{"id":17384,"date":"2022-06-23T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1668066"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:13:09","slug":"rowan-atkinson-calls-man-vs-bee-an-extrapolation-of-old-mr-bean-sketch","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rowan-atkinson-calls-man-vs-bee-an-extrapolation-of-old-mr-bean-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowan Atkinson calls Man Vs Bee an \u201cextrapolation\u201d of old Mr Bean sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Rowan Atkinson\u2019s got a new series coming to Netflix<\/a>, which features his first brand-new comedy character in over a decade.<\/p>\n

In the series, Man Vs Bee<\/a>, Atkinson plays Trevor Bingley, a house-sitter brought in as a last-minute replacement to watch over a luxury, modern mansion, who finds himself in a battle of wits with a tenacious bee.<\/p>\n

However, Atkinson has now explained that while the series tells an entirely new story, the concept actually mirrors a previous sketch he did many years ago featuring arguably his most famous comic creation \u2013 Mr Bean.<\/p>\n

In a virtual press conference attended by RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Atkinson said: \u201cI actually did a Mr Bean sketch a long, long time ago where he takes a picnic basket to a park and he\u2019s very, very bothered by a bee.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, to a certain extent I feel that some of this show feeds off\u2026 it\u2019s like an extension, an extrapolation from that old sketch that we did in the early nineties.\u201d<\/p>\n