An Inspector Calls

"An Inspector Calls" is the second episode of the first season of Mind Your Language. It was first broadcast on the 6th of January 1978.
==Plot==
Juan is looking at the notice board in the corridor. Miss Courtney sees him and asks if he is in Mr. Brown's class, but Juan is unable to understand her. When Miss Courtney sees Jamila, she asks her if she's in Mr. Brown's class, but Jamila doesn't understand her either. Then, as Ranjeet passes by, Miss Courtney asks him if he's in Mr. Brown's class. Pleased that he can understand and speak English better than the last two students, she gives him a message to relay to Mr. Brown.
When Mr. Brown gets the message, he stops by Miss Courtney's office to speak with her and learns that a new student from Africa will be joining his class. Mr. Brown returns to the classroom and asks the students to tell him about their life in England so far. Roger Kenyon, an African man who works as an inspector for the local education authority, arrives at the school, sees Taro and Su-Lee arguing and follows them back to the EFL classroom. Mr. Brown doesn't realise who Roger is, so he decides to pretend to be the new EFL student.
In the tearoom, Miss Courtney approaches Mr. Brown and tells him to meet her in her office, where she informs him that an inspector (Roger, unbeknownst to Mr. Brown) will be checking on his class. Mr. Brown asks Roger for his particulars while calling roll, and Miss Courtney arrives to tell him that the new student is a female, which she neglected to mention earlier. She apologises to Roger and assures him that Mr. Brown will be dealt with; Roger, however, is impressed by Mr. Brown's "revolutionary" teaching methods and leaves the classroom to check on other classes.
Soon after, an African lady comes to the EFL classroom. Mr. Brown tells her about his encounter with Roger and calls him a "silly fool" and "thick as a brush" for trying to trick him into thinking he was a new student, only for the lady to tell him that Roger is her husband.
==Quotes==
Miss Courtney: Are you in Mr. Brown's class?
Ranjeet: No, I am in corridor.
Miss Courtney: You really think you could give him a message?
Ranjeet: Most certainly.
Miss Courtney: I am Miss Courtney.
Ranjeet: And I am Ranjeet Singh.
Miss Courtney: Just this particular moment. I'm not really bothered in who you are, I just want to give Mr. Brown a message.
Ranjeet: I'll be very happy to comply with the request.
Miss Courtney: Do tell him I would like to have a word with him.
Ranjeet: Most certainly, which word would you like?
Miss Courtney: Just tell him I want to speak with him.
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(Anna is explaining why she couldn't finish her homework.)
Anna: Zen I had to prepare a meal for ze bitch.
Mr. Brown: Anna, she may be a hard taskmistress but I don't think you ought to call her that.
Anna: Who?
Mr. Brown: Valker, I mean Walker.
Anna: I voz meaning ze dog bitch.
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(Mr. Brown is calling the roll.)
Mr. Brown: Giovanni Capello?
Giovanni: A si professore.
Mr. Brown: No Giovanni, not professore.
Giovanni: Not professore?
Mr. Brown: No, you should address me as sir.
Giovanni: Sir? Now I understand. (Bows.) You have been to get knotted.
Mr. Brown: Come again?
Giovanni: To become a sir, you got knotted by the Queen.
Mr. Brown: The word is "knighted" and I'm not that kind of sir.
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Mr. Brown: Must be quite a change, coming from one of the underdeveloped countries to our more advanced way of life.
Roger Kenyon: Oh, yes.
Mr. Brown: Still, your people are doing remarkably well. D-Did you fly here?
Roger Kenyon: Fly? How do you mean, bwana?
Mr. Brown: Fly...in a big iron bird. Quite a change from riding an elephant. Unless you came by jumbo. (Laughs.) English joke.
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Ali: Blimey, you are dropping a clinker!
Mr. Brown: You mean "clanger".
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(The African lady has just told Mr. Brown she is Roger Kenyon's wife.)
Ali: Oh blimey yes, you have dropped another clinker!
(The students laugh.)
==Trivia==
* This is the first episode in which Gladys appears.
* The African student that they were expecting never shows up and is never mentioned again.
* The other time Ali uses the line "You are dropping a clinker (clanger)" is in "The School Fete".
==Videos==
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==External links==
* 's IMDb page
Category:Season 1 episodes
Category:Episodes with mention of an unseen character