Mind Your Language

E01

Episode 1

★ 10.0

The First Lesson

1977-12-30 · 25m

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.

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E02

Episode 2

An Inspector Calls

1978-01-06 · 24m

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

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E03

Episode 3

A Fate Worse Than Death

1978-01-13 · 25m

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.

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Episode 4

All Through the Night

1978-01-20 · 25m

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.

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E05

Episode 5

The Best Things in Life

1978-01-27 · 25m

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

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Episode 6

Come Back, All Is Forgiven

1978-02-03 · 24m

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.

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Episode 7

The Cheating Game

1978-02-10 · 26m

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!

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Episode 8

Better to Have Loved and Lost

1978-02-17 · 25m

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

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E09

Episode 9

Kill or Cure

1978-02-24 · 25m

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

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E10

Episode 10

Hello Sailor

1978-03-03 · 25m

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.

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Episode 11

A Point of Honour

1978-03-10 · 25m

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.

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E12

Episode 12

How's Your Father

1978-03-17 · 25m

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

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E13

Episode 13

The Examination

1978-03-24 · 25m

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.

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