Genre
comedy
Producer by
Stuart Allen / Albert Moses / Bachu Patel
Directed by
Stuart Allen
Writer by
Vince Powell
Created by
Vince Powell
Cast
Barry Evans / George Camiller / Jacki Harding / Zara Nutley / Ricardo Montez / Albert Moses / Robert Lee / Kevork Malikyan / Jamila Massey / Françoise Pascal / Dino Shafeek / Pik Sen Lim / Anna Bergman / Tommy Godfrey / Iris Sadler / Harry Littlewood / Sue Bond / Marie-Elise Grepne / Jenny Lee Wright / Raj Patel / Vincent Wong / Gabor Vernon / Deirdre Costello / Fraser Kerr / Gail Playfair / John M. East / Louise Burton / Blake Butler / George A. Cooper / Claire Davenport / Robert Dorning / Jeannette Charles / Noel Coleman / David King / Shaun Curry / Lucy Griffiths / Anthony Jackson / Dickie Davies / Russell Hunter / Barbara Keogh / Ahmed Khalil / Joan Heath / Terry Duggan
Production company
London Weekend Television (LWT), Tri Films
Original channel
ITV
Original language
English
Country of origin
United kingdom
Broadcast dates
30 December 1977 (UK)
Original runing time
30 December 1977 – 12 April 1986
Episode duration
30 min (29 episodes)
Picture format
4:3
Guest stars
Ray Marioni / Russell Harty / Damaris Hayman / Arthur Mullard / Patrick O'Connell / Michael Sheard / Gyearbuor Asante / Charu Bala Chokshi / David Moran / Margaret Courtenay / Arnold Peters / Dorothea Phillips / Elizabeth Adare / Sonny Caldinez / John Quayle / John Lyons / Derek Ware
episode summary
In the pilot episode, Mr. Jeremy Brown begins teaching an English class to a diverse group of ten foreign adult students in London, hailing from nine different countries. From Europe come two au pairs, the flirtatious and beautiful Danielle (France) and prim and proper Anna (Germany), two young single men, Giovanni (Italy) and Max (Greece) and a laid-back middle-aged bartender, Juan (Spain), who speaks no English at all. From Asia, come a revolutionary-minded secretary from the Chinese Embassy (Su-Li), a Japanese businessman (Taro) as well as three students from the Subcontinent, a devout Sikh (Ranjeet) and an unemployed Pakistani (Ali), who are constantly at each other's threats, and finally a Hindi-speaking housewife (Jamila) who can't speak a word of English. The school principal, Miss Delores Courtney, nearly dismisses Mr. Brown immediately as she had requested a female teacher, but he is allowed to stay on a trial basis.
fun and viewer review
In the first episode of this excellent series, we meet Jeremy Brown, (Barry Evans)a young teacher who takes a position teaching English to a class of students who hail from all over the globe.
Jeremy's start at the night school where he is to teach is less than auspicious when he encounters the headmistress, Miss Courtney (Zara Nutley) who is, to put it mildly, less than welcoming, particularly as she had been told the position was to be filled by a woman.
Initially very optimistic, Jeremy soon loses quite a bit of his enthusiasm when he realises that his students not only barely speak the language, but also enjoy nothing more than to argue heatedly with each other on the issue of cultural differences and racial superiority!
The students - Ali from Pakistan, Danielle from France, Giovanni from Italy, Jamilla from India, Taro from Japan, Anna from Germany, Su-Li from China, Juan from Spain and Max from Greece, among others all, however, have one thing in common - they think that Mr. Brown is fantastic and they are all very eager to show him how good their command of the language is, which isn't saying much!
With the students knowing virtually nothing and Miss Courtney on the prowl, constantly ready to pounce, this first episode sets up an excellent series which delivers laughs time after time. If you like British comedy and want to see it at its best, then the first episode of 'Mind Your Language' should be high on your 'To Watch' list!
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