# Mind Your Language (1977)

> A harried language teacher tries to earn a living teaching English to a classroom of immigrants whose lessons rarely go to plan.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 42
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Vince Powell
- Network: ITV1
- Cast: Barry Evans, George Camiller, Ricardo Montez, Albert Moses, Jacki Harding, Zara Nutley, Robert Lee, Kevork Malikyan
- TMDB rating: 8.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075537/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, farcical, lighthearted, cozy, irreverent

## What critics say

Audiences broadly regard the show as a warm, acclaimed workplace sitcom whose classroom farce of immigrant pupils and a flustered teacher stays charming across its run.

## Synopsis

Mind Your Language (1977-1986) is a British ITV sitcom created by Vince Powell and produced by LWT. Teacher Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans) tries to make a living teaching English to a rowdy class of immigrants, and his lessons rarely go as planned. Giovanni Capello (George Camiller), Juan Cervantes (Ricardo Montez), Ranjeet Singh (Albert Moses) and Anna Schmidt (Jacki Harding) are among the pupils whose clashing habits, accents and assumptions drive nearly every episode. Miss Courtney (Zara Nutley) adds a prim counterweight in the staff room. The show runs four seasons across 42 episodes, and each episode is self-contained, built around a single classroom situation rather than a continuing storyline. Set in 1970s and 1980s London, the comedy uses broad cultural misunderstandings and affectionate stereotypes to create its humour. The tone is light, breezy and gently farcical, with a sitcom rhythm that leans on repeated running gags and quick exchanges. Fans of Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served? and Goodness Gracious Me will find similar pleasures in its ensemble of eccentric characters and its cosy, lighthearted take on cultural friction in a British institution.

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