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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!

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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, his lessons do not always go as planned.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 9 - Kill or Cure
    8.4/10(195 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 1 - The First Lesson
    8.1/10(352 votes)

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 6 - Come Back, All Is Forgiven
    8.1/10(211 votes)

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 13 - The Examination
    8.1/10(175 votes)

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 2 - An Inspector Calls
    8.0/10(250 votes)

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 5 - The Best Things in Life
    7.9/10(215 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 7 - The Cheating Game
    7.9/10(196 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 4 - All Through the Night
    7.8/10(223 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 11 - A Point of Honour
    7.8/10(180 votes)

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 8 - Better to Have Loved and Lost
    7.7/10(187 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 3 - A Fate Worse Than Death
    7.5/10(232 votes)

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 10 - Hello Sailor
    7.5/10(182 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mind Your Language Season 1 Episode 12 - How's Your Father
    7.5/10(158 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Kill or Cure" is the best rated episode of "Mind Your Language" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 195 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1978. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The First Lesson".