Mr. Bean
Back to School Mr. Bean
TV Flash files “Back to School Mr. Bean” as a desk essential hour — Mr. Bean (1990–1995) on ITV, season 1, episode 11, aired 1994-10-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 14 in the Mr. Bean guide, hour 11 of 14 in season 1. It aired 1994-10-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean” (S01E10). Next is “Tee Off, Mr. Bean” (S01E12).
Essential hour: “Back to School Mr. Bean”. Back to School Mr. Bean: classroom as obstacle course, short-form global comedy still refusing a translator.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Bean visits a local school's open day, trying out some painting, a spot of judo, and goods from the cake stall.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Back to School Mr. Bean sit in the Mr. Bean guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 14 — hour 11 of 14 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Mr. Bean S01E11 air?
Back to School Mr. Bean aired 1994-10-26 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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