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Mind Your Language
was athat premiered onin 1977. It was produced byand directed by Stuart Allen. Three series have been made by LWT between 1977 and 1979, and the show was briefly revived in 1985 (but this sequence was, in most ITV areas, transmitted in 1986), with six of the original solid. The series exhibits how individuals of various international locations with completely different social background, faith and language exist in the same class room.

Summary[]

The present is about in ancollege inand focuses on the category intaught by Mr. Jeremy Brown (portrayed by), who is employed to show a bunch of.

Cast and characters[]

Countries represented in
Mind Your Language

School staff[]

• (42 episodes) as Jeremy Brown - the English teacher and point of interest of most of the sequence. He is a good-natured and earnest single man in his thirties who lives alone. He has afrom. He was employed within the sequence, by which he was warned that the previous teacher was driven insane by the scholars. Mr Brown is up to the problem; nonetheless, he is often exasperated by the scholars' inventive interpretations of the.
• (42 episodes) as Dolores Courtney - the stuffy, imperiousof the college. Miss Courtney has a fantastic dislike of the male gender, thinks girls are superior to males, and prefers female teachers. She hesitates to rent Mr Brown, but reluctantly places him on a month's trial. Miss Courtney likes to drop by the English classroom unannounced to inspect the progress of Mr Brown's students, and often leaves disappointed. She almost eloped with a man in her early years, but was caught and despatched residence by her father. However, it was revealed that Miss Courtney was only six years old at the time and the "man" was eight. Her first identify was mentioned solely within the episode "Brief Re-encounter". She has afrom Oxford.
• (20 episodes) as Gladys (Series 1-three) - the tea woman within the college cafeteria, most also known as "Gladys the Tea Lady". She is a vivacious and friendly girl in her seventies. In the third season, it's revealed that she is a widow. She has a friendly relationship with each Sidney and Mr Brown. She usually cajoles Mr Brown, and tattles on Miss Courtney.
• (20 episodes) as Sidney (Series 1-three) - the caretaker of the school. A rough and roguishwho speaks in. He is aged in his sixties, and known as Sid; solely Miss Courtney calls him by his full name. He dislikes his long-term partner, and wears aon their anniversary. Despite not being married, he routinely refers to her as his spouse. He is, which frequently creates misunderstandings. He is very fond of alcohol, and tricks the students into shopping for drinks for him and giving him money. He also steals provides from the college and sells them. He is pleasant with both Mr Brown and Gladys.

Students[]

