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Mr Bean is a British TV series in 14 episodes of 28 minutes, created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis and aired between 1 January 1990 and October 31, 1995 on the network ITV1. In France, the series aired from 1992 on France 3 and Belgium on RTBF.

An animated series, entitled Mister Bean: The Animated Series, 26 episodes of 22 minutes, was broadcast from January 25, 2002 still on ITV1. In Belgium, the series was broadcast on RTL Club and Quebec on VRAK.TV. In France, this series is actuellemnt not running.

Synopsis
This series depicts Mr Bean, a man and dopey caricature, putting themselves voluntarily or not in situations more or less funny. With an almost total absence of dialogue, his adventures based on his comic prowess.

First

1. Mr Bean (Mr Bean) 1989
2. The Return of Mr. Bean (The Return of Mr Bean) 1990
3. The Malheurs Mr Bean (The Curse of Mr Bean) 1990
4. Mr Bean goes to town (Mr Bean Goes to Town) 1991
5. The Déboires Mr Bean (The Trouble with Mr. Bean)
6. The New Adventures of Mr. Bean (Mr Bean Rides Again)
7. Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean (Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean)
8. Mister Bean: Room 426 (Mr Bean in Room 426)
9. Beware of the baby, Mr Bean (Mind the Baby, Mr Bean)
10. At the Fortune Pot, Mr Bean (Do It Yourself, Mr Bean) 1993
11. Mr Bean back to school (Back to School, Mr Bean) 1993
12. Mini-golf alias Mr Bean This pest Mr Bean (Tee Off, Mr. Bean)
13. Good night, Mr Bean (Goodnight, Mr Bean) 1995
14. Mr Bean topped the pole alias Hair by Mr Bean of London (Hair by Mr Bean of London) 1995

Second series (animated series)

1. Mother Nature / Opinion Research (In the Wild / Missing Teddy)
2. Terminal complete / Spoils of Mr Bean (No Parking / Bean's Bounty)
3. Place the artist / Fly (Artful Bean / The Fly)
4. The mime / Spring Cleaning (Mime Games / Spring Clean)
5. Pets / In pursuit of sunshine (No Pets / Ray of Sunshine)
6. Important work / sofa (Roadworks / The Sofa)
7. Camping / Full gas (Camping / Chocks Away)
8. Rose badger / head to head (In the Pink / Dinner for Two)
9. Treasure Hunt / Homeless (Treasure / Homeless)
10. Title french unknown (Super Trolley / Magpie)
11. Title french unknown (Hot Date / Wanted)
12. The ball / Rage teeth (The Ball / Toothache)
13. The hairdresser /? (Haircut / Neighbourly Bean)
14. Title french unknown (Art Thief / Scaredy Bean)
15. Title french unknown (A Royal Makeover / Super Marrow)
16. Title french unknown (Car Trouble / Restaurant)
17. Title french unknown (Gadget Kid / Visitor)
18. The baby /? (Nurse! / Dead Cat)
19. Title french unknown (Cat Sitting / The Bottle)
20. Happy Birthday Teddy / taupe (Birthday Bear / The Mole)
21. Save the Queen / The young Bean (Royal Bean / Young Bean)
22. Title french unknown (Hopping Mad / A Grand Invitation)
23. Television (Big TV / Keyboard Capers)
24. Title french unknown (Goldfish / Inventor)
25. Title french unknown (A Running Battle / Egg and Bean)
26. Bean lovers /? (Bean in Love / Double Trouble)

Comments
Rowan Atkinson defines the character of Mr Bean as "a child of eight years in an adult body."

Mr Bean made two appearances in the film Bean of Mel Smith (1997) and The Holiday Mr. Bean of Steve Bendelack (2007).

Music
The musical accompaniment of Mr Bean differs from other comedies since the generic, written by Howard Goodall, is sung by the choir of Southwark Cathedral. The words are in latin:

* Ecce Homo, which is faba - Here is the man who is a bean (sung at the beginning)
* Finishes parties primae - End of Part One (sung before the advertisements in the original version)
* Pars secunda - Part Two (sung after advertisements)
* Vale homo which is faba - Adieu, the man who is a bean (sung at the end)

Goodall has also written musical accompaniment for the various episodes.

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