Mind Your Language is a British comedy about Jeremy Brown, a language teacher given the task of teaching English to an eccentric bunch of foreign students. This article reviews the show that ran from 1977 to 1986 on ITV in the UK.Premièred in 1977 on ITV, Mind You Language focuses on the story of Jeremy Brown, the somewhat unfortunate teacher selected to teach English as a Foreign Language to a mishmash of foreign students living in London.
The show draws its humour from the student's comical misunderstandings of the English language, which refer in great part to the cultural stereotypes of each student's nation.
The show was directed by Stuart Allen and produced first by LWT (London Weekend Television) and later by Granada Television. With characters representing all corners of the globe, the show was able to touch on the lighter side of cultural differences.The characters appearing in the Mind Your Language episodes are made up of four staff members of the school plus a host of students, each originating from a different country.
The school's staff are the class teacher Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans), headmistress Ms Dolores Courtney (Zara Nutley), caretaker Sidney (Tommy Godfrey) and dinner lady Gladys (Iris Sadler).
Social backgrounds of students: Students from the school came from China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan Spain and Sweden. They represented all walks of life and social backgrounds, from embassy employees to bartenders and au pairs.
Notable actors playing the roles of the students include Francoise Pascal who starred in There's A Girl In My Soup with Peter Sellers. In addition, Robert Lee, who played Japanese Taro Nagazumi, has since been a frequent figure in numerous British and American TV series.
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