Mind Your Language is a British comedy television series, that premiered on ITV in late 1977. Produced by LWT and directed by Stuart Allen, it is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the English as a Foreign Language class taught by Mr. Jeremy Brown, portrayed by Barry Evans, who had to deal with a motley crew of foreign students. Three series were made by LWT between 1977–79, and the show was briefly revived in 1986 with six of the original cast.
The series focuses on the adult students of an English foreign language class in a London college. The classes take place in the early evening, and are taught by Mr. Brown, though on occasion other individuals take over the class if he is not available. The class consists of foreign students with varying degrees of English proficiency and much of the humour of the show is derived from the students misunderstanding English words or terminology and plays heavily on the cultural stereotype of their individual nation of origin.
Series 1 takes place over a full school year, starting with Mr. Brown being hired by the Headmistress Ms. Courtney and ending with the students sitting their Lower Cambridge Certificate. Series 2 begins at the start of the next school year, with all ten previous students having failed their exams and returning, joined by two new students. Series 1 and 2 primarily took place in the classroom but the later series explored settings outside the school.
