The British Comedy Guide

Mr Bean MR BEAN

1. Mr. Bean

Mr BeanBean is sitting a Maths exam, and has brought his lucky Pink Panther model which he amuses himself with for a while. To his horror finds that he doesn't know the answers to the questions, and after being very upset, tries to find many creative ways to gain the answers.

Bean is at the beach, and wants to change into his swimwear without the man next to him seeing his modesty! Many rounds of acrobatic changing ensue as he tries to put his swimwear on without first taking off his trousers, which turns out to be a wasted effort as the man is blind!

Bean is at a church service, finds it hard to keep the proper etiquette. He doesn't know how to handle a sneeze and the resulting mess, much to the disgust of the very well-bred man next to him. He then tries to stay awake and ends up in all manner of strange positions, again to the disapproval of the man next to him. Finally, he enjoys singing along to one of the hymns with gusto, except that he hasn't got a hymn book with him, but he joins in loudly and tunelessly with the bit he can quickly pick up.

"ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!"
Bean knows two words of the hymn so he sings them very loudly!

First broadcast: 1st Jan 1990

2. The Return of Mr. Bean

The Return of Mr BeanBean has been given a credit card and is going to a department store try to enjoy using it. He doesn't like the smell of perfume, and crawls on the floor to get past it. He then pretends to wear a towel as a dress, tries out a potato peeler before buying it, and measures out a frying pan with a real fish that he brought with him! He accidentally puts the card in another man's back pocket, who walks off and drags bean with him into the toilet. The man is most shocked when Bean hands him a toilet roll!

Bean goes to a restaurant (alone) for his birthday, and orders the steak. He doesn't realise what steak tartare is, however, and is absolutely horrified by the sight and taste of raw mince and raw egg. He does his best to hide it in the most interesting of places!

Bean is in the line-up waiting to greet the Queen at a performance. He needs to smarten himself up for the visit, but gets his finger stuck through his flies in a phallic way as he tries to fix them. When Her Majesty arrives, Bean accidentally headbutts the Queen into unconsciousness!

"Steak, yes."
Bean doesn't yet know what steak tartare is!

First broadcast: 5th Nov 1990

3. The Curse of Mr. Bean

The Curse of Mr BeanBean goes to a swimming pool and, after being told off by the lifeguard for trying to go down one of the children's slides (if only the lifeguard knew just how suitable it was for him!) he attempts to dive gracefully off the diving board. Only he doesn't realise that he doesn't like heights until he reaches the top! He manages to fall off after much deliberation, only to discover that he's lost his swimming trunks! He hides from the lifeguards whilst they clear the pool but he runs stark naked into a group of girls entering their swimming class!

Bean sits on a park bench and begins to make an ingenious lunch! He uses scissors to cut up a fresh loaf of bread, a credit card to spread butter on it, washes lettuce leaves in the drinking fountain and dries them in his sock! Add very freshly killed anchovies...!

Bean goes to watch a horror movie with his girlfriend, but doesn't want to share his popcorn. He enjoy scaring his girlfriend with noises and actions before the film starts, but when it does begin, he finds the film a very scary experience indeed and he slides off his seat.

First broadcast: 1st Jan 1991

4. Mr. Bean Goes to Town

Mr Bean Goes to TownBean has bought a new television! However, plugging it in and tuning in the aerial are not the simple tasks they might seem (to normal people) and after managing to power it up, Bean spends a great deal of time indeed trying to gain a decent reception for his television.

Bean acquires a Polaroid camera and finds such a simple device complicated to operate! He finds a man to supposedly help but who runs off with it, so Bean captures him in a bin; the identity parade involves him borrowing a pen to stab the men to recognise their screams.

Bean loses a shoe on top of a car(!) and spends a while hopping around to get it back. He then goes to Club Phut, where he is chosen to assist the magician with his act. Bad choice, magician! Bean doesn't understand the subtleties of magic and ruins the show.

Bean then moves onto a rather cheesy nightclub, where he tries to dance impressively, and ends up falling over. He accidentally gropes another man whilst trying to dance seductively for his lady of interest, who then dances with someone else. So Bean turns off the mains power in the club.

"Excuse me. I'm looking for my watch"
Bean doesn't quite understand magic...

First broadcast: 15th Oct 1991

5. The Trouble with Mr. Bean

The Trouble With Mr BeanBean has set himself a plethora of alarm clocks and other ingenious waking-up devices, all of which he ignores and switches off because he's feeling tired. He walks into the wall to refresh himself, but as he gets ready for the day he realises that he's slept in! He then has a little flap when he realises he's going to be late for the dentist, so cleans his teeth whilst getting dressed, whilst driving there! Bean then amuses himself playing with the equipment much to the irritation (and injury) of the dentist, who is given a general anaesthetic by Bean!

