Mr Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Rowan Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton.

The first episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the final episode, Hair by Mr. Bean of London on 15 November 1995. Based on a character developed by Rowan Atkinson at university, the series followed the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as “a child in a grown man’s body”, in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causingdisruption in the process.

During its five year run the series gained large UK audience figures, including 18.74 million for the 1992 episode “The Trouble With Mr. Bean”. The series has been the recipient of a number of international awards, including the Rose d’Or. The show has been sold in 200 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films and an animated cartoon spin-off We have a small selection of Mr Bean figurines on our website which can be found here