Mr. Bean
Goodnight, Mr. Bean
TV Flash files “Goodnight, Mr. Bean” as hour 13 of 14 in the TV Flash guide — Mr. Bean (1990–1995) on ITV, season 1, episode 13, aired 1995-10-31, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 14 in the Mr. Bean guide, hour 13 of 14 in season 1. It aired 1995-10-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Tee Off, Mr. Bean” (S01E12). Next is “Hair by Mr. Bean of London” (S01E14).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
More mayhem with hapless bumbler Mr. Bean as he thinks up some unusual methods to help him sleep.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Goodnight, Mr. Bean sit in the Mr. Bean guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 14 — hour 13 of 14 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did Mr. Bean S01E13 air?
Goodnight, Mr. Bean aired 1995-10-31 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
Rowan Atkinson’s Edmund Blackadder rode a historical snark escalator from medieval to the trenches — Baldrick’s cunning plans, a Goes Forth closer that still drops the floor — then traveled without a translator as Mr. Bean’s almost-silent…