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Mind Your Language
1977 - 1986 8.3 (61 votes) 4 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
ITV1
Created By
Vince Powell

Mind Your Language

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Albert Moses

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1977)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The First Lesson
1977-12-30

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 2: An Inspector Calls
1978-01-06

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

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 3: A Fate Worse Than Death
1978-01-13

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 4: All Through the Night
1978-01-20

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 5: The Best Things in Life
1978-01-27

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 6: Come Back, All is Forgiven
1978-02-03

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.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 7: The Cheating Game
1978-02-10

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!

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 8: Better to Have Loved and Lost
1978-02-17

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 9: Kill or Cure
1978-02-24

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 10: Hello Sailor
1978-03-03

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 11: A Point of Honour
1978-03-10

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 12: How's Your Father
1978-03-17

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 13: The Examination
1978-03-24

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1979)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: I Belong to Glasgow
1979-10-27

All the students return except for Ingrid and Zoltan, who has left for Hungary. Soon after, an affluent Arab Sheikh enrols his Scottish chauffeur in Mr Brown's class, due to not being able to understand his accent. But the Glaswegian man causes trouble due to his obnoxious, hostile and confrontational attitude.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 2: Who Loves Ya Baby?
1979-11-03

Au pair Danielle brings her boss' baby to school, but she leaves him in the canteen and he goes missing.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 3: No Flowers by Request
1979-11-10

Mr Brown takes Juan to hospital, suffering from a stomach ache, but a fall causes him to be admitted as a patient, instead.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 4: Just the Job
1979-11-17

Mr Brown receives an offer of a higher paid position at another school.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 5: Guilty or Not Guilty?
1979-11-24

All the students are brought to court for causing various acts of mischief at different places in London. Miss Courtney oversees the session as one of the magistrates, while Mr Brown acts as their barrister.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 6: Repent at Leisure
1979-12-01

Anna's visa is about to expire so her friends suggest that she marry Mr Brown in order to become a British citizen.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 7: The School Fete
1979-12-08

The school holds a fete, and Max is responsible for hiring celebrity, Arthur Mullard, to open the events.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 8: What a Tangled Web
1979-12-15

When Ali suspects that his wife is having an affair, Mr Brown takes matters into his own hands...

Runtime: 25 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1986)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Never say Die
1986-01-04

Mr Brown mistakenly believes that Miss Courtney is dying.

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Episode 2: Too Many Crooks
1986-01-11

Two crooks rob the shop of Ranjeet's cousin when he is in charge. To evade capture, they hide in the school.

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Episode 3: Easy Come Easy Go
1986-01-18

The students have seven draws on the football pools and stand to win thousands of pounds if they can get one more!

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Episode 4: Fifty Years On
1986-01-25

It's Miss Courtney's birthday, and finding Ingrid's mink coat in her office, she assumes that it's a present...

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Episode 5: Time and Tide
1986-02-01

Mr Brown finds himself in deep water when he takes the students down the River Thames to improve their knowledge of English history.

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Episode 6: Ghoulies and Ghosties
1986-02-08

Mr Brown scoffs at the suggestion that the school is haunted.

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Episode 7: Mama Mia
1986-02-15

Giovanni's mother visits him at the school.

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Episode 8: A Rash Decision
1986-02-22

Mr Brown and all the students catch a rash and fever, and soon they are admitted to a quarantine ward.

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Episode 9: Wedding Fever
1986-03-01

Juan is accidentally locked in the school on the night before his wedding!

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Episode 10: Everybody's Out
1986-03-08

There is discontent when the students form their own union.

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Episode 11: The First Lady
1986-03-22

Mr Brown is suffering from flu and has a bizarre dream involving destruction at the school.

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Episode 12: Teacher's Pet
1986-04-05

Mr Brown brings his neighbour's dog to class.

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Episode 13: End of Term
1986-04-12

The school is closed and Miss Courtney is busy preparing for a European tour, while Mr Brown and the students arrive to find out how they have fared in their examinations.

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