Mind Your Language - Series 1-3 - 4-DVD Set ( Mind Your Language - Series 1, 2 and 3 ) ( Mind Your Language - Series One, Two & Three )

Mind Your Language - Series 1-3 - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mind Your Language - Series 1, 2 and 3
Alternate Title: Mind Your Language - Series One, Two & Three
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
725 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stuart Allen

Written By:
Vince Powell

Actors:
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)
Harry Littlewood ..... Henshawe / ... (15 episodes, 1978-1986)
Sue Bond ..... Rita (13 episodes, 1986)
Marie-Elise Grepne ..... Michelle Dumas (13 episodes, 1986)
Raj Patel ..... Farrukh Azzam (13 episodes, 1986)
Vincent Wong ..... Fu Wong Chang (13 episodes, 1986)
Gabor Vernon ..... Zoltan Szabo (8 episodes, 1978)
Deirdre Costello ..... Mavis (2 episodes, 1978)
Fraser Kerr ..... Commentator / ... (2 episodes, 1978)
Gail Playfair ..... Rehana Nadim (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
John M. East ..... Barman / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jenny Lee Wright ..... Maria Papandrious (Series 4) (unknown episodes, 1986)

Synopsis:

Barry Evans plays a put upon language teacher who tries to make a living by teaching immigrants English. With Indian, French, Chinese and many other pupils, his lessons do not always go as planned.

