is a series of television programmes produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk and the BBC in the late 1970s to provide a crash course in the English language.
It became popular in many overseas countries as a first introduction to English; in 1983, five hundred million people watched the show in China alone, featuring Kathy Flower.
was also shown regularly on SBS Television in Australia between 1981[3] and 1985[4] in tandem with another English tuition program, People You Meet.
The British actor Francis Matthews hosted and narrated the series.
The lessons follow a consistent group of actors, with the relationships between their characters developing during the course.