Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson shoots scenes for Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson took his life in his hands as he shot scenes for Johnny English Reborn in London.

Rowan Atkinson defends plans to build new home

Rowan Atkinson has won his battle to transform his home in a charming seventh century village into what has been derided as a 'space-age petrol station'.

Mr Bean's futuristic £5m pad a 'waste of space'

Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson has upset locals by unveiling plans to demolish his country mansion and replace it with a £5million space age pad.

Blackadder's codpiece for sale

Blackadder fans all over the world are clamouring to get their hands on Rowan Atkinson's iconic codpiece.

Universal confirms 'Johnny English 2'

Despite seriously mixed reviews, the international success of the first film ($161 million around the globe) means that we've got another outing for Rowan Atkinson's bumbling spy hero headed our way.

Mark Gatiss hails vinyl influence

Mark Gatiss has revealed that he was influenced to become a comedy writer and performer by the Monty Python team and Rowan Atkinson.

BBC2 continues its pattern of making a new documentary as an excuse for airing repeats, although why they're only running one classic episode of Not The Nine O'Clock News is a puzzle. Surely a show of its calibre deserves more?

But at least the tribute show actually has the original cast in it and not just a series of C-list talking heads that werent actually alive when the show was made. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson talk about the series that helped turn them into household names, as does producer John Lloyd.

Youd think the guy in charge would have kept his team in check but not John. Mel, Griff and I were the naughty boys, he recalls. Wed always go to the pub at lunch and Rowan would work on his scripts. Poor Rowan, the nerdy student who did his work while his mates got hammered. But at least it paved the way for him to turn into TVs ultimate dork, Mr Bean.

Shown on Christmas Day last year, this 60-minute documentary was made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the sitcom. Rowan Atkinson talks about the development of his character, Edmund Blackadder, plus there are interviews with the core cast (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson) and writing team (Ben Elton and Richard Curtis).

Although it was nearly canned after its first run in 1983, Blackadder as a series ran for six years (while spanning 500 years of history), making household names of its stars. This has more padding than Nursie's bustle and Rowan Atkinson is conspicuous by his absence but interviews with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in particular make the 25th anniversary special - first shown in October last year - thoroughly entertaining.

Watchdogs reject blasphemy complaint

Broadcasting watchdogs have rejected hundreds of complaints that a Rowan Atkinson sketch was blasphemous.