Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - First Episode of Mr Bean

First Episode of Mr Bean

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The first episode of Mr Bean aired on January 1 1990 - but how did an almost completely silent comic character become such a hit?

Photo: Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean, Credit: PA.

Published on Thursday, 1st January 2015.

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