{"id":30256,"date":"2025-08-13T09:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mr-bean-tops-35-million-youtube-subscribers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:27:49","slug":"mr-bean-tops-35-million-youtube-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mr-bean-tops-35-million-youtube-subscribers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Bean Tops 35 Million YouTube Subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Entertainment\u2019s <em>Mr Bean<\/em> has surpassed 35 million subscribers on its main YouTube channel as the brand marks its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to evolve and keep the changes coming to maintain relevance,\u201d said Rowan Atkinson, co-creator and star of the brand. \u201cI quite like the fact [that] we\u2019ve taken <em>Mr Bean<\/em> from the theater, where he started in the 1970s, to live action, films, animation and now YouTube! Generations enjoy the character equally\u2014he\u2019s a child trapped in a man\u2019s body, and that\u2019s always fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Mr Bean<\/em> launched in 1990 on ITV and has been in continual distribution since, broadcasting in over 200 territories. In addition to two feature films in 1997 and 2007, the brand was reimagined in animation form in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth season of <em>Mr Bean: The Animated Series<\/em> premiered earlier this year in the U.K. on ITVX and Boomerang and globally on Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s kids\u2019 channels and streaming services through deals agreed by Banijay Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The animated show is produced by Tiger Aspect Kids &amp; Family and executive produced by Tom Beattie and Atkinson, who also provides the voice.<\/p>\n<p>Banijay Kids &amp; Family represents the worldwide licensing and merchandizing rights for the <em>Mr Bean<\/em> brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Entertainment\u2019s Mr Bean has surpassed 35 million subscribers on its main YouTube channel as the brand marks its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11322,6621,9660,2582,4262,9662,6291],"class_list":["post-30256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-entertainment","tag-banijay-kids-family","tag-banijay-rights","tag-mr-bean","tag-mr-bean-the-animated-series","tag-rowan-atkinson","tag-tiger-aspect-kids-family","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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