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First Episode of Mr Bean

Published: Jan. 1, 2015, 8:50 a.m.

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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.

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