Mr. Bean Series 1, Episode 2 - The Return Of Mr. Bean

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Return Of Mr. Bean

Rowan Atkinson stars as the inimitable individual who turns the most ordinary situations into moments of excruciating embarrassment. In this edition, Mr. Bean visits a department store and gets carried away.

Preview clip

Further details

Mr. Bean. Image shows from L to R: Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), Irma Gobb (Matilda Ziegler). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.

Bean has been given a credit card and is going to a department store try to enjoy using it. He doesn't like the smell of perfume, and crawls on the floor to get past it. He then pretends to wear a towel as a dress, tries out a potato peeler before buying it, and measures out a frying pan with a real fish that he brought with him! He accidentally puts the card in another man's back pocket, who walks off and drags bean with him into the toilet. The man is most shocked when Bean hands him a toilet roll!

Bean goes to a restaurant (alone) for his birthday, and orders the steak. He doesn't realise what steak tartare is, however, and is absolutely horrified by the sight and taste of raw mince and raw egg. He does his best to hide it in the most interesting of places!

Bean is in the line-up waiting to greet the Queen at a performance. He needs to smarten himself up for the visit, but gets his finger stuck through his flies in a phallic way as he tries to fix them. When Her Majesty arrives, Bean accidentally headbutts the Queen into unconsciousness!

Broadcast details

Date: Monday 5th November 1990
Time: 8pm
Channel: ITV
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Regular cast
Rowan Atkinson	Mr. Bean

Guest cast
Dave O'Higgins	The Busker
Paul McDowell	The Customer
William Vandyck (as William Van Dyck)	Checkout Manager
John Junkin	The Maître D'
Roger Lloyd-Pack	The Waiter
Steve McNicholas	The Violinist
Robin Driscoll	Cinema Manager
Matilda Ziegler	The Waitress
Tina Maskell	The Royal

Writing team
Robin Driscoll	Writer
Rowan Atkinson	Writer
Richard Curtis	Writer

Production team
John Howard Davies	Director
Peter Bennett-Jones	Executive Producer
John Howard Davies	Producer
Dave Lewinton	Editor
Howard Goodall	Composer
Gillian Miles	Production Designer