| EPISODE |
PLOT
HOLE/MISTAKE |
| The
Killings at Badger's Drift |
- Factual
Error
- - The
shooting party leading to the fate of Bella Trace happens in June,
despite the shooting season not starting till September (or August at
the very earliest).
|
| Strangler's
Wood |
- Continuity
- - When
Carla Constanza's body is found, the police have no idea who she is. So
how did they provide a photograph of her for the newspaper?
|
| Dark
Autumn |
- Continuity
- - When
Barnaby is playing the Aunt Sally game, he has three sticks under his
arm and one in his hand when he has already thrown three! There are only
six sticks allowed in the game.
|
| Tainted
Fruit |
- Revealing
- - When
Melissa is being killed, a left hand is put over her mouth, yet the hand
holding the syringe is also a left hand!
|
| Market
for Murder |
- Continuity
- - In this
episode, Troy makes clear he has a fear of heights while standing on
the roof of Chetwood House, despite mentioning he went on a
mountain-climbing holiday in "Death of a Stranger" and
having spied of Jenny Bridges from the church tower in "Blood
Will Out"!
|
| Bad
Tidings |
- Continuity
- - At the
start of the episode, Fiona is wearing different shoes outside the
village hall than to the ones she was wearing inside.
|
| The
Fisher King |
- Continuity
- - Just
after Gareth Heldman's murder, Barnaby and Scott tell Harry Green that
they already know David Hartley-Reade ("yes, we know David
Heartley-Reade
... he found the body"). Moments later, Barnaby is introducing
himself to David when he goes to his house.
|
| Sins of
Commission |
- Continuity
- - Jezebel
Tripp is supposed to be left-handed - so why does she sign autographs at
the start of the episode with her right-hand?
-
- - When Barnaby and
Scott step in to find Camilla Crofton while her house is being burgled,
there are murmuring voices in the next room where Camilla is sitting
with Sam Callaghan. In the flashback to this scene, however, neither of
them speak.
|
| Orchis
Fatalis |
- Revealing
- - When
Barnaby, Scott and Bullard go to look at Madeline Villiers' body, she
blinks as they enter the room!
|
| The
House in the Woods |
- Continuity
- - When Barnaby
and Jones come out of the museum, you can see The Feathers Hotel in
the background. Yet the hotel is meant to be in Causton, and the
museum in Midsomer Newton!
|
| Country
Matters |
- Continuity
- - On the
second day of the investigation, all the suspects refer to having seen
Frank Hopkirk "yesterday" rather than two days ago, when he
was alive.
-
- - When Bullard
shows Mrs. Hopkirk her husband's body, he is fully clothed. One minute
later (on screen), Bullard shows Barnaby the body which is now no longer
clothed, and Bullard knows all of the details about the death!
-
- - Dora asks Barnaby
if he is married, despite being introduced to Barnaby and Joyce in the
supermarket at the beginning of the episode.
|
| Death in
Chorus |
- Continuity
- - As
Caroline walks to the barn to meet Sam Judd, the scenes are shown
between segments of the choir rehearsing in Church, giving the
impression the two events are happening at the same time. We see
Caroline reach the barn while the choir are still practising. How does
the murderer have time to reach the barn and kill Sam Judd before
Caroline arrives seconds later?
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