Popular 1970's sitcom in which Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans), a mild mannered English teacher, faces the challenge of teaching a class full of non-English speakers. Features the complete first three series.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: The First Lesson
Original Air Date-30 December 1977
Mr Jeremy Brown, an English teacher, meets his class of foreign students for the first time. Things start of well, but...
Season 1, Episode 2: An Inspector Calls
Original Air Date-6 January 1978
It's the second lesson for Mr. Brown and Ms. Courteney informs him that an education inspector will be arriving. Aswell there will be a new African student arriving. However these two arrivals create quite a confusing lesson.
Season 1, Episode 3: A Fate Worse Than Death
Original Air Date-13 January 1978
Ranjeet plans to kill himself because of a girl he HAS to marry. The girl herself appears at the school looking for Ranjit, which prompts frantic plans to be made.
Season 1, Episode 4: All Through the Night
Original Air Date-20 January 1978
The student's English is not improving and Mr. Brown decides to detain them after class. However the long evening is made worse when Mr. Brown and the class get locked inside the classroom.
Season 1, Episode 5: The Best Things in Life
Original Air Date-27 January 1978
Jamila has been arrested for shoplifting, but it's not entirely her fault. Because of her poor English, she has made the mistake of taking, what she thought to be, 'free' items. After Mr.Brown rescues Jamila from the police station, he learns that she has stolen more than just a few items. Knowing that keeping the stolen goods would be dishonest, he gathers the class and they all set out to return the items where they belong, without getting caught. That'll be a tricky one!
Season 1, Episode 6: Come Back All Is Forgiven
Original Air Date-3 February 1978
It's Mr. Brown's birthday and everyone in the class has brought him a present. However it's not all happy returns when Ms. Couteney informs Mr. Brown that his trial month is over and she is not satisfied with his teaching.
Season 1, Episode 7: The Cheating Game
Original Air Date-10 February 1978
In order to see how prepared they are for their upcoming exam, the students prepare to take a mock exam. But when the students see that their teacher has no faith in them, they decide to cheat in order to ace the exam.
Season 1, Episode 8: Better to Have Loved and Lost
Original Air Date-17 February 1978
Ali and Suli surprise the class when they announce that they will be getting married. But they all get a much bigger shock when they find out that Ali is already married and planning to take Suli as a second wife.
Season 1, Episode 9: Kill or Cure
Original Air Date-24 February 1978
Mr. Brown becomes ill and cannot come to class so Ms. Courteney takes charge. However the student's English is not up to her expectations, so she sends them away. They all pay a visit to Mr.Brown, each with their own 'remedy' to make Mr.Brown feel better.
Season 1, Episode 10: Hello Sailor
Original Air Date-3 March 1978
Juan brings a Russian sailor friend to the class who has come to England to escape Russia. Everything seems to be going alright until the captain of a Russian ship comes to the classroom looking for his roaming sailor.
Season 1, Episode 11: A Point of Honour
Original Air Date-10 March 1978
Mr. Brown finds himself in a lot of trouble when Danielle tells a pestering teacher that she is engaged to Mr.Brown. He soon finds himself running around the school in an attempt to squash the rumor and avoid a punch-up with the philandering teacher.
Season 1, Episode 12: How's Your Father
Original Air Date-17 March 1978
At the beginning of the lesson, Mr.Brown asks the students to speak aloud for one minute on various topics. The class learns that Taro's childhood was very lonely because he never knew his parents. Mr.Brown sympathizes by telling the class the story of how he was left on an orphanage in Jeremy Street when he was a baby 30 years ago and therefore grew up without any parents as well. However Mr.Brown's mother and father are a lot closer to him than he ever imagined.
Season 1, Episode 13: The Examination
Original Air Date-24 March 1978
The students prepare to take their exams at the end of the first term, but are they ready? And Mr.Brown has an encounter with a couple in the bar which might just come back to haunt him.
Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: All Present If Not Correct
Original Air Date-7 October 1978
At the start of a new school year, Mr. Brown has two new students... as well as ten old ones who did not pass their exam.
Season 2, Episode 2: Queen for a Day
Original Air Date-14 October 1978
The class becomes excited when Miss Courtney announces that Queen Elizabeth II will be paying a visit to their school. The class members decide to wear what they perceive as their 'national costumes' to class in honor of the occasion.
Season 2, Episode 3: Brief Re-Encounter
Original Air Date-21 October 1978
Season 2, Episode 4: Many Happy Returns
Original Air Date-28 October 1978
Ranjeet has been working three jobs so that he can surprise his mother in Punjab for her 60th birthday. However, the night before he is to pay for his ticket, he loses the envelope with all his hard-earned money. It seems someone from the school has found the money and bet half of it on a horse race.
Season 2, Episode 5: Don't Forget the Driver
Original Air Date-4 November 1978
A road trip is planned for the class, but nothing goes according to plan.
Season 2, Episode 6: A Hard Day's Night
Original Air Date-11 November 1978
When his apartment has to be painted, Mr. Brown needs a peaceful place to stay for the night. Giovanni and Max volunteer their flat, and decide to host a party for the class in honor of the occasion. Problems arise when Mr. Brown is mistakenly arrested for burglary.
Season 2, Episode 7: Take Your Partners
Original Air Date-18 November 1978
Miss Courtney blackmails Mr. Brown into buying two expensive tickets to a charity dance, to which he agrees to take Anna. However, problems arise when misunderstandings lead Miss Courtney and Gladys to believe that they will be his date for the evening.
Season 2, Episode 8: After Three
Original Air Date-25 November 1978
Miss Courtney informs Mr. Brown and the class that they will be expected to prepare an act for the school talent show/concert in three days time. This episode marks the last appearance of the class's Hungarian student, Zoltan.
Season 3
Season 3, Episode 1: I Belong to Glasgow
Original Air Date-27 October 1979
Mr Brown takes in a new student, a feisty Scotsman who speaks in dialect - and is the bodyguard of a very rich Arabian emir. However, the Scot turns out to be more than anybody can handle.
Season 3, Episode 2: Who Loves Ya Baby?
Original Air Date-3 November 1979
Season 3, Episode 3: No Flowers by Request
Original Air Date-10 November 1979
Mr. Brown breaks his leg after taking Juan to the hospital, and the Sister on duty accidentally informs the school he has died.
Season 3, Episode 4: Just the Job
Original Air Date-17 November 1979
Mr. Brown is offered a new higher-paying job at a rival English school if he quits his job and starts work the next day, but when the new job falls through, he has to figure out how to get his old job back.
Season 3, Episode 5: Guilty or Not Guilty
Original Air Date-24 November 1979
Season 3, Episode 6: Repent at Leisure
Original Air Date-1 December 1979
Anna's au pair visa is set to expire, meaning she will have to leave England. The class decides the best way to get her to stay is to marry Anna off to an Englishman.
Season 3, Episode 7: The School Fete
Original Air Date-8 December 1979
The school hosts a charity bazaar and needs a celebrity to be the Master of Ceremonies. Max claims to be best friends with a popular British comedian, but eventually confesses to the class that he's never really met him.
Season 3, Episode 8: What a Tangled Web
Original Air Date-15 December 1979

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