Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

British animated television series

Key facts

Genre: Animated series , Comedy
Created by: Rowan Atkinson
Based on: Mr. Bean , by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis
Directed by: Tim Fehrenbach (series 2) Dave Osborne (series 3-4) Filippo Cigognini (series 4)
Voices of: Rowan Atkinson Sally Grace Matilda Ziegler
Composers: Howard Goodall , John Greswell ("Bean Hypnotised")
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 169 + 1 special ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Rowan Atkinson Katherine Senior (series 3) Peter Bennett-Jones (series 1-2) Christopher Skala (series 2) Claudia Lloyd (series 2) Tom Beattie (series 4)
Producers: Jill Thomas (series 1) Claudia Lloyd (series 1) Tom Beattie (series 2-3) Christopher Skala (series 3) Arnold Widdowson (series 4)

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Mr. Bean: The Animated Series is a British animated sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Richard Purdum Productions and Varga Holdings (for the first series). Based on the live-action television sitcom of the same title created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, the sitcom centres on Mr. Bean (Atkinson), Teddy, Irma Gobb (Matilda Ziegler), the Reliant Regal's mysterious driver, Mrs. Julia Wicket (Sally Grace) and her cat Scrapper. In February 2001, the series was officially announced, with it premiering shortly afterwards.

Debuting on 2 March 2002 and originally ending on 1 November 2004, the first series, featuring 52 episodes in total, was originally broadcast on ITV in a Saturday night slot. In October 2004, the sitcom left the Saturday night slot and was instead broadcast daily on CITV due to the show's popularity with younger audiences.