bad guy is sucked into space.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Although, he's not so much being sucked as dangled by that highly visible safety harness.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Wheeee!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Clothes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Clothes can go seriously wrong.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Just look at Lady Gaga or anyone from Germany.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16If there's one department in telly that gets overlooked, it's wardrobe.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19It's very rare to see wardrobes taking a leading role,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22except in The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, of course.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Though frankly, the lion and the witch got all the best lines.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Consequently, every now and again, the wardrobe department fights back.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37It's Henry VIII in a scene from rollicking royal soap The Tudors.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Here's Henry's (divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived),
0:08:41 > 0:08:45first wife Catherine of Aragon, looking moody, and who can blame her?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Getting a rousing reception from this crowd of 16th century peasants.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55Although, for a bunch of proles, they're doing pretty well for themselves, because, look again.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Verily, sire, that's a nice wrist watch.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00He made that himself out of straw and bits of the plague.
0:09:04 > 0:09:11Lovely Buffy. Not only is she sexy, fun, and good at killing vampires, she can swap shoes in a microsecond.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15See, as she attacks the vampire wearing white party pumps...
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Then, alley-oop, suddenly swaps them for a pair of
0:09:18 > 0:09:21black boots when required to kick him in his undead nuts.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23That is my kind of woman.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Where are your jibes now?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30We want to swim and you can't stop us!
0:09:30 > 0:09:34It's Desperate Housewives, and another wardrobe-related oversight is about to kick off
0:09:34 > 0:09:38thanks to these cheeky kids who are refusing to get out of the water.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41In you go, Mum, sort them out.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43She walks into the pool in heels,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46wades through the water in heels,
0:09:46 > 0:09:52walks out again in heels, but then, having done the hard part, she's suddenly barefoot.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's confusing. No wonder her kids are a nightmare.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- No parental consistency. - Paul, we have to leave now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:0624, and watch this woman exiting the loo, or rather, her shoes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09A pair of good old-fashioned all-American sneakers.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Nothing wrong there. In fact, everything right.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14But spin on,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17and during a simple walk to her desk, they've been changed,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20switched, perverted, into high heels.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Free-world flatties wiped off the face of the earth, replaced by high-heeled extremism.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And where's Jack Bauer?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Running a minicab firm.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32"51 to base, passenger POB, Rog."
0:10:35 > 0:10:41James Corden is a bit of a quick-change artist on the side. Oh, yeah, look.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45One minute he's wearing his dinner jacket, and the next, he's lost it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The jacket, not his temper. Although it's a wedding, there's always one fight.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00Here's classic '70s drama Hawaii Five-0, as in five acting expressions, oh dear.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Steve McGarrett is on the case and there's no time to lose.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Except to change his suit on the way up the stairs.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- Mr Dennison, please. - Never mind all that, what have you done with your grey suit?
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Look, he gets out of the car in the grey one, and walks into the office wearing the blue.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Mr Dennison, please.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Actually, good work, Steve. No-one wants to be arrested by a man in a sweaty suit.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33Under normal circumstances, the last person I'd want to see frolicking in a wet T-shirt is Hurley from Lost.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Unless, of course, he was dancing around a pole, and even then only maybe.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Here he is teaching Charlie to fish and how to be both sopping wet...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45..and dry at the same time.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Maybe he's just really hot.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52Hot warm, not hot sexy. Unless he was dancing around a pole. Phwoar!
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The poacher, I heard him fishing only a few nights ago.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01What, with all his sartorial eccentricities,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Doctor Who has always been a strain on the wardrobe department, in whichever incarnation.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08In this clip, Tom Baker's jaunty hat is the problem.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12He leaves it on the chair and exits, and then in the next scene,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14he's walking through the woods wearing it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:20Maybe they'd shot a scene where he remembered, thought "huh" and went back for it, but then didn't use it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Yeah, better check the director's cut.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Little Britain, famous for its comedy characters.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Here's Matt Lucas as Bubbles DeVere.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Bubbles dives under the tanning machine, naked,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36but if we spin forward,
0:12:36 > 0:12:42she emerges some time later burnt to a crisp and now mysteriously wearing a pair of blue goggles.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Will you excuse me for a moment, please, Mr Hutton, I'm a little bit on fire.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54How....
