Mind Your Language
British sitcom aired between 1977-1986
Mind Your Language is a British sitcom that premiered on ITV in 1977. It was produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stuart Allen. Three series were made 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.
The series shows people of different countries with different social backgrounds, religions, and languages existing in the same classroom, learning English as a foreign language.
Summary
The show is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the class in ESL, taught by Jeremy Brown, who teaches a group of enrolled foreigners.
Episodes
Cast and characters
Series 1–3
Barry Evans (42 episodes) as Jeremy Brown, the ESL teacher and focal point of most of the series. He is a good-natured, earnest single man in his thirties who lives alone (apart from his Siamese cat Josephine, whom he mentions in "The Examination") and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oxford. He was hired in Series 1 Episode 1, Pilot, in which he was warned that the students drove the previous teacher insane. Mr Brown is up to the challenge but often exasperated by the students' creative interpretations of the English language.
George Camiller (42 episodes) as Giovanni Cupello, a stereotypical Italian Catholic chef, the class's spokesman and de facto class monitor.
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