Mind Your Language
1977 · 4 seasons · 42 eps · ★ 8.2 · Comedy
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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.
Created by Vince Powell
Network: ITV1
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Barry Evans Jeremy Brown -
George Camiller Giovanni Capello -
Ricardo Montez Juan Cervantes -
Albert Moses Ranjeet Singh - J Jacki Harding Anna Schmidt
- Z Zara Nutley Miss Courtney
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Robert Lee Taro Nagazumi -
Kevork Malikyan Maximillian Papandrious - J Jamila Massey Jamila Ranjha
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Françoise Pascal Danielle Favre - D Dino Shafeek Ali Nadim
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Pik-Sen Lim Chung Su-Lee
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