Bonjour la Classe

Season 1 Episode 4: Old Dogs

Mar 08, 1993NR30m7.2

Laurence lands the head of his department, Donald Halifax, in the hospital with food poisoning after cooking him a meal of French cuisine. Eager to prove that The Mansion is a forward-thinking school committed to the European ideal, Headmaster Piper undertakes a search for a dynamic new head of languages in Donald's absence. When debonair, accomplished applicant Dr Chambourcy interviews for the position, it seems Donald is in danger of being put out to pasture; however, left to his own d...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 New Boy

1. New Boy

Aired: Feb 15, 1993

Bumbling but bright-eyed French teacher Laurence Didcott arrives for his firs...

Episode 2 Red Card

2. Red Card

Aired: Feb 22, 1993

When Laurence gets too wrapped up in the school's Parents Evening, he finds h...

Episode 3 Vive la Revolution

3. Vive la Revolution

Aired: Mar 1, 1993

After being nearly trampled by one of Laurence's classes reenacting the Frenc...

Episode 4 Old Dogs

4. Old Dogs

Aired: Mar 8, 1993

Laurence lands the head of his department, Donald Halifax, in the hospital wi...

Episode 5 Herring's Magnificat

5. Herring's Magnificat

Aired: Mar 15, 1993

Temperamental eccentric Gilbert Herring, the school's head of music, has orga...

Episode 6 I Love Lucy

6. I Love Lucy

Aired: Mar 22, 1993

When a distraught, love-stricken student gets drunk on a bottle of cold medic...

Info about Bonjour la Classe

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres:Comedy