Mind Your Language (TV Series)
No Flowers by Request (1979)
Dino Shafeek: Ali Nadim
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Quotes
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Chung Su-Lee : You are not yourself tonight.
Ali Nadim : Of course he is himself. Who else could he be?
Anna Schmidt : Don't be fool. Su-Lee means something is wrong.
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Jeremy Brown : So tonight I'm going to ask each of you to pick one of the ten subjects I have written on the blackboard. And I shall ask you a few questions on them. Fairly straight forward, music, British history, the royal family, poetry, Shakespeare, etc, all right? Now who is going to start the ball rolling?
Ali Nadim : We aren't having a ball to be rolling in everywhere.
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Jeremy Brown : Who is known as the father of television?
Ali Nadim : Eamonn Andrews.
Jeremy Brown : Logie Baird.
Ali Nadim : Oh blimey. I'm seeing him last night with his little friend Boo-Boo.
Jeremy Brown : That's Yogi Bear. I'm talking about Logie Baird, the man who invented television.
Ali Nadim : Sorry, please.
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Jeremy Brown : How much is a television license?
Ali Nadim : I am not knowing. I never buy one.
Jeremy Brown : I hope you realize you can get a serious trouble for not having a license.
Ali Nadim : Please tell me something, that money for a license is for BBC, yes?
Jeremy Brown : Yes.
Ali Nadim : Then I am jolly OK. I only watch ITV.
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Miss Courtney : Mr Nadim, name me two seasons.
Ali Nadim : Salt and pepper.
Miss Courtney : Those are seasonings! Now give me the names of two of the seasons of the year.
Ali Nadim : Oh dear me.
Miss Courtney : Anybody?
Chung Su-Lee : Spling time.
Miss Courtney : Sprrring time!
Chung Su-Lee : Sprrring time.
Miss Courtney : Now Mr Nadim, what comes after the spring time?
Ali Nadim : Holiday time.
Miss Courtney : Summer time!
Ali Nadim : Jolly good.
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Miss Courtney : You are all Philistines!
Ali Nadim : Oh No! I am Pakistan!
Juan Cervantes : I am Spain!