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The Best Episodes of Mind Your Language Season 1

Every episode of Mind Your Language Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mind Your Language Season 1!

Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries,...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The First Lesson" is the best rated episode of "Mind Your Language" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 298 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/30/1977. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "An Inspector Calls".

  • The First Lesson
    8.2/10298 votes

    #1 - The First Lesson

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/1977

    Jeremy Brown starts his new job as a teacher of English as a foreign language and meets his students for the first time, a diverse group of ten adults in London, hailing from nine different countries in Europe and Asia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Inspector Calls
    8.0/10214 votes

    #2 - An Inspector Calls

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1978

    An inspector from the local education authority arrives at the school to observe the classes, but Mr Brown mistakes him for a new student.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Fate Worse Than Death
    7.5/10199 votes

    #3 - A Fate Worse Than Death

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/1978

    Ranjeet asks Mr Brown and the rest of the class to help him escape an arranged marriage with Surinder, the daughter of his father’s best friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Through the Night
    7.8/10192 votes

    #4 - All Through the Night

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/1978

    Upset that his students’ English is not improving, especially in the presence of Miss Courtney who leaves disappointed, Mr Brown keeps them after class, to the extent that they get locked in the building.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Best Things in Life
    7.9/10184 votes

    #5 - The Best Things in Life

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/1978

    Jamila is arrested for shoplifting a magazine due to her misunderstanding of the word 'free' in promotional material...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Come Back, All is Forgiven
    8.2/10180 votes

    #6 - Come Back, All is Forgiven

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/1978

    It is Mr Brown’s birthday, and everyone in the class has brought him a present - but it is not all happy returns when Miss Courtney informs him that his trial month is over and dismisses him, replacing him with a new teacher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cheating Game
    7.9/10166 votes

    #7 - The Cheating Game

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/10/1978

    In order to see how prepared they are for their upcoming exam, the students prepare to take a mock exam, failing miserably and angering Mr Brown. Seeing that their teacher has no faith in them, they decide to cheat!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Better to Have Loved and Lost
    7.7/10159 votes

    #8 - Better to Have Loved and Lost

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/1978

    Celebrations as Ali and Su-Lee announce that they are to marry... but he already has a wife!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kill or Cure
    8.4/10158 votes

    #9 - Kill or Cure

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/24/1978

    Poor Jeremy is sick with the flu, so his class decide to pay him a visit hoping to cheer him up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hello Sailor
    7.5/10153 votes

    #10 - Hello Sailor

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/3/1978

    Juan brings his Russian sailor friend Boris to class, explaining that he wants to defect and stay in England, having fallen love with a girl he just met.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Point of Honour
    7.8/10150 votes

    #11 - A Point of Honour

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/10/1978

    Mr Brown finds himself in a lot of trouble when Danielle tells Mr Jarvis, a pestering woodwork teacher at the school, that she is engaged to her English teacher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How's Your Father
    7.5/10131 votes

    #12 - How's Your Father

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/1978

    Could it be that Sid the Janitor is Jeremy's father ?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Examination
    8.1/10147 votes

    #13 - The Examination

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/24/1978

    The students prepare to take their Lower Cambridge Certificate exam at the end of the first term. Meanwhile, Mr Brown has a disagreement with a couple in the pub, which comes back to haunt him when it turns out that the man (Mr Short, a former principal of the school) will be supervising the exam.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A