Bean character and Atkinson wanted to see how the silent character's physical comedy would fare on an international stage with a non-English speaking audience. As it turned out, Atkinson's act at the festival was a test platform for the Mr. Having no French dialogue in his act at all, program co-ordinators could not understand why Atkinson wanted to perform on the French bill. When programme co-ordinators were scheduling Atkinson into the festival program, Atkinson insisted that he perform on the French-speaking bill rather than the English-speaking program. Bean's earliest appearances occurred at the " Just For Laughs" comedy festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A similar character called Robert Box, played by Atkinson, appeared in the one-off 1979 ITV sitcom Canned Laughter, which also featured routines used in the 1997 film Bean. A sketch featuring the character was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in the early 1980s. Bean was developed while Atkinson was studying for his MSc at Oxford University. The show has been sold in 245 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films and an animated cartoon spin-off.
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The series has been the recipient of a number of international awards, including the Rose d'Or. ĭuring its five-year run the series gained large UK audience figures, including 18.74 million for the 1992 episode "The Trouble With Mr. The series was influenced by physical performers such as Jacques Tati and comic actors from silent films. Bean rarely speaks, and the largely physical humour of the series is derived from Bean's interactions with other people and his unusual solutions to situations. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. Bean of London", was a video exclusive released on 15 November 1995, but not broadcast in the UK until 2006.īased on a character originally developed by Atkinson at university, the series follows the exploits of Mr.
The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the last television episode, "Goodnight Mr. Different episodes were written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character.
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