• (forty two episodes) as Giovanni Capello - a stereotypicalCatholic chef, the category's loudest pupil and de facto class monitor. He is best associates with Max, who turns into his flatmate. Giovanni's major drawback with English is understandingand massive words, although he often answers wrongly on function to amuse the class. He usually calls Mr Brown
  Professore. When shocked or stunned, he often remarks and he says the catchphrases like "Santa Maria", "Santa Daisy", "Okey Cokey", "Buona Sera" or "Holy Ravioli". When he doesn't understand something he says
  scusi. He has an elaborate set of first names: Giovanni Vincenzo Marco Dino Alberto Leonardo and so on. His last identify is typically spelled "Cupello" in the closing credits.
• Jacki Harding (42 episodes) as Anna Schmidt - a stereotypicalwho works as an. In her introduction, she refers to "German effectivity" and, accordingly, Anna is a tough-working scholar, occasionally asking reliable questions and as the sequence progresses, answering Mr Brown's questions appropriately. Her main downside is. She also. She is proven to have distinctive bodily energy and she isn't reluctant to point out it, usually punching fellow college students, similar to Max, in the event that they attempt to flirt along with her. While in a single episode, when faith was being argued over, she said that Lutheranism was the true religion, however in the episode "How's Your Father", she mentioned that there isn't any life after death.
• (forty two episodes) as Juan Cervantes - aCatholic bartender with an optimistic outlook. English grammar lessons is at all times laughing at himself, assured of his solutions even when they are fully wrong. Early in the series, Juan speaks virtually no English (apart from episode 2 where he describes Miss Courtney as "Plenty superior, excellent!") and answers every little thing with "
  por favor" (please), necessitating Giovanni to translate some key terms for him (asandhave manywords). His typical catchphrase is "s'alright!" and typically when he's corrected he says "Sorry, incorrect quantity". Juan's English improves because the sequence goes on, but he stays one of the worst speakers, often talking. He cares a fantastic deal for Mr Brown, whom he considers nearly as part of his family.
• (42 episodes) as Ranjeet Singh - aemployee frominand a religious. He was mistaken for a Pakistani when Mr Brown requested him to take a seat subsequent to his "fellow countryman", Ali Nadim, within the first episode. He incessantly argues with Ali, who's a Pakistani Muslim. He has a good vocabulary but tends to mix up his basic data, and upon being corrected he at all times places his arms together and says "a thousand apologies". When angered by individuals, he often threatens them together with his. He and Ali become friends in the later episodes of the series.
• (27 episodes) as Chung Su-Lee (series 1-3) - a stereotypicalcommunist girl who works as a secretary on the Chinese Embassy. She isn't seen with out herof, from which she usually quotes. She continually. Early in the sequence, she had a fierce ideological rivalry with Taro, her Japanese classmate, however later in the series, he often springs to her defence when a personality insults her or China. When she quotes Chairman Mao, Mr. Brown replies "That's a matter of opinion".
• (29 episodes) as Tarō Nagazumi (Series 1–3) - aelectronics executive who works as a representative for the London department of the fictional Japan-based electronic company,Electronics. He speaks English fairly fluently, however has ahe says (as in "thank-o," "England-o," and so on) and all the time replies "Ah So!& Teach English online Skype ; and bows each time he is referred to as upon. Early in the series he's at odds with Su-Lee due to Japan and China's personal political variations within the Nineteen Seventies, but turns into a friend of hers later on. Most of the time he is seen with his camera.
• (29 episodes) as Maximillian Andrea Archimedes Papandrious (Series 1–3) - a stereotypicalshipping company worker from, and is commonly paired with Giovanni. He is interested in Danielle, however because the present progresses, the three turn into friends. Max tends to misconceive metaphors and large phrases. He also has a heavy accent, which causes him to add "H" to nearly every phrase he says. Later, he shares his flat with Giovanni, with whom he's a close friend; these two characters have the best command of the English language of all the students in the sequence.
• (29 episodes) as Danielle Favre (Series 1–3) - an amorous youngCatholicwho instantly grabs the eye of all the boys, together with Mr Brown. Her attractiveness usually distract Giovanni and Max from their answers, whereas Mr Brown is usually present in seemingly incriminating positions with her, and she is strongly drawn to him. She is aggravated when a gorgeous young Swedish blonde, Ingrid Svenson, joins the class, instigating a rivalry for Mr Brown's attention.
• (29 episodes) as Ali Nadim (Series 1–three) - ainitially unemployed initially of the primary season, who later gets a job as a door to door salesman. and the first pupil to make an look. He is initially from,, although he once acknowledged he grew up in(probably making him a– the people who migrated from India to Pakistan after thein 1947). Practically never seen without his, he is essentially the most vocal, sincere, and hardworking of the scholars, with Anna being the second. He often misinterprets the English for a comical sense, but has a particularly reasonable command of it. As a Pakistani, he has a vocal and occasionally bodily rivalry with Ranjeet, who's an Indian. Ali's typical catchphrases are "yes please" (in situations where he should say "yes, thanks"), "oh blimey!", "Squeeze me please" (which is how he pronounces "Excuse me please"), and "jolly good".
• (29 episodes) as Jamila Ranjha (Series 1–three) - a stereotypicalhousewife from. When she first joins the class she barely speaks any English - she rants inwhen Mr Brown asks her her identify, and when she lastly does perceive she decides to put in writing her identify on the blackboard in Urdu because she can't write it in English. Although she needs Ali to translate for her within the first series, by series three she shows a marked improvement and is able to communicate in English without having any assist. She often calls Mr Brown "Masterji" (Hindi roughly that means "trainer" or "professor"), and her catchphrase early within the series is "gud hefening" (which is how she pronounces "good night"). During class, she is commonly found knitting. She is shown to be a Christian in the episode "Guilty or not Guilty?", when she swears on the Bible to tell the truth. Moreover, she wears a cross around her neck from the 11th episode of the primary season. But in an episode referred to as "A Point Of Honour", she says the true religion is. Also, in the episode "I Belong to Glasgow", she is among the many college students who crossed themselves with Juan. (The others are Danielle, Max and Giovanni.)
• (21 episodes) as Ingrid Svenson (Series 2 and 4) - aau pair who joins the category initially of sequence 2. She is attractive and simple about her attraction to Mr Brown, sparking a rivalry between her and Danielle. Her primary problem with English is phrase order, usually getting phrases blended up, similar to "you for I query reply". She transfers colleges on the end of Series 2, however returns within the independently-produced Series 4.
• Gabor Vernon (eight episodes) as Zoltán Szabó (Series 2) - astudent who solely seems throughout series 2. English course for adult knows very little English and requires a phrasebook for every thing. He picks up slang rapidly, most of which comes from Giovanni and Juan. At the tip of collection 2, he returns to Hungary. His typical catchphrase is to say "
  Bocsánat?" (pronounced "
  bochanot ", theword for "sorry" or "excuse me") to every little thing mentioned to him in English.

