Mind Your Language: The Best Of - Volume 1 [DVD]

This series went out of favour very quickly, since it offered stereotypes of 'foreign' language students and these were not viewed as acceptable in the political climate. I think this is a fair statement, since the humour (once you discount the stereotyping) is innocent and good-natured. For EFL and ESL teachers the series is extremely funny, helping them to laugh at situations that aren't always funny when they occur in the classroom (e.g. widely varying levels of proficiency).I recommend this series as a good laugh. Of course there are sub-texts, and the teacher himself (and the manager) are also the subject of parody. If we see it as well-intentioned, then this will bring a smile to most people.

Great

A hilarius tv show that would never be aloud on today. It's really just harmless fun, but ppl get upset so easily these days.

Very retro and fun

The humour was fantastic! Love it.

Not to be taken too seriously and some would find this offensive but as a family we find the characters funny and my young children find it funny even for today

Fast delivery, very funny CD.

i used to watch this series as a kid in the 80s and its great that its at last on dvd , but its a shame that with this, and the other volumes that there are not more episodes on this volume as with the others 3-4 which are bare bones really as it was mentioned, it should have been a two disk set with at least 15 episodes ....in any case ,its good to see mind your language again after all these years and i love the animated opening sequence even though its dated now