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The series originally aired on ITV, beginning with the pilot episode on 1 January 19901 and ending with “The Best Bits of Mr. Bean” on 15 December 1995. The Latin theme tune to the shows was sung by the Southwark Cathedral choir. Irma Gobb is sort MrBen of Mr Bean’s sort of girlfriend (sort of).

Meet the characters

During its original five-year run, Mr. Bean was met with widespread acclaim and attracted large television audiences. The series was viewed by 18.74 million viewers for the episode “The Trouble with Mr. Bean”3 and has received a number of international awards, including the Rose d’Or. The series has since been sold in 245 territories worldwide.

Mr Bean’s Car

He makes an appearance in the music video of the Boyzone song Picture Of You. Mr Bean lives alone at Flat 2, 12 Arbour Road, Highbury, and is almost always seen in his tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He was originally set to be called Mr White or Mr Cauliflower.

Mr Bean at 30: Must-read facts about Rowan Atkinson’s iconic character

Atkinson invented the character while he was studying for a master’s degree at Oxford University. Mr Bean loved lime-green small cars from the very first day he saw one at the age of ten. Expecting to receive one for Christmas he was inconsolably miffed when Santa fobbed him off with a Dinky version.

• Mr. Bean originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from 1990 to 1995, with reruns later shown on the British variant of Comedy Central, ITV3 and ITV4.
• The programme carries strong appeal in hundreds of territories worldwide because, in addition to the acclaim from its original run, it uses very little intelligible dialogue, making it accessible to people who know little or no English.
• In “Back to School Mr. Bean”, Bean’s Mini is crushed by a tank as part of a demonstration after he replaced an identical Mini (registration ACW 497V) meant for the demonstration with his own to secure a parking space.
• Atkinson invented the character while he was studying for a master’s degree at Oxford University.
• Mr Bean’s only friend was a teddy bear he called “Teddy.” The original was donated by Atkinson to Gyles Brandreth’s Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, then later auctioned and sold for £180.
• The humour largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, and his pettiness and occasional malevolence.

Get your handson Mr Bean’s bear

Mr Bean’s only friend was a teddy bear he called “Teddy.” The original was donated by Atkinson to Gyles Brandreth’s Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, then later auctioned and sold for £180. From 2002 to 2004, 52 episodes were originally broadcast on ITV1 each consisting of two 11-minute segments. In 2015, CITV commissioned a brand new series of episodes.41 The new series amended the format in which it featured episodes that had much more dialogue than normal.
Mr Bean has been part of the in-flight entertainment on more than 100 airlines. Mr Bean’s girlfriend Irma Gobb was played by actress Matilda Ziegler. Mr Bean has taken a dislike to a particular powder blue car and its mystery driver. Though he doesn’t go out of his way to seek confrontation with the car, he is quite happy to scourge Britain’s roads of the offending vehicle as accidentally on purpose as possible.

• Expecting to receive one for Christmas he was inconsolably miffed when Santa fobbed him off with a Dinky version.
• Mr Bean’s girlfriend Irma Gobb was played by actress Matilda Ziegler.
• Since the pilot episode, Mr. Bean has had a long-running feud with the unseen driver of a three-wheeled, light-blue 1972 Reliant Regal Supervan III (registration GRA 26K), which would usually get turned over, crashed out of its parking space and so forth by Bean in his Mini, who is usually oblivious to the results.
• Mr Bean has taken a dislike to a particular powder blue car and its mystery driver.
• In the scene, Mr. Bean works within the London Symphony Orchestra in its performance of “Chariots of Fire”, conducted by Simon Rattle.
• In 2015, CITV commissioned a brand new series of episodes.41 The new series amended the format in which it featured episodes that had much more dialogue than normal.
• He was originally set to be called Mr White or Mr Cauliflower.

Episodes

A sweet girl, who probably has a sort of degree in something or other. She’s sort of fond of Mr Bean but mainly visits so that her teddy can play with Bean’s teddy. Mr. Bean appeared in the music video of a 1991 fundraising single for Comic Relief, fronted by Hale and Pace, entitled “The Stonk”.34 Mr. Bean also appeared in the music video for the Boyzone single “Picture of You”,35 which was the main theme song for the first film adaptation. After filming ended, one of the original Minis was sold to Kariker Kars to be hired for various events whereupon it was temporarily displayed as a major attraction at the Rover Group’s museum.

It has inspired an animated spin-off and two theatrical feature-length films, along with Atkinson reprising the titular role for a performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, television commercials, and several sketches for Comic Relief. The programme carries strong appeal in hundreds of territories worldwide because, in addition to the acclaim from its original run, it uses very little intelligible dialogue, making it accessible to people who know little or no English. In 2012, Atkinson reprised his role as Mr. Bean for a live performance as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London.