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Happy Birthday Mr Bean

A documentary looking back at the thirty years since comedy legend Mr Bean landed on our screens. With classic clips and interviews from key creators, including Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis.

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Iain Thompson, Alex Mucadum

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Tiger Aspect,ITV

Awards

1 win total

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MUSIC: 'Watch Me'
by The Phantoms - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

MUSIC: 'Watch Me' by The Phantoms

I still find him funny
and I think I can still perform him. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I still find him funny and I think I can still perform him.

They're the university boys
and I was the secondary school kid. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

They're the university boys and I was the secondary sch...

I had the seventh most recognisable
face in the world. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I had the seventh most recognisable face in the world.

He's also, in my opinion,
the greatest clown of our lifetime. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

He's also, in my opinion, the greatest clown of our lif...

At 8pm on New Year's Day - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

At 8pm on New Year's Day

ITV were looking
for one half-hour show - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

ITV were looking for one half-hour show

And it was
just a complete fluke, really, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And it was just a complete fluke, really,

When it was presented to the
British public it was so mainstream - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

When it was presented to the British public it was so mainst...

SINGING HYMN - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'Church sketch
was the first Mr Bean sketch - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'Church sketch was the first Mr Bean sketch

The longer it takes for him to
slowly fall asleep in his own lap, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The longer it takes for him to slowly fall asleep in his own...

The great joy of these
was the rehearsal of them, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The great joy of these was the rehearsal of them,

We had an idea, it seemed rich, and
we would just sit in a room and say, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

We had an idea, it seemed rich, and we would just sit in a r...

# Hallelujah, Hallelujah... # - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

# Hallelujah, Hallelujah... #

# Hallelujah. # - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

# Hallelujah. #

You know,
really lucky to have met Richard - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

You know, really lucky to have met Richard

Well, Rowan and I turned up
at a sketch writing club in Oxford - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Well, Rowan and I turned up at a sketch writing club in Oxfo...

And then we were asked to submit
some material and he stood up - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And then we were asked to submit some material and he stood ...

I actually met Rowan
in my first hour of university. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I actually met Rowan in my first hour of university.

So I went to the desk and said,
"Look, I do music - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

So I went to the desk and said, "Look, I do music

He said, "Well, OK,
someone will come and see you." - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

He said, "Well, OK, someone will come and see you."...

"Do you wanna do the music?"
So I said, "Yes!" - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

"Do you wanna do the music?" So I said, "Yes!...

It started to be
more and more about Rowan, really, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

It started to be more and more about Rowan, really,

I mean,
Mr Bean was created for theatre, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I mean, Mr Bean was created for theatre,

We started to create
these purely visual sketches. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

We started to create these purely visual sketches.

If I had to tell a story
entirely visually, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

If I had to tell a story entirely visually,

I think it's a funny idea, you know.
He's absurd, but he makes me laugh. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I think it's a funny idea, you know. He's absurd, ...

The sketches
they created for the theatre - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The sketches they created for the theatre

It hadn't occurred to us that
there was a universal character. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

It hadn't occurred to us that there was a universal cha...

One was a kind of bloke
who goes to church a lot, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

One was a kind of bloke who goes to church a lot,

When we thought, let's do this
TV show with whatever it was, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

When we thought, let's do this TV show with whatever it...

What was usually funny
was just the process - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

What was usually funny was just the process

I've concentrated on trigonometry. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I've concentrated on trigonometry.

I believe they concentrated
on calculus last year. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I believe they concentrated on calculus last year.

SNIGGERS - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'Bodily expression,
particularly with Mr Bean, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'Bodily expression, particularly with Mr Bean,

'You know, there may be no words,
but you're being shouted at, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'You know, there may be no words, but you're being...

The word "compelling"
is quite good, because I think - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The word "compelling" is quite good, because I thi...

He gets locked out of his room, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

He gets locked out of his room,

And then you can be pretty confident - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And then you can be pretty confident

Would those who answered
the green calculus papers - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Would those who answered the green calculus papers

And those who answered
the white trigonometry papers - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And those who answered the white trigonometry papers

What I've always done
on the Mr Beans, as it were, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

What I've always done on the Mr Beans, as it were,

'I said stop writing.' - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'I said stop writing.'

