Miniseries · Netflix
Man vs Baby
One baby. Endless disaster.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rowan Atkinson
Trevor Bingley
4 eps
Claudie Blakley
Jess
2 eps
Alanah Bloor
Maddy
3 eps
Bobby Scott Freeman
Postman
1 eps
Jay Kiyani
Shopkeeper
1 eps
Nina Sosanya
Diana
1 eps
Rosie Cavaliero
Pamela
1 eps
Isla Ashworth
Wiseman
1 eps
Jayda Eyles
Mary
1 eps
Jasper Ambrose
Joseph
1 eps
Asia-Sky Fenty
Narrator
1 eps
Joseph Balderrama
Cesar Jimenez
1 eps
Jensen Clayden
Innkeeper
1 eps
Rosie Akerman
June
1 eps
Pippa Duffy
Detective Constable Eyston
1 eps
Darren Strange
Neil
1 eps
Sunil Patel
Detective Sergeant Gupta
2 eps
Susannah Fielding
Petra
3 eps
Sunetra Sarker
Georgia Hakopian
3 eps
Michael Dobby
Tom
1 eps
Robert Bathurst
Lionel
2 eps
Ivana Basic
Elsa
1 eps
Imman Zaffrani
Dorothy
1 eps
Toby Longworth
Uncle Hector
1 eps
Penelope McGhie
Brenda
1 eps
Russell Dean
Peter
1 eps
Gary Pillai
Colin
1 eps
Kelly Hampson
Lesley
1 eps
Oriel Bathurst
Gillian
1 eps
Ellie White
Amethyst
2 eps
Angus Imrie
Soren
2 eps
Alexandra Evans
Romy
1 eps
Antonia Kinlay
Rachel
1 eps
Ella Augustin
Eva
1 eps
Susy Kane
Annabelle
2 eps
Lucas Hare
Traffic Warden 1
1 eps
Helena Cullinan
Traffic Warden 2
1 eps
Ashley Jensen
Janet
1 eps
Steve Edge
Met Police Officer
1 eps
Lara Maskell
Hayley
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Man vs Baby actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Man vs Baby reads strongest on Humour, Bingeability and Serialized.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
As Christmas approaches, a blundering-all-the-way dad juggles housesitting a posh London penthouse with an unexpected pickle: caring for a lost baby.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20254 episodes
7.2IMDbAfter the chaos of "Man vs. Bee", Trevor Bingley has taken a quieter job as a school caretaker. A lucrative Christmas penthouse gig lures him back — and when no one collects the Baby Jesus from the school nativity, Trevor finds himself with an unexpected companion over the holidays.
Best episode · S01E01 Chapter 1
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Chapter 1
Trevor's Christmas preparations take an unexpected turn when he's left in charge of a lost baby just as a lucrative house-sitting offer falls in his lap.
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E03 · Signature episode
Chapter 3
If being locked out of the penthouse and dealing with nightly intruders wasn't enough, an unfortunate mix-up leads Trevor to part with the wrong baby.
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E02 · Signature episode
Chapter 2
After passing the house-sitter interview while keeping the rascally baby out of sight, Trevor faces his next challenge: changing nappies.
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E04 · Signature episode
Chapter 4
An unexpected bit of news from the penthouse owners sends Trevor into a mad scramble to save Christmas — and the baby — from disaster.
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Chapter 1
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E02 · Signature episode
Chapter 2
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E03 · Signature episode
Chapter 3
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
S01E04 · Signature episode
Chapter 4
- Directed by David Kerr
- Written by William Davies, Rowan Atkinson
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- William DaviesExecutive Producer
- Chris ClarkExecutive Producer
- Kate FasuloProducer
Writing
- William DaviesWriter
- William DaviesWriter
- Rowan AtkinsonWriter
Direction
- David KerrDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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