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Mr. Bean is the titular main protagonist of the comedy series of the same name. He is a slow-witted, sometimes ingenious, selfish, and generally likable buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and connivance to everyday tasks. 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.

Teddy

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. In “Tee Off, Mr. Bean”, Bean is hitchhiking and the Reliant pulls over for him but Bean, who recognizes the car, pretends to not see it until it leaves. 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 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. Due to its widespread popularity, the series aired in many other countries; in the United States, it aired on HBO starting on 2 April 1992,30 and also ran on PBS television stations across the United States.31 Reruns of the series were also shown on Fox Family during the late 1990s, both as segments in the variety series Ohh Nooo!

The Reliant

• He can sometimes be a gentlemen towards other women, like Roxy and Sabine, but he doesn’t show much care to his girlfriend which was proven in many episodes (live-action and animated).
• When he finally blows his nose with his serviette, he throws it into the grand piano.
• These opening sequences were initially in episodes 2 and 3, and they were intended by the producers to show his status as an “outcast cast into the spotlight”.
• These opening sequences were initially in black and white in episodes two and three, and were intended by the producers to show his status as an “ordinary man cast into the spotlight”.
• For this scene, Bean does not wear his usual brown tweed sports jacket but the traditional clothing of the musician – white tie and tails.
• Due to its widespread popularity, the series aired in many other countries; in the United States, it aired on HBO starting on 2 April 1992,30 and also ran on PBS television stations across the United States.31 Reruns of the series were also shown on Fox Family during the late 1990s, both as segments in the variety series Ohh Nooo!

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. 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.

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Mr. Bean is also a pain to the Reliant Regal in loads of episodes becoming a running gag in the series. In a few occasions, Mr. Bean had been a bit kind but he rarely shows it. He also tends to hate Irma kissing him, and whenever Irma does this to him, he would usually smudge his cheek. The second film, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, was directed by Steve Bendelack and released in 2007. The film is notable for featuring a mixture of traditional film photography and home-shot video camera photography.

• Mr. Bean often pretends his teddy is real but he doesn’t always treat Teddy nicely.
• From 2002 to 2004, 52 episodes were originally broadcast on ITV1 each consisting of two 11-minute segments.
• Mr. Bean’s vehicle, a citron-green16 1977 British Leyland Mini 1000 Mark 417 with a matte black bonnet, was central to several antics such as Bean getting dressed in it, driving while sitting in an armchair strapped to the roof or attempting to avoid a car park fee by driving out through the entrance.
• Although the Mini has been crushed, it nonetheless reappears in subsequent episodes with the same colours and registration number (SLW 287R) as the car that has been crushed.
• 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.
• The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and Robin Driscoll; the pilot episode was co-written by Ben Elton.

Series Info

At the end of episodes three and six he is also shown being sucked right back up into the sky in the respective background scenes (black scene in episode 3 and street scene in episode 6). Atkinson has acknowledged that Mr. Bean “has an alien aspect to him”.2 In the animated series (episode, MrBen “Double Trouble”) he is taken inside a spacecraft with “aliens” who look exactly like him and even have their own plushy toys. In an homage, the aliens send him back home in a beam of light and music similar to the opening of the original live-action Mr. Bean series. Mr. Bean is mostly seen wearing a brown tweed jacket, a white shirt, a thin red tie, dark brown trousers with a lighter brown belt, gray socks, and black shoes. Occasionally, he will change his outfit (often to suit the scene he is in).

Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple activities, such as going swimming, using a television set, interior decorating or going to church. 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. In 2012, Atkinson reprised his role as Mr. Bean for a live performance as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. In the scene, Mr. Bean works within the London Symphony Orchestra in its performance of “Chariots of Fire”, conducted by Simon Rattle.