Mr. Bean the Animated Series returns to screens Feb 16th!
Skwigly
Indefatigable British comedy institution Mr. Bean is returning to UK screens in animated form once more. Beginning with “Bean Week”, CITV will air double episodes of Tiger Aspect‘s Mr Bean the Animated Series twice daily (9:25am, then 4:15pm) from 16th-20th February
Outside of the UK the series will be launched on German channel Super TRL toward the end of this month with an April roll-out to over 60 territories worldwide via the Turner channels Boomerang, Cartoon Network and Pogo. In Canada licensing and merchandising have been strengthened with the appointment of Toronto-based Licensing Agent JAM Brands Inc.
We are thrilled at the prospect of working with such an iconic and entertaining property as Mr Bean, and to bring new and exciting licensed products to our market.
-Andrew Menceles, CEO of JAM Brands Inc.
This latest animated series of 26 half hour episodes was developed and produced by the UK’s largest in-house animation team at Tiger Aspect Productions, and features the voice talents of original Mr. Bean performer Rowan Atkinson. The series was directed by Tim Searle, who was recently appointed Creative Director (Animation & Children’s) at Tiger Aspect. To learn more about Tim’s prior animation work you can listen back to episodes 8 and 21 of the Skwigly Podcast: