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Mr Bean starts another series of unfortunate events

Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson), who began life on British television screens in 1990, has become a worldwide star thanks to his unique mix of slapstick comedy and a lovable personality.

The series sold around the globe, inspiring co-writers Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis to create the feature film Bean. Following the huge international success of the first Bean movie, it was only a matter of time before the film�s creators decided to give the character a second big-screen outing.

BEAN OF CANNES

• Did you know •

Mr Bean appeared in Boyzone�s 1997 music video for their hit single �Picture of You.�

Mr Bean�s Holiday follows the further zany adventures of the bumbling everyman as he heads to France for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

In true Mr Bean fashion, an unexpected series of events, including run-ins with a famous film director and his son, an uncooperative chicken and a countrywide manhunt, end with the half-witted hero taking the film festival by storm.

The hilarity of Mr Bean�s Holiday hits theatres on March 29.

	slapstick (n): the type of humour that is based on simple actions zany (adj): strange or unusual in an amusing way bumbling (adj): behaving in an awkward confused way, often making careless mistakes uncooperative (adj): not helpful manhunt (n): an organised search by a lot of people for a criminal Idiom take something by storm: to be extremely successful very quickly