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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Mr Brown mistakenly believes that Miss Courtney is dying.

The students have seven draws on the football pools and stand to win thousands of pounds if they can get one more!

It's Miss Courtney's birthday, and finding Ingrid's mink coat in her office, she assumes that it's a present...

Mr Brown finds himself in deep water when he takes the students down the River Thames to improve their knowledge of English history.

Mr Brown scoffs at the suggestion that the school is haunted.

Giovanni's mother visits him at the school.

Mr Brown and all the students catch a rash and fever, and soon they are admitted to a quarantine ward.

Juan is accidentally locked in the school on the night before his wedding!

There is discontent when the students form their own union.

Mr Brown is suffering from flu and has a bizarre dream involving destruction at the school.

Mr Brown brings his neighbour's dog to class.

The school is closed and Miss Courtney is busy preparing for a European tour, while Mr Brown and the students arrive to find out how they have fared in their examinations.

Mr Brown receives an offer of a higher paid position at another school.