0:12:54 > 0:12:58you...a doing?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I love Friends. I could watch it all day.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And thanks to E4, I can.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Here's Joey chatting up a girl in the apartment opposite.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08He can't wait to get over there and introduce himself.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14And yet, he still has time to miraculously change his black shirt on the way over.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Sweaty black shirt morphs into clean purple one.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19But as he knocks on the door,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21it's back to black.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27Black, purple and black. The three colours of the bad continuity flag.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Another moment of drama in Grey's Anatomy.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Sandra Oh rips off her surgical topcoat and exits the operating theatre.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Meanwhile, out in the corridor, there's a bomb scare.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46These doctors can't go faster than .000003 miles an hour
0:13:46 > 0:13:49or they'll blow up or something.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Then, just as you thought this scene couldn't get any more confusing, out pops Sandra with her coat on again.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59It's a bit like the film Speed but with less speed and more mistakes.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02We're moving to an OR further away from the oxygen line.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Hey, David Banner is rescuing a bit-part actress from a cliff.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Spin on, and sure enough, he turns into The Incredible Hulk.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20And as usual, his massive green muscles completely tear the shirt from his back.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But seconds later, the shirt reappears,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27then disappears, then finally reappears again,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31having mounted its curious green host once more.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33All right, come on, come on!
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Well, there was a lady present.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37But sadly, no continuity person.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43All great telly starts with a script.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46You need writers who can really write words good comma,
0:14:46 > 0:14:51and make the things we actors and presenters say in their mouths have, like, pizzazz and that.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Yes, script and story are crucial.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Confused story lines and dialogue, and character errors can spoil an entire series in seconds.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03That's why broadcasters spend enormous amounts of money hiring professional writers and executives
0:15:03 > 0:15:08to ensure this doesn't happen and why they get so disappointed when it still does.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Take a look at this little lot.
0:15:12 > 0:15:1724, and here's Jack Bauer giving his exact location to headquarters.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We're at 21408 Kipling, North Hollywood.
0:15:20 > 0:15:28That's 21408 Kipling, North Hollywood. 21408. Now, spin on,
0:15:28 > 0:15:36and the car is here. But spin on again, and we can see they've pulled up outside 21048.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Well, that's no good. Kiefer's at 21408.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45But hang on, he is here, at 21048,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- and not... - 21408 Kipling, North Hollywood.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Where he said he was a moment ago.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Still, it's only the Secret Service in a race against time to save lives,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56nothing important, like a pizza delivery.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Here's Ashes To Ashes,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02the disappointing follow-up to Life On Mars.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03It's July 1981.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04And a shocked Keeley Hawes
0:16:04 > 0:16:07has just found herself mysteriously back in the 1980s.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11She's trying to find out the date from Gene Hunt's steam-driven computer.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Let's check it. 17th July 1981.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17There's nothing on this hard drive but the time and date.
0:16:17 > 0:16:25Spin on, and later, in her new '80s flat, we see that she's marked her arrival date as July 20th.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26She's lost three days.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29There are easier ways to lose three days, Keeley.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Try drinking five pints of gin.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Works for me.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Here's an IT blunder from serial-killing drama, Dexter.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46As Rudy Cooper opens an e-mail from frozenbarbie@hotmail.web...
0:16:48 > 0:16:49..presses reply,
0:16:49 > 0:16:54and suddenly he's writing back to frozenbarbie@hotmail.com.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Don't worry, though, thanks to the confusing power of telly,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Frozen Barbie still gets the e-mail anyway.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06All's well that ends well. Except for the fact that he kills her and cuts her into tiny pieces.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Here's an early clip from Star Trek: The Next Generation
0:17:11 > 0:17:16and new Number One, Will Riker, is looking for the holodeck.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The computer tells him it's...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20'The next hatchway on your right.'
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- You mean left, surely?- Thank you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27- He's bluffing. Riker knows that the new Enterprise computer is an idiot. - I do.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28And goes left instead.
0:17:28 > 0:17:34In the future, many things will be different, but apparently, men still don't trust directions from a woman.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40US drama Fringe, and this bonkers boffin has invented a camera
0:17:40 > 0:17:42that can photograph a corpse
0:17:42 > 0:17:47and capture the last image seen by a person before their death.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- Ready?- I know, it's rubbish, but go with it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Let's listen to the doc's advice.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Goggles, all of you. Do not look directly into the light.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- MIMICS:- "Goggles, all of you. Do not look directly into the light."
