Region 2, UK Import
Rarely seen available (Network - the company that released this and countless other brilliant forgotten British sitcoms, series and dramas - went into liquidation in May 2023 and ceased operation).
Listed as secondhand, discs are in excellent condition.
4 discs, running time 725 minutes
Barry Evans, fresh from his success in the "Doctor" series, stars as Jeremy Brown, the hapless teacher for an evening class of foreign students who are hoping to become more proficient in the English language. With his students running the full spectrum of age and race, situations are ripe for misunderstandings in the classic sitcom style! Running for three successful series produced by LWT (London Weekend Television), this DVD set contains all 29 episodes of the original run of series 1 to 3.
Three series were made by London Weekend Television between 1977 and 1979, and it was briefly revived in 1985 (or 1986 in most ITV regions) with six of the original cast members.
The series shows people of different countries with different social backgrounds, religions, and languages existing in the same classroom, learning English as a foreign language.
NOTE - While there was a 4th series of 13 episodes in 1985/6, this has never been released in any format or re-broadcast again (like this set), due to the growing concern worldwide at the time of racial stereotypes depicted on film. The season had a low budget as it was made independently without the support or facilities of a major television company. Times had changed and, by the mid 80s, the MYL brand of humour had fallen out of fashion. No TV broadcasters were interested in funding the production of a 4th season, so the producers funded it independently themselves (hence the low budget), hoping to then sell it to broadcasters around the world. It didn't sell as well as the producers had hoped and they ended up losing a lot of money on the deal.
As such, this series is a testament to a time when comedy was comedy and meant nothing more.
