--- title: Hulu to Stream Mr. Bean Animated Series description: An animated Mr. Bean is heading stateside, thanks to Hulu. The site has picked up U.S. streaming rights to the first two seasons of Mr.... canonical: https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-09T05:23:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:01:59.706Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hulu to Stream 'Mr. Bean' Animated Series og:description: An animated Mr. Bean is heading stateside og:url: https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387ed520e202bdb1/69885399428a9e8d62ccd9c4/73510824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mr Bean's Holiday - Photocall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hulu to Stream 'Mr. Bean' Animated Series twitter:description: An animated Mr. Bean is heading stateside twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387ed520e202bdb1/69885399428a9e8d62ccd9c4/73510824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hulu to Stream _Mr. Bean_ Animated Series by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Jun 9, 2015 5:23 AM UTC  Rowan Atkinson in character as Mr. Bean arrives at Bondi Beach in Sydney to promote his film Mr. Bean's Holiday on March 7, 2007 Rowan Atkinson in character as Mr. Bean arrives at Bondi Beach in Sydney to promote his film Mr. Bean's Holiday on March 7, 2007Lisa Maree Williams—Getty Images by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Jun 9, 2015 5:23 AM UTC An animated Mr. Bean is heading stateside, thanks to Hulu. The site has picked up U.S. streaming rights to the first two seasons of _Mr. Bean: The Animated Series_, the series’ production company Endemol Shine [announced Monday](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hulu-takes-mr-bean-animated-800885). In the show, Rowan Atkinson voices the character he’s played for more than a decade in various live-action projects. Consider it a gift not just for American fans of Mr. Bean, but for Mr. Bean himself. The bumbling and beloved character who first hit British TV in 1990 celebrates his 25th anniversary this year. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/08/hulu-stream-mr-bean-animated-series) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/"},"headline":"Hulu to Stream Mr. Bean Animated Series","datePublished":"2015-06-09T05:23:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:01:59.706Z","description":"An animated Mr. Bean