Coys Auction - Spring Classics
Royal Horticultural Halls
Elverton St
Westminster
London SW1
Thursday 11 March 2010
Registration Number: F885 RRY Chassis Number: SAXXL2S1020425475
Rowan Atkinson’s character ‘Mr Bean’ is perhaps one of the most immediately identifiable comedy characters, known to millions of fans throughout the world. Television audiences have enjoyed the near surrealistic antics of this almost silent comedy since Mr Bean was first broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the fourteenth and final episode going out on 15 November 1995. With such immediate access, the show has been sold in 200 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films plus an animated cartoon series.
One of the most memorable props employed by Mr Bean was car, a British Leyland Mini 1000, which seems to have developed in character as the series progressed. At first, an orange 1969 BMC Mini MK II (registration RNT 996H) was Mr. Bean‘s vehicle, but this was destroyed in an off-scr