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Series Information
Mr. Bean was a British comedy television series of 13
half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson. It was
written by Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and
Ben Elton. The self-titled first episode was broadcast
on 1 January 1990, with the final episode, "Goodnight,
Mr. Bean", on 31 October 1995.
Mr. Bean
 The title character, played by Atkinson, is a
selfish, childlike, sometimes ingenious, and generally
likeable buffoon who frequently gets into hilarious
situations due to his various schemes and contrivances.
The show relies upon physical comedy, with Mr. Bean
speaking very little dialogue. He lives alone in his
small flat in Highbury, North London.
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
tasks, such as going swimming, redecorating or taking an
exam. The humour largely comes from his original
solutions to any problems and his total disregard for
others when solving them. Indeed, some of Bean's actions
occasionally have a particularly malevolent aspect to
them.
At the beginning of episode two onwards, Mr. Bean falls
from the sky in a beam of light. These opening sequences
were initially in black and white in episodes 2 and 3,
and were intended by the producers to show his status as
an "ordinary man cast into the spotlight". However,
later episodes showed Mr. Bean dropping from the night
sky in a deserted London street, against the backdrop of
St. Paul's Cathedral. Later in the animated series he
was shown to be an alien. Atkinson himself has
acknowledged that Bean "has a slightly alien aspect to
him". Mr. Bean's Teddy
 Teddy (usually pronounced "Teddie" by Mr. Bean) is
Mr. Bean's teddy bear, generally regarded as Mr. Bean's
best friend. Although inanimate, he is invaluable as a
trusted conspirator, easy to beat at chess and doubles
as a good dish cloth or paint brush in an emergency. The
bear is a dark brown, knitted oddity with button eyes
and sausage-shaped limbs and invariably ends up broken
in half or in various other states of destruction.
Occasionally, Teddy seems to be almost animate, for
example when Mr. Bean hypnotizes Teddy, snaps his
fingers and the bear's head falls backwards as if he's
fallen asleep instantly. Mr. Bean's Car
 Mr. Bean's car, a MkIII Austin Mini, developed a
character of sorts. At first, an orange Mini was Mr.
Bean's vehicle of choice, but this was crashed at the
end of the first episode. From then on, the car was lime
green with a black bonnet. It made its first appearance
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The Mini was central to several antics, such as Mr. Bean
getting dressed in it whilst driving or steering it
whilst sitting in an armchair strapped to the roof. It
also had a number of innovative security measures; Mr.
Bean fitted the door with a bolt-latch and padlock,
rather than use the lock fitted on the car, and he
always removed the steering wheel instead of the key,
which formed a running joke in several episodes, at one
point deterring a car thief. The car was crushed by a
tank in 'Back to School Mr. Bean', but returned in later
episodes.
The Mini is often seen in conflict with a light blue
Reliant Regal Supervan III, which will usually get
tipped over, crashed into, bumped out of its parking
space and so forth.
One of the original Mr. Bean Minis is on display at the
Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in Keswick, northern
England. Other Characters
Although Mr. Bean is the only significant human
character in the program, other characters appear,
usually as foils for his various antics. There is only
one recurring supporting character, his sometime
"girlfriend" Irma Gobb (played by Matilda Ziegler).
However, several notable British actors and comedians
appear alongside Atkinson in sketches as various one-off
supporting characters, including Richard Briers, Angus
Deayton, Nick Hancock, David Schneider and Richard
Wilson.
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