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 show is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the class in ESL (English as a Second Language) taught by Mr Jeremy Brown, who teaches a group of enrolled foreigners.

[2] The series was sold to Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Kenya, Nigeria,[4] Ghana, Singapore, Persian Gulf states and Hong Kong.

International television shows based on the premise of Mind Your Language include: David Aaronovitch notes that even Michael Grade, the commissioner of the series, regrets that Mind Your Language was ever broadcast: In 1979, BBC2’s Open Door[14] carried a scathing critique of TV tolerance of racial stereotypes and its contribution to negative perceptions of immigrants.

The excerpts from IAHHM are bad enough, but those from the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language, in which an Asian character loafs happily on the dole while two families of his relatives inhabit his one room, are simply appalling.