It is 30 years
since the first Mr Bean - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

It is 30 years since the first Mr Bean

Between 1990 and 1995, the team went
on to produce 14 episodes in total. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Between 1990 and 1995, the team went on to produce 14 episod...

I thought there were probably 114 - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I thought there were probably 114

We didn't make 14 at once.
We made two, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

We didn't make 14 at once. We made two,

They were always given
a sort of prime spot - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

They were always given a sort of prime spot

And suddenly, you know,
people realised - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And suddenly, you know, people realised

After the overnight success
of episode one, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

After the overnight success of episode one,

I would say in the story
of Mr Bean, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I would say in the story of Mr Bean,

I always think in a way
Rowan and I did the obvious ones. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I always think in a way Rowan and I did the obvious ones.

And what was brilliant about Robin
is that he's just kept, as it were, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And what was brilliant about Robin is that he's just ke...

My agent rang and said
that they were gonna commission - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

My agent rang and said that they were gonna commission

Richard and Rowan called me in and
said, "We'd love you to join us." - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Richard and Rowan called me in and said, "We'd lov...

They're the university boys,
the Oxford boys, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

They're the university boys, the Oxford boys,

One of the sketches was one
that I'd actually submitted - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

One of the sketches was one that I'd actually submitted

And it was being sat in an armchair
on top of the Mini. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And it was being sat in an armchair on top of the Mini.

And I just thought, no, that'll cost
too much. They'll never do that. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And I just thought, no, that'll cost too much. They...

And I watched it the other day - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And I watched it the other day

That is the huge difference - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

That is the huge difference

I'm sorry to have to tell you that
there is a man hidden in the car - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I'm sorry to have to tell you that there is a man hidde...

Even in that sketch,
the sound of a Mini disappearing - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Even in that sketch, the sound of a Mini disappearing

EXHALES - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

GROANS - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I like the little moment
when he comes back into his room - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

I like the little moment when he comes back into his room

You had other members of crew often,
you know, whispering to me ideas. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

You had other members of crew often, you know, whispering to...

One of the set hands
just came up to me - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

One of the set hands just came up to me

COUGHS - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The scripts of purely visual comedy, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The scripts of purely visual comedy,

You know, they're dull to read
and they're dull to deal with. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

You know, they're dull to read and they're dull to...

So it's actually much more fun
just to have a one-line idea. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

So it's actually much more fun just to have a one-line ...

And then Richard would be there very
diligently or Robin just, you know, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And then Richard would be there very diligently or Robin jus...

TV WHITE NOISE - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

MUSIC ON TV STOPS,
WHITE NOISE ON TV - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

MUSIC ON TV STOPS, WHITE NOISE ON TV

WHITE NOISE ON TV - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

WHITE NOISE ON TV

WHITE NOISE - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

You're being forced to watch him - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

You're being forced to watch him

But it sort of
generates a laughter, I think. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

But it sort of generates a laughter, I think.

WHITE NOISE STOPS,
MUSIC STARTS - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

WHITE NOISE STOPS, MUSIC STARTS

CLICKING - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'You join us as the royal car - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

'You join us as the royal car

A long line of people
about to do something - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

A long line of people about to do something

Yes, the funny thing about this - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Yes, the funny thing about this

And of course, what happened is,
you know, - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And of course, what happened is, you know,

And so everyone now assumes it's
the Queen that Mr Bean is meeting. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

And so everyone now assumes it's the Queen that Mr Bean...

But that was never the intention. It
was supposed to be the Queen Mother. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

But that was never the intention. It was supposed to be the ...

The man on the left there is a very,
very handsome younger version of me. - Happy Birthday Mr Bean

The man on the left there is a very, very handsome younger v...

Happy Birthday Mr Bean poster

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A documentary looking back at the thirty years since comedy legend Mr Bean landed on our screens. With classic clips and interviews from key creators, including Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis.

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Director: Iain Thompson, Alex Mucadum

Writer: N/A

Production: Tiger Aspect,ITV

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Jan 2021

Awards: 1 win total

Homepage: https://www.itv.com/watch/happy-birthday-mr-bean/10a0711