Mind Your Language ambient background
CinebyCineby
Mind Your Language backdrop

Mind Your Language

Mind Your Language

★ 8.2/10•1977•25m•12•Comedy
Similars

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.

Vince Powell · Writer

Stuart Allen · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageEN
First Air DateDec 30, 1977

Episodes

Episode 1 - The First LessonE125m

The First Lesson

Jeremy 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.

Dec 30, 1977

Episode 2 - An Inspector CallsE224m

An Inspector Calls

An inspector from the local education authority arrives at the school to observe the classes, but Mr Brown mistakes him for a new student.

Jan 6, 1978

Episode 3 - A Fate Worse Than DeathE325m

A Fate Worse Than Death

Ranjeet 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.

Jan 13, 1978

Episode 4 - All Through the NightE425m

All Through the Night

Upset 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.

Jan 20, 1978

Episode 5 - The Best Things in LifeE525m

The Best Things in Life

Jamila is arrested for shoplifting a magazine due to her misunderstanding of the word 'free' in promotional material...

Jan 27, 1978

Episode 6 - Come Back, All Is ForgivenE624m

Come Back, All Is Forgiven

It 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.

Feb 3, 1978

Episode 7 - The Cheating GameE726m

The Cheating Game

In 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!

Feb 10, 1978

Episode 8 - Better to Have Loved and LostE825m

Better to Have Loved and Lost

Celebrations as Ali and Su-Lee announce that they are to marry... but he already has a wife!

Feb 17, 1978

Episode 9 - Kill or CureE925m

Kill or Cure

Poor Jeremy is sick with the flu, so his class decide to pay him a visit hoping to cheer him up.

Feb 24, 1978

Episode 10 - Hello SailorE1025m

Hello Sailor

Juan 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.

Mar 3, 1978

Episode 11 - A Point of HonourE1125m

A Point of Honour

Mr 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.

Mar 10, 1978

Episode 12 - How's Your FatherE1225m

How's Your Father

Could it be that Sid the Janitor is Jeremy's father ?

Mar 17, 1978

Episode 13 - The ExaminationE1325m

The Examination

The 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.

Mar 24, 1978

Actors

Barry Evans

Barry Evans

Jeremy Brown

George Camiller

George Camiller

Giovanni Capello

Ricardo Montez

Ricardo Montez

Juan Cervantes

Albert Moses

Albert Moses

Ranjeet Singh

Jacki Harding

Anna Schmidt

Zara Nutley

Miss Courtney

Anna Bergman

Anna Bergman

Ingrid Svenson

Harry Littlewood

Henshawe

Jenny Lee Wright

Maria Papandrious

Vincent Wong

Vincent Wong

Fu Wong Chang

Sue Bond

Rita

Raj Patel

Farrukh Azzam

Marie-Elise Grepne

Michelle Dumas

Recommendations

Coach
The IT Crowd
Head of the Class
Mr. Bean
Abbott Elementary
Murphy Brown
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Who's the Boss?
Shifting Gears
All That
Less than Perfect
One Day at a Time
American Housewife
Kenan & Kel
Second City Television
Lizzie McGuire
The Brittas Empire
Mama's Family
Mr. D
Drop the Dead Donkey

Similars

Cheers
Good Times
3rd Rock from the Sun
The European Side
Night Court
A Different World
Cory in the House
Andy Capp
To the Manor Born
Ink
Saved by the Bell
One-Upmanship
Are You Being Served?
Arli$$
All Along the Watchtower
All Our Saturdays
All in Good Faith
What I Like About You
Keeping Up Appearances
El Chavo del Ocho