Bean goes to the park in the afternoon and causes yet more mayhem. He tries to drive a remote control boat and instead finds himself controlling an automatic wheelchair, tipping the occupant into the lake after an exciting windy ride! He meticulously sets out his picnic and foils a car thief by bringing the steering-wheel out with him to the picnic. He is joined on his picnic by a bee, which causes much trouble in the air, and inside Bean's mouth, ear, and trousers! He eventually kills the bee and is then chased away by a whole swarm of them!

First broadcast: 1st Jan 1992

6. Mr. Bean Rides Again

Mr Bean tries to revive a man who has a heart attack in the queue for the bus; steals a postage stamp; packs for his holiday; gets irritated by a man laughing on the train and has an incident with a sick bag aboard the plane.

First broadcast: 17th Feb 1992

7. Merry Christmas Mr. Bean

Bean causes trouble in Harrods; conducts a band and spends a frugal Christmas with his girlfriend.

First broadcast: 29th Dec 1992

8. Mr. Bean in Room 426

Mr Bean stays in a posh hotel. Things do not go well for the other guests.

First broadcast: 17th Feb 1993

9. Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean

Mr Bean invites his 'friends' Rupert and Hubert to a very boring New Year's party. The next day he visits the January sales and then proceeds to give his flat a makeover.

First broadcast: 10th Jan 1994

10. Mind The Baby, Mr Bean

Mr Bean goes to the funfair and reluctantly ends up looking after a lost baby.

First broadcast: 25th April 1994

11. Back To School, Mr Bean

Mr Bean attends an Adult Education open day at the local school. He disturbs the presentations and practicals in various ways before the army accidentally crush his Mini with their tank.

First broadcast: 26th Oct 1994

12. Tee Off, Mr. Bean

Mr Bean goes to the launderette where he falls out with one of the other customers. In part 2 he plays a game of crazy golf with a final score of over 3000 thanks to a detour around the local area.

First broadcast: 20th Sept 1995

13. Good Night, Mr. Bean

Bean visits hospital and tries various ways to jump the queue; he annoys a Queen's Guard at a tourist attraction; and he has trouble sleeping.

First broadcast: 31st Oct 1995

14. Hair by Mr. Bean of London

Hair by Mr Bean of LondonBean enters a barber's salon, and after deliberation, eventually decides on a style he likes, picks up a comic and becomes mesmerised, refusing to hold his head straight for the barber, so he wanders off, frustrated. Bean becomes bored so plays hairdresser. But customers enter, assuming he is the hairdresser! He gives a boy a new "trendy" haircut; strips a man of his treasured ponytail, and shaves the top of another man's head, patching hair shavings on with shaving-foam to try to cover this up. He wanders off craftily just as the customers return to shout at the real hairdresser.

Bean goes to a village fete and parks in a sheep pen, much to the annoyance of the sheep farmer! He gets very excited at many of the stalls, including throwing everything possible at the "sponge the teacher" teacher, before entering Teddy for the best pet competition: he wins 1st prize!

Bean gets off a train and has unfortunately forgotten his ticket. He tries to sneak through the gate without the guard seeing, failing miserably each time. However, he finds himself a mail bag to climb into and almost escapes, but ends up loaded onto a freight train bound for Moscow.

First broadcast: Video/DVD Only

DVD Sketch: The Library

The LibraryBean goes to the library and tries hard to be quiet, which is difficult as he's suffering from hiccups. He wrecks a book with his pen and damages it further by trying to repair it with correcting fluid, but craftily swaps his book over with another before he dodges out.

First broadcast: DVD Only

DVD Sketch: The Bus Stop

Mr Bean tries all kinds of tricks to get in front of a blind man and a young mother to be first in line for the bus. He eventually succeeds only for the bus to pull up at the back of the queue.

First broadcast: DVD Only

Other Bean Sketches

Red Nose Day 1991 - Mr. Bean's Red Nose Day: A short appearance by Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean.

Comic Relief 1993 - Blind Date: Mr Bean goes on Cilla Black's "Blind Date" - the girl picks him but the date is a disaster.

Comic Relief 1995 - Torvill and Bean: Mr Bean takes his girlfriend to watch a Torvill and Dean ice-skating show but soon ends up performing on the ice with Jayne Torvill much to the annoyance of Christopher Dean and the security guard he'd annoyed earlier in the evening.

Comic Relief 2007 - Wedding: Mr Bean destroys a wedding. Disasters include his alarm clock present going off in the ceremony and the bride's dress being ripped off by a clumsy Mr Bean.

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