Happy Birthday Mr Bean

A celebratory documentary looking back at the 30 years since comedy legend Mr Bean landed on our screens. On the 1st of January, 1990, ITV broadcast a new comedy show, a single stand-alone episode called Mr Bean and starring Rowan Atkinson, who had already gained fame through the hit comedy show Blackadder. Mr Bean ingeniously demonstrates the frustrations of everyday life but with disastrous consequences - this hapless character of a child trapped in a grown man's body had been the creation of Rowan and his friends who met at university many years before. This documentary explores the magic behind this unlikely hero and how just 14 episodes of the live-action TV show went on to become a global sensation that is still making us laugh today. There have since been two top-grossing feature films, three animated series, and an online phenomenon - Mr Bean has a staggering 150 million followers and has over 11 billion lifetime views.