Series 1
13 episodes · Dec 29, 1977
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S1E1The First Lesson
Dec 30, 197725mJeremy 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.
S1E2An Inspector Calls
Jan 6, 197824mAn inspector from the local education authority arrives at the school to observe the classes, but Mr Brown mistakes him for a new student.
S1E3A Fate Worse Than Death
Jan 13, 197825mRanjeet 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.
S1E4All Through the Night
Jan 20, 197825mUpset 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.
S1E5The Best Things in Life
Jan 27, 197825mJamila is arrested for shoplifting a magazine due to her misunderstanding of the word 'free' in promotional material...
S1E6Come Back, All Is Forgiven
Feb 3, 197824mIt 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.
S1E7The Cheating Game
Feb 10, 197826mIn 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!
S1E8Better to Have Loved and Lost
Feb 17, 197825mCelebrations as Ali and Su-Lee announce that they are to marry... but he already has a wife!
S1E9Kill or Cure
Feb 24, 197825mPoor Jeremy is sick with the flu, so his class decide to pay him a visit hoping to cheer him up.
S1E10Hello Sailor
Mar 3, 197825mJuan 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.
S1E11A Point of Honour
Mar 10, 197825mMr 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.
S1E13The Examination
Mar 24, 197825mThe 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.