Rowan Atkinson

When MI7 hears of a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier, the only man to turn to is disgraced agent Johnny English, who is coming to transcendental terms with his utter incompetence in a Tibetan monastery. More amiable slapstick and gurning from Rowan Atkinson, abetted by a Bond-like Dominic West, M-like Gillian Anderson and retro-Bond-babe Rosamund Pike.

Rowan Atkinson's 'quickie' divorce is finalised

Rowan Atkinson and his wife of 24 years have been granted a 'quickie divorce' after he left her for a comedy actress half his age.

Blackadder: 8 brilliant moments

Talk of a possible Blackadder comeback has got us all excited, even if this isn't the first time we've been told a revival for Rowan Atkinson's devious anti-hero is on the cards.

Rowan Atkinson turns up at old school for prize night

Hollywood star Rowan Atkinson surprised pupils by turning up to their last ever prize assembly... after hearing his old school was closing after 432 years.

Rowan Atkinson sells McLaren F1 supercar for £8 million

Rowan Atkinson has sold his McLaren F1 supercar for £8 million - four years after 'Britain's most expensive' car crash.

The art of making faces: 'Mr Bean' turns 25

Bumbling Mr Bean, a character created by actor Rowan Atkinson, still provides the laughs more than two decades on.

Rowan Atkinson talks about 25 years of Mr Bean

"I am getting older, and he naturally has to get older with me," said Rowan Atkinson, now 60, "and that's why I've done him very little in recent years. Because I don't particularly want him to get old."

Like Rowan Atkinson's annoying creation, Matt Lucas's down-at-heel aristocrat is a man of no words other than yelps and grunts. Maybe that's why he's called Pompidou because, apparently, the French simply adored the Atkinson twaddle and might go for this, too - but then, have you ever seen French TV comedy?

The pratfalls and shameless mugging here are painful to behold and Lucas chews the scenery throughout, perhaps thinking all the while about how his former partner, David Walliams, is making zillions from writing children's books. But then I always thought this duo overrated, just as I never got Reeves and Mortimer or most other recent British comedy pairings.

Mr Bean: 10 funniest sketches

As Rowan Atkinson's world-famous comedy creation returns for a one-off Red Nose Day special for Comic Relief, we look at his funniest moments.

Rowan Atkinson to play Jules Maigret in two ITV films

Blackadder actor Rowan Atkinson is returning to television to play the role of the pipe-smoking policeman from the books by Belgian author Georges Simenon.