In the fourth series, Mr Brown and Miss Courtney are nonetheless on the college, as are Giovanni, Anna, Juan, Ranjeet and Ingrid. New students and workers in collection 4 embody:

• Michelle Dumas, portrayed by Marie-Elise Grepne (thirteen episodes)
• Maria Papandrious, portrayed by(thirteen episodes)
• Farrukh Azzam, portrayed by Raj Patel (13 episodes)
• Fu Wong Chang, portrayed by(13 episodes)
• Rita, portrayed by- new tea-girl changing Gladys (thirteen episodes)
• Henshawe, portrayed by- new caretaker of the varsity replacing Sid (13 episodes)

Production[]

Development[]

The collection was commissioned by, Director of Programmes at.

Using this series for instance, Sarita Malik, in
Representing Black Britain(2002) wrote that "Blacks, Asians or 'race' had been often the butt of the joke", which "tended to hit a racist note, but at all times in a nicely-that means, benevolent tone". She continued that "by no means earlier than had so many diverse races... been seen in the same television body, but they'd by no means clung so tightly to their in style crude national stereotypes."

The series attracted about 18 million viewers. Grade cancelled the programme having thought-about theoffensive.
"It was really irresponsible of us to place it out", he informed Linda Agran at thein 1985.

International broadcasts[]

The collection was sold to different nations, together with,,,,,,,,and. It was additionally one of the first British TV programmes shown inafter the top of the boycott by the. It was resurrected briefly for the export market by an impartial producer within the mid-Eighties, though most ITV firms didn't show any of the episodes made in 1986, only Anglia, Central and Granada transmitted the final 13 episodes, while Border, HTV and Tyne Tees broadcast a handful of episodes. It was additionally broadcast inonfrom 1978 until 1982. The sequence made it onto some minor or independentstations in theduring 1977.
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Various worldwide tv exhibits based mostly on the premise of
Mind Your Languagehave followed the original collection. Among them are
(US),
(India),
Second Chance!(Nigeria),
Jami'ar Albarkawa(In Hausa language, Nigeria),
Raja Kaduwa!(Sri Lanka),
Classmates(Kenya) and
(Indonesia).

The majority of recording periods for the first three collection happened on Tuesday evenings in Studio Two at the. The 1986 collection was filmed atTechnical College in western.

Episodes[]

Transmission particulars[]

London Weekend Television (authentic run)[]

• Series 1 (thirteen) 30 December 1977 – 24 March 1978, Fridays, 7pm
• Series 2 (eight) 5 October – 23 November 1978, Saturdays, mostly 6pm
• Series 3 (8) 25 October – 20 December 1979, Saturdays, mostly 6.45pm

TRI Films Ltd. (1985 revival)[]

• TSW have been the first of the ITV regions to point out the collection 30 September – 31 December 1985, Mondays 6:30pm
• Granada Television all episodes from 4 January – 24 April 1986, Saturday 2:15pm
• Anglia: all episodes, from 9 January – 1 April 1986.
• Central: all episodes, shown as one block of 4 (1 – 22 February 1986) and one block of nine (12 July – 6 September 1986).
• HTV West: all episodes over a interval from 1 February 1986 – 6 March 1987
• Tyne Tees: nine episodes from 1 February – 29 March 1986
• Border: 4 episodes, from 1 – 22 February 1986

Curiously, the fourth collection was absent from London, where all series of the show, together with the revival, was produced.

DVD releases[]

The sequence was released as a "Best of" 4-disc field set on Region 2 DVD in 2003 (Cinema Club), and on Region 1 DVD in 2004 (Granada). However, these sets exclude the Series 1 episode "Kill Or Cure", the Series 2 episode "Don't Forget the Driver", the Series three episode "Guilty or Not Guilty?" and all of Series 4.

Another 4-disc box set,
The Complete LWT Series, released byin November 2007 incorporates all episodes of Series 1–three.

International reception and remakes[]

Even though the sequence was cancelled in 1979, it continues to be popular abroad, notably within the international locations represented in the series onscreen.

Additionally the collection wasin numerous nations, following the fundamental premise however adapted to local ethnic teams:

References[]