
Scripted series · ITV1
Mr. Bean
The Amazing Mr. Bean!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Mr. Bean actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Mr. Bean reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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
Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S00E01
The Library
Mr. Bean visits a rare book library (possibly the British Library), where he reads a rare tome that must be handled with gloves. Soon after he uses a pencil and a crayon to copy a page of the book by shading on a piece of tracing paper, he sneezes, and the tracing paper slips away. He doesn't notice this, and continues to use a crayon for shading, but on the book instead of the tracing paper. When he notices this, he attempts to remedy the situation but only makes the matters worse. His final solution is to swap his book with that of someone else at his table and he almost gets away with it.
- Directed by François Reczulski

S01E01
Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean attends a mathematics exam, where he tries to copy from a student under the nose of the invigilator, when he realizes that he has studied the wrong maths equations. Afterwards, he surreptitiously changes into his swimming trunks so as not to be noticed by someone sitting nearby at a beach. And later struggles to stay awake during a church service and obnoxiously sings the refrain of the hymn "All Creatures of Our God and King," much to the annoyance of the man sitting next to him, Mr. Sprout.
- Directed by John Howard Davies
- Written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton

S01E09
Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean
On New Year's Eve, Bean hosts his very own party with his friends Rupert and Hubert, but it isn't long before his guests discover that there is more fun at the party next door and trick Bean into letting them go. The following morning on New Year's Day, Bean buys some new tools and a large recliner armchair at the January sales of a department store and has a unique way of driving home. He then tries painting his flat himself and starts off the new year with a bang.
- Directed by John Birkin
- Written by Robin Driscoll, Rowan Atkinson

S01E07
Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
While Christmas shopping, Mr. Bean purchases a bulky string of tree lights before making a shambles of a department store toy section. He later manages to acquire a free turkey and Christmas tree, and attempts to conduct a Salvation Army band. Finally, during Christmas dinner, Bean has quite a surprise in store for his long-suffering girlfriend.
- Directed by John Birkin
- Written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis

S01E06
Mr. Bean Rides Again
At the bus stop, Mr. Bean tries his best to revive a heart attack victim before using an ambulance to jump-start his own mini-car. Later, when posting a letter, he loses his only stamp, but that doesn't stop him from sending his letter anyway. Whilst preparing for his holiday, Mr. Bean demonstrates a novel (if not entirely efficient) method of packing, then disposes of a bothersome train passenger, and tries to entertain an airsick boy during a plane flight.
- Directed by John Birkin, Paul Weiland
- Written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis

S01E13
Goodnight, Mr. Bean
At a hospital waiting room, Bean uses various methods to skip ahead of the queue but his antics backfire. Later at a park, he decorates Queen's Guard, so that he can take a picture. And at the end of the day, Bean tries to cure his insomnia with some unusual methods at home.
- Directed by John Birkin
- Written by Robin Driscoll, Rowan Atkinson
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E14
Happy Birthday Mr Bean

S00E20
British Airways Safety Video

S00E25
Mr. Bean 25th Anniversary Behind The Scenes

S00E12
Mr. Bean Drives His Car Again

S00E11
Picture of You

S00E10
Funeral
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
- Sue VertueProducer
- Peter Bennett-JonesExecutive Producer
- Peter Bennett-JonesProducer
- John Howard DaviesProducer
Writing
- Robin DriscollWriter
- Richard CurtisWriter
- Ben EltonWriter
- Rowan AtkinsonWriter
Direction
- John BirkinDirector
- John Howard DaviesDirector
- Paul WeilandDirector
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