Series
Mind Your Language
Comedy
Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 13 epS2 · 8 epS3 · 8 epS4 · 13 ep
1The First Lesson30 Dec 1977 · 25m · ★ 10.0Jeremy Brown starts his new job as a teacher of English as a foreign language and meets his students for the first time, a diverse group of ten adults in London, hailing from nine different countries in Europe and Asia.
2An Inspector Calls6 Jan 1978 · 24mAn inspector from the local education authority arrives at the school to observe the classes, but Mr Brown mistakes him for a new student.
3A Fate Worse Than Death13 Jan 1978 · 25mRanjeet asks Mr Brown and the rest of the class to help him escape an arranged marriage with Surinder, the daughter of his father’s best friend.
4All Through the Night20 Jan 1978 · 25mUpset that his students’ English is not improving, especially in the presence of Miss Courtney who leaves disappointed, Mr Brown keeps them after class, to the extent that they get locked in the building.
5The Best Things in Life27 Jan 1978 · 25mJamila is arrested for shoplifting a magazine due to her misunderstanding of the word 'free' in promotional material...
6Come Back, All Is Forgiven3 Feb 1978 · 24mIt is Mr Brown’s birthday, and everyone in the class has brought him a present - but it is not all happy returns when Miss Courtney informs him that his trial month is over and dismisses him, replacing him with a new teacher.
7The Cheating Game10 Feb 1978 · 26mIn order to see how prepared they are for their upcoming exam, the students prepare to take a mock exam, failing miserably and angering Mr Brown. Seeing that their teacher has no faith in them, they decide to cheat!
8Better to Have Loved and Lost17 Feb 1978 · 25mCelebrations as Ali and Su-Lee announce that they are to marry... but he already has a wife!
9Kill or Cure24 Feb 1978 · 25mPoor Jeremy is sick with the flu, so his class decide to pay him a visit hoping to cheer him up.
10Hello Sailor3 Mar 1978 · 25mJuan brings his Russian sailor friend Boris to class, explaining that he wants to defect and stay in England, having fallen love with a girl he just met.
11A Point of Honour10 Mar 1978 · 25mMr Brown finds himself in a lot of trouble when Danielle tells Mr Jarvis, a pestering woodwork teacher at the school, that she is engaged to her English teacher.
12How's Your Father17 Mar 1978 · 25mCould it be that Sid the Janitor is Jeremy's father ?
13The Examination24 Mar 1978 · 25mThe students prepare to take their Lower Cambridge Certificate exam at the end of the first term. Meanwhile, Mr Brown has a disagreement with a couple in the pub, which comes back to haunt him when it turns out that the man (Mr Short, a former principal of the school) will be supervising the exam.
Details
- Created by
- Vince Powell
- First aired
- 30 Dec 1977
- Last aired
- 12 Apr 1986
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 42
- Votes
- 73 on TMDB
Cast
Barry EvansJeremy Brown
George CamillerGiovanni Capello
Ricardo MontezJuan Cervantes
Albert MosesRanjeet Singh- JJacki HardingAnna Schmidt
- ZZara NutleyMiss Courtney
Anna BergmanIngrid Svenson- HHarry LittlewoodHenshawe
- JJenny Lee WrightMaria Papandrious
Vincent WongFu Wong Chang- SSue BondRita
- RRaj PatelFarrukh Azzam
- MMarie-Elise GrepneMichelle Dumas
