Mr. Bean is a popular 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.

The character of Mr. Bean was developed while Atkinson was studying
for his MSc at Oxford University. A sketch featuring the character
was being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in the early 1980s.

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 causing
disruption 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,
The first episode won the Golden Rose, as well as two other major
prizes at the 1991 Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival in Montreux.

In the UK, the episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean" was nominated for
a number of BAFTA awards; "Best Light Entertainment Programme" in 1991,
"Best Comedy" (Programme or Series) in 1992, and Atkinson was nominated
three times for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" in 1991,
1992 and 1994."Mr. Bean" won the Norwegian comedy award "Tidleg Sædavgang".

Digital channel ITV3 began rebroadcasting the series from January 5, 2010.