"Mind Your Language" (1977) TV series 1977-1986

Creator:

Vince Powell

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

30 December 1977 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Barry Evans plays a put upon language teacher who tries to make a living by teaching immigrants English...

Cast

Barry Evans	...	Jeremy Brown (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
George Camiller	...	Giovanni Capello / ... (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
Jacki Harding	...	Anna Schmidt (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
Zara Nutley	...	Miss Courtney (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
Ricardo Montez	...	Juan Cervantes (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
Albert Moses	...	Ranjeet Singh (42 episodes, 1977-1986)
Robert Lee	...	Taro Nagazumi (29 episodes, 1977-1979)
Kevork Malikyan	...	Maximillian Papandrious (29 episodes, 1977-1979)
Jamila Massey	...	Jamila Ranjha (29 episodes, 1977-1979)
Françoise Pascal	...	Danielle Favre (29 episodes, 1977-1979)
Dino Shafeek	...	Ali Nadim (29 episodes, 1977-1979)
Pik Sen Lim	...	Chung Su-Lee (27 episodes, 1977-1979)
Anna Bergman	...	Ingrid Svenson (21 episodes, 1978-1986)
Tommy Godfrey	...	Sid (20 episodes, 1977-1979)
Iris Sadler	...	Gladys (20 episodes, 1977-1979)

Runtime:

UK:30 min (29 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:PG

Company:

London Weekend Television (LWT)

Trivia:

This show was remade in India as "Zaban Sambhal ke" (Talk with Care). In this, the students from various parts of India learn Hindi under Pankaj Kapur.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last episode of Series Three, 'What a Tangled Web', Sid the caretaker laments at length that twenty-eight years ago he was married, despite having a whole previous episode ('How's Your Father' from Series Two) about Mr. Brown offering to pay for him to wed his partner after hearing Sid never married her.

Quotes:

Jeremy Brown: Now, although most sports are international, there are some sports that are native to different countries. For example, the national sport of France is...
Danielle Favre: Football!
Jeremy Brown: Correct! And the national sport for Italy is...
Giovanni Capello: Girls!
Jeremy Brown: That's not a sport!
Giovanni Capello: Maybe not, but it's more popular than football!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#17.6)" (2004)

A laugh a minute

I used to watch this as a 10 year old kid. Not even knowing what rasism was I thought this was the greatest show ever. I guess I could relate to the characters trying to learn something new. They were almost like children in that classroom which made it really easy for someone of my age to find it ammusing. It's a shame that in these times of politcal correctness that it'll never be shown on Australian TV again. I don't even think its on pay TV. I doubt it. So heres to one of the best TV shows of its time. A laugh a minute. Nothing more. Nothing less.