Mind Your Language (1977)

Season 3

Mind Your Language is a British sitcom broadcast on ITV. Created and written by Vince Powell, and directed by Stuart Allen, three series were produced by London Weekend Television between 1977 and 1979, and it was briefly revived in 1985 (or 1986 in most ITV regions) with six of the original cast members. 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.

Released Dec. 30, 1977 Episode 25 min 14+

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: imdb.ethnic-stereotype, tmdb.teacher, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.workplace-comedy, imdb.regional-stereotype, imdb.language-teaching, imdb.adult-education + 34 more, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.indian, imdb.french-woman, imdb.chinese-woman, imdb.japanese-man, imdb.italian-man, imdb.greek-man, imdb.spanish-man, imdb.miscommunication, imdb.night-school, imdb.pakistani-man, imdb.german-woman, tmdb.ethnic-stereotype, imdb.sitcom, imdb.british-comedy, imdb.principal, imdb.teacher, imdb.muslim, imdb.sikh, imdb.racism, imdb.immigrant, imdb.english-teacher, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.canned-laughter, imdb.language-learning, imdb.1980s, imdb.england, imdb.1970s, imdb.20th-century, imdb.london-england, imdb.united-kingdom, imdb.europe, imdb.english-as-a-second-language

Production Companies: LWT

Network: ITV1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb 3697

8.7

/10578/

Trakt

/215/

TMDb

/63/

Tomatoes

Vince Powell
Director

Françoise Pascal
Danielle Favre

Albert Moses
Ranjeet Singh

Harry Littlewood
Henshawe

Tommy Godfrey
Sid

Dino Shafeek
Ali Nadim

Zara Nutley
Miss Courtney

Ricardo Montez
Juan Cervantes

Jamila Massey
Jamila Ranjha

8.0

S3E1 - I Belong to Glasgow

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.

Oct. 27, 1979, midnight

8.0

S3E2 - Who Loves Ya Baby?

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

Nov. 3, 1979, midnight

8.0

S3E3 - No Flowers by Request

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

Nov. 10, 1979, midnight

7.0

S3E4 - Just the Job

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

Nov. 17, 1979, midnight

9.0

S3E5 - Guilty or Not Guilty?

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.

Nov. 24, 1979, midnight