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Got it. Camera, dangerous. Goggles, essential.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09But spin on through the rubbish, and see what happens.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13They've taken them off. Oi! And you! Put them back on.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17The doctor said keep the goggles on while the camera is still flashing.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Doc, tell them to... Not you, as well. I give up. This programme is stupid.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25The OC crowd are in a nightclub
0:18:25 > 0:18:27when one of our old friends
0:18:27 > 0:18:30leaves an urgent message for his mate. Let's listen in.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Luke, it's me. I wanted to make sure you took care of it.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35OK. Ryan said, "Luke, it's me.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40"I want to make sure you took care of it." And there was lots of noise in the background.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Does Luke get the message? Yes. But not that one.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48- WITHOUT BACKGROUND NOISE: - Luke, it's me. I'm just calling to make sure you took care of it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52"Luke, it's me. I'm just CALLING to make sure you took care of it."
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Different words and no background noise. Probably a network problem.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00There's a joke here somewhere about Orange County, but where are the good times?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Writing a long-running show like Frasier is tricky,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08having to remember the characters' likes and dislikes
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and relatives. They're a nightmare, even when they're not real.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Just listen to Frasier's dad Martin in series one.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15I never had a brother.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Marty Crane never had a brother.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- Oh, I've got the feeling he would have liked one, though, and by series five, he did.- There he is!
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Well! This is so exciting! You two must have so much to talk about. Uncle Walt, hello!
0:19:28 > 0:19:32That's either a mistake or someone needs a psychiatrist.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Marty.- Walt.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43The great thing about animals is the fact that they will literally work for peanuts.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Over the years, animals have given us some classic TV moments.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Who can forget the infamous Blue Peter elephant, who for
0:19:50 > 0:19:54years carried the blame for Peter Purves's violent bout of diarrhoea?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57The following clips might be less well-known, but they are sure
0:19:57 > 0:20:01to delight fans of TV mistakes and mild animal cruelty alike.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06A humorous little set piece
0:20:06 > 0:20:09from Grey's Anatomy now, following doctors Burke and Yang's
0:20:09 > 0:20:13street chat, George's bagel gets pooed on by a bird
0:20:13 > 0:20:14and, devastated,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16he throws it to the pavement,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20where it's immediately pounced upon by a grateful pigeon, just like in the script.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24How do they do that? Was it a stunt pigeon?
0:20:24 > 0:20:28No, it was a plain old ordinary pigeon, tied to a length of wire.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Time to give the man responsible the push.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Too late, he jumped.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41This horrible 19th-century singing is upsetting me and the dog.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42HOWLING
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Hark at him howling!
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Well, not so much "howling", more "looking", silently looking up at
0:20:49 > 0:20:51the doggy treat being waved by his handler off-camera.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54"But we need him to howl," said the director.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56"It'll be fine," said the sound man,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58"we'll just stick some howling effects on later,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00"and no-one'll notice."
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well, we did. Oh shut up, dear!
0:21:04 > 0:21:07How DO they train dumb animals to act?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08I'm talking about the dog!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11They use handlers, of course.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Handlers like him.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17I've always wanted to see what the top of a dog handler's head looks like. Hairy.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Most people in TV will tell you that actors can be difficult to work with.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26But take it from me, those people are LIARS.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I wouldn't wee on them if they were on fire.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31No, CARS are difficult to work with.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35My old friend Ross Kemp now refuses to work with cars
0:21:35 > 0:21:41following a nasty incident with a dodgy 1974 Hillman Imp which very nearly acted him off the screen.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47A thrilling scene from Lost,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51the show about invisible polar bears on a desert island.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Based on a true story.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Here, the truck without the tailgate runs off the road.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Oh, dear. There goes the truck. There goes the tailgate flying off that it didn't have a second ago.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07But luckily in the next shot, it's back on again.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Look on the bright side, she's lost a truck but gained a tailgate.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15That might come in handy later, polar bears hate car parts.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I hate continuity errors.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Nip/Tuck now and watch these two teenagers.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Oh, dear.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31Who'd have thought an argument between a pair of stoners in a speeding car could end so badly?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34These lads have left a nasty pair of skid marks.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40But when they go and check out the damage, the skid marks have disappeared.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Well, the ones on the road have!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44GUFFAWS EXAGGERATEDLY
0:22:44 > 0:22:48I mean, you know, the ones in their pants are still there, yeah?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Nice one! The woman's dead, by the way.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I think we hit a bird.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57It's Bo and Luke Duke doing what they do well, driving fast
0:22:57 > 0:22:58and talking nonsense.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02But what's that strange appendage fastened to the right rear wheel?
