Mr. Bean
The Trouble with Mr. Bean
TV Flash files “The Trouble with Mr. Bean” as hour 5 of 14 in the TV Flash guide — Mr. Bean (1990–1995) on ITV, season 1, episode 5, aired 1992-01-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 14 in the Mr. Bean guide, hour 5 of 14 in season 1. It aired 1992-01-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mr. Bean Goes to Town” (S01E04). Next is “Mr. Bean Rides Again” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Thanks to some ingenious driving, Mr. Bean gets to an appointment with the dentist after oversleeping. He also has trouble in the park with a bothersome wasp, and meets a child with a remote-controlled boat.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Trouble with Mr. Bean sit in the Mr. Bean guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 14 — hour 5 of 14 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Mr. Bean S01E05 air?
The Trouble with Mr. Bean aired 1992-01-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to speak English?
Almost no dialogue. Atkinson’s face, Teddy, and silent-film engineering are the instrument — it traveled without a translator on purpose.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Almost no dialogue, a teddy bear, and a face that travels without a translator. Rowan Atkinson turns parking, church, and a holiday turkey into silent-film engineering. British physical comedy as global export — short, cruel in a gentle way, and proof that in a talky decade a raised eyebrow could still outrun the punchline.
In medias res in a parking space: almost no dialogue, a teddy bear, a face that travels without a translator. Rowan Atkinson co-created the ITV series (primarily 1990–1995) with Richard Curtis and turned silent-film engineering into a global British export. Max can keep his talky-decade charts; this is proof that visual gags still scaled when everyone else was talking. Parking, church, a holiday turkey — ordinary tasks as disaster ballet. Short, cruel in a gentle way, a raised eyebrow outrunning the punchline.
Filed against
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
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