Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

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Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Title card for the first three series
Genre	Animated series Comedy
Created by	Rowan Atkinson
Based on	Mr. Bean by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis
Voices of	Rowan Atkinson Matilda Ziegler Sally Grace Sophie-Louise Dann Jon Glover Rupert Degas Gary Martin Lorelei King Jonathan Kydd David Holt Enn Reitel Laura Shavin Toyah Willcox Susie Blake Michael Roberts Claudia Lloyd Helen Lederer Robin Driscoll Jan Ravens Toby Longworth Lizzie Waterworth Jill Shilling Mervyn Stutter Morwenna Banks Geraldine McNulty William Roberts Neal Wright Tom Beattie Aidan O'Shea Arisha Choudhury Chantal Johnson Simon Treves Bert Davis Dave Benson-Phillips Ella Whitfield Alfie Stoker Connor Deeks
Composers	Howard Goodall John Greswell ("Bean Hypnotised")
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	130 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Rowan Atkinson Katherine Senior Peter Bennett-Jones (series 1–4) Christopher Skala (series 4)
Producers	Claudia Lloyd (series 1–3) Tom Beattie (series 4–5) Christopher Skala (series 5)
Editors	Mark Edwards (series 1–3) Thomas Ernst (series 1–3) Zsolt Iván Varga (series 1) Graham Silcock (series 4)
Running time	11 minutes (Original) 22 minutes (special)
Production companies	Tiger Aspect Productions (series 1-5) Varga Holdings[1] (series 1–3) Richard Purdum Productions (series 1–3)
Original release
Network	ITV (CITV) (series 1-5) ITVX Kids (series 6)
Release	5 January 2002 (2002-01-05) – 2 June 2004 (2004-06-02)
Release	16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) – 8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)
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Mr. Bean: The Animated Series is a British animated sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Richard Purdum Productions and Varga Holdings (for the first series). Based on the live-action television sitcom of the same title created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, the sitcom centres on Mr. Bean (Atkinson), Teddy, Irma Gobb (Matilda Ziegler), the Reliant Regal's mysterious driver, Mrs. Julia Wicket (Sally Grace) and her cat Scrapper. In February 2001, the series was officially announced, with it premiering shortly afterwards.^[2][3]

Debuting on 5 January 2002 and originally ending on 2 June 2004, the first three series featuring 52 episodes in total were broadcast. The first two series were originally broadcast on ITV at a Saturday night slot. In May 2004, the sitcom left the Saturday night slot and the third series was instead broadcast daily on CITV due to the show's popularity with younger audiences.

In January 2014, a revival of the sitcom was announced, with Rowan Atkinson returning as the voice of Mr. Bean, along with other cast members reprising their roles. The revival premiered on 16 February 2015 and ended on 8 October 2019 on CITV.^[4] It contained more actual dialogue than in the original live-action sitcom, which mostly featured little sound effects and mumbling.

In January 2024, another revival was announced, set to release in 2025 on ITVX in the United Kingdom and Cartoonito in Europe.^[5][6]