0:23:02 > 0:23:07It couldn't be a camera, could it? To film them flying through the air? Yes, it could.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13SHE SCREAMS
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a show that attracts geeks
0:23:16 > 0:23:18like dog poo attracts new trainers.
0:23:18 > 0:23:25Here, the Buffster's mate, Cordelia, is having a driving lesson and not a moment too soon.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Wahoo!
0:23:28 > 0:23:32If we spin on, we can see and hear...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34her slam the car door shut.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37But in the next shot it's open.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41So that this oncoming truck can smash into it, as per the script.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43CORDELIA SCREAMS
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Crisis averted. In the circumstances, the best option. Either that or reshoot it properly.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- Nah.- What's happening? I can't see anything.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Dozy cow.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Hawaii Five-O and Steve McGarrett is off to the scene of a crime
0:24:02 > 0:24:04in his beloved Ford.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07But what crime exactly? Grand theft auto, that's what.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13Because when Steve pulls up at the crime scene, his car has grown a couple more doors.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Yep, he pulls away in a two-door coupe
0:24:16 > 0:24:19and arrives in a four-door sedan.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Book him, Danno, for crimes against continuity.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29One part of every show normally immune from TV mistakes
0:24:29 > 0:24:30is the titles.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35Not the famous opening title sequence from Sex And The City, though. Oh, no.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37We all know what's coming next.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40SJP gets splashed by a bus full of commuters
0:24:40 > 0:24:43but look what happens when the same bus turns left moments later.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It's deserted. Maybe they all fainted.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It's not every day you see a Yorkshire terrier in a Tutu.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54When visiting LA, there are two things you simply MUST do.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56One is rent a fabulous car.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59The Sex And The City girls have gone west.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Hey, bet you don't know what the most popular car in LA is?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04It's the green four-door sedan.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Look, there's one going past now.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09And going past again.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11That's very distracting.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Spin on, and almost enough to make the girls crash into another car...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17SCREAMING, HORN HONKS
0:25:17 > 0:25:20..that's not there any more.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- OK, that's enough!- Phew, that was close. Did I say close?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25I meant badly filmed.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I'm not going to die in this tin can. I have a date with a dildo.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Here's one of those FREAKS from Heroes now,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36using his superpower to defrost a car.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Finally, a superpower with a practical use.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42What does it say on that car windscreen? "Automatic."
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I wasn't looking for an automatic. It's a nice car though. I'm definitely interested.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Actually, it's almost exactly what I'm looking for. I like the colour, the make, the price,
0:25:51 > 0:25:56it's just if only instead of being automatic it was say, low-mileage.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58He-hey, now it is!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00That's what I call superpower.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02And art department incompetence.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06BEEPING
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Ashes To Ashes, and a chance to enjoy
0:26:10 > 0:26:14all that painstakingly-recreated '80s period detail.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Everything exactly as it would have been 30 years ago.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Except for that N-reg 1993 Rover 600,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24which didn't go into production for another 12 years.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- ..before they turn into the high street, copy that.- Who cares?
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- COCKNEY ACCENT: - We're remaking The Sweeney and we haven't had any dinner!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Here's a clip from 24, and Jack Bauer is under surveillance.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38See, there's the minicam, at the front left of the windscreen.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43His every move is being watched, except by the remaining audience. They fell asleep hours ago.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Now, look as we see the window from the inside of the car.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49The minicam's gone! A mistake?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Well, yes, but these people are saving the world.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54They can't remember everything!
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Here's Knight Rider, David Hasselhoff, telling KITT
0:27:00 > 0:27:02to round up some other cars,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05a bit like a two-tonne metal sheepdog,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07with an engine and bumpers.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Talking of bumpers, why are all those covered in plastic?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14It's almost as if they've been fitted with protective guards
0:27:14 > 0:27:16to prevent scratches.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20No, they wouldn't do that. That'd be almost as bad as letting us see
0:27:20 > 0:27:24the stuntman that really drives KITT, slumped in the front seat.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Well, his arm.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30At least he didn't pull a moonie!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Well, there it is, TV's Greatest Mistakes.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39I'd just like to say thanks to all the people involved tonight
0:27:39 > 0:27:42for being so very sloppy in your chosen careers.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45It's a good job it's just telly and nothing of any importance,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49because if this had been a paper round or a Saturday job in a burger bar, you'd have been fired.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Bye-bye.
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