Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean in Room 426
TV Flash files “Mr. Bean in Room 426” as hour 8 of 14 in the TV Flash guide — Mr. Bean (1990–1995) on ITV, season 1, episode 8, aired 1993-02-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E08: listed hour 8 of 14 in the Mr. Bean guide, hour 8 of 14 in season 1. It aired 1993-02-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Merry Christmas Mr. Bean” (S01E07). Next is “Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean” (S01E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Bean books into a hotel room and makes himself well and truly at home. In typical fashion he manages to lock himself out in a state of undress. Fortunately, help comes from an unexpected saviour.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mr. Bean in Room 426 sit in the Mr. Bean guide?
S01E08 is listed hour 8 of 14 — hour 8 of 14 in season 1, season 1 episode 8.
When did Mr. Bean S01E08 air?
Mr. Bean in Room 426 aired 1993-02-17 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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