In the pilot episode, Mr. Jeremy Brown begins teaching an English class to a diverse group of ten foreign adult students in London, hailing from nine different countries. From Europe come two au pairs, the flirtatious and beautiful Danielle (France) and prim and proper Anna (Germany), two young single men, Giovanni (Italy) and Max (Greece) and a laid-back middle-aged bartender, Juan (Spain), who speaks no English at all. From Asia, come a revolutionary-minded secretary from the Chinese Embassy (Su-Li), a Japanese businessman (Taro) as well as three students from the Subcontinent, a devout Sikh (Ranjeet) and an unemployed Pakistani (Ali), who are constantly at each other's threats, and finally a Hindi-speaking housewife (Jamila) who can't speak a word of English. The school principal, Miss Delores Courtney, nearly dismisses Mr. Brown immediately as she had requested a female teacher, but he is allowed to stay on a trial basis. Written by Anonymous

It's the second lesson for Mr. Brown and Ms. Courteney informs him that an education inspector will be arriving. Aswell there will be a new African student arriving. However these two arrivals create quite a confusing lesson.

Ranjeet claims he must kill himself in order to escape his arranged marriage since his bride-to-be looks 'like an elephant' Desperate to get back to teaching his class some English, Mr Brown soon finds that the lesson will be about anything but English. Written by Nadia Nassar

The student's English is not improving and Mr. Brown decides to detain them after class. However the long evening is made worse when Mr. Brown and the class get locked inside the classroom.

Jamila has been arrested for shoplifting, but it's not entirely her fault. Because of her poor English, she has made the mistake of taking, what she thought to be, free items. After Mr.Brown rescues Jamila from the police station, he learns that she has stolen more than just a few items. Knowing that keeping the stolen goods would be dishonest, he gathers the class and they all set out to return the items where they belong, without getting caught. That'll be a tricky one! Written by Nadia Nassar

It's Mr. Brown's birthday and everyone in the class has brought him a present. However it's not all happy returns when Ms. Couteney informs Mr. Brown that his trial month is over and she is not satisfied with his teaching.

In order to see how prepared they are for their upcoming exam, the students prepare to take a mock exam. But when the students see that their teacher has no faith in them, they decide to cheat in order to ace the exam.

Ali and Suli surprise the class when they announce that they will be getting married. But they all get a much bigger shock when they find out that Ali is already married and planning to take Suli as a second wife.

Mr. Brown becomes ill and cannot come to class so Ms. Courteney takes charge. However the student's English is not up to her expectations, so she sends them away. They all pay a visit to Mr.Brown, each with their own 'remedy' to make Mr.Brown feel better. Written by Nadia Nassar

Juan brings a Russian sailor friend to the class who has come to England to escape Russia. Everything seems to be going alright until the captain of a Russian ship comes to the classroom looking for his roaming sailor.

Mr. Brown finds himself in a lot of trouble when Danielle tells a pestering teacher that she is engaged to Mr.Brown. He soon finds himself running around the school in an attempt to squash the rumor and avoid a punch-up with the philandering teacher. Written by Nadia Nassar

At the beginning of the lesson, Mr.Brown asks the students to speak aloud for one minute on various topics. The class learns that Taro's childhood was very lonely because he never knew his parents. Mr.Brown sympathizes by telling the class the story of how he was left on an orphanage in Jeremy Street when he was a baby 30 years ago and therefore grew up without any parents as well. However Mr.Brown's mother and father are a lot closer to him than he ever imagined. Written by Nadia Nassar

The students prepare to take their exams at the end of the first term, but are they ready? And Mr.Brown has an encounter with a couple in the bar which might just come back to haunt him.