When acting dried up he suffered depression and Gardner said For the last four or five years in London, he had worked very little. Then he starred as a television doctor in both Doctor in the House and then Doctor at Large but fame came knocking when he was the lead EAL teacher in the controversially un-PC ITV sitcom Mind Your Language.īarry lived here at 8 Buckland Crescent from 1960 until about 1981, close to his long-time actor friend Jimmy Gardner. Location: 8 Buckland Crescent, Hampstead, NW3 5DXĭescription: Barry Evans big acting breakthrough was in the 1967 cult film Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush. This is where comedy actor Barry Evans lived. Strict Standards: strftime(): We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/30/d412357162/htdocs/shadyoldlady/location.php on line 91 Strict Standards: date(): We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/30/d412357162/htdocs/shadyoldlady/header.php on line 171 Warning: Undefined variable $prepend in /homepages/30/d412357162/htdocs/shadyoldlady/header.php on line 162 Warning: Undefined array key "HTTPS" in /homepages/30/d412357162/htdocs/shadyoldlady/header.php on line 148 (The others are Danielle, Max and Giovanni.Warning: Undefined variable $mobile in /homepages/30/d412357162/htdocs/shadyoldlady/header.php on line 117 Also, in the episode “I Belong to Glasgow”, she is among the students who crossed themselves with Juan. But in an episode called “A Point of Honour”, she says the true religion is Buddhism. Moreover, she wears a cross around her neck from the 11th episode of the first season. She is shown to be a Christian in the episode “Guilty or not Guilty?”, when she swears on the Bible to tell the truth. During class, she is often found knitting.
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She often calls Mr Brown “Masterji” (Hindi roughly meaning “teacher” or “professor”), and her catchphrase early in the series is “gud hefening” (which is how she pronounces “good evening”). Although she needs Ali to translate for her in the first series, by series 3 she shows a marked improvement and is able to communicate in English without needing any help. When she first joins the class she barely speaks any English – she rants in Hindi when Mr Brown asks her her name, and when she finally does understand she decides to write her name on the blackboard in Urdu because she cannot write it in English. Jamila Massey as Jamila Ranjha (Series 1–3) – a stereotypical Indian housewife from Shimla. Ali’s typical catchphrases are “yes please” (in situations where he should say “yes, thank you” or “yes indeed”), “oh blimey!”, “ Squeeze me please” (which is how he pronounces “Excuse me please”), and “ jolly good“.įrançoise Pascal as Danielle Favre (1949 – )
As a Pakistani Muslim, he has a vocal and occasionally physical rivalry with Ranjeet, who is an Indian Sikh. He often misinterprets the English for a comical sense, but has a very fair command of it. Practically never seen without his Jinnah cap, he is the most vocal, honest, and hardworking of the students, with Anna being the second. He is originally from Lahore, Pakistan, although he once stated he grew up in Delhi (probably making him a Muhajir – the people who migrated from India to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947). and the first student to make an appearance. Tommy Godfrey as Sid (1916-1984) Mind Your Language Cast Students:ĭino Shafeek as Ali Nadim (Series 1–3) – a Pakistani initially unemployed at the beginning of the first season, who later gets a job as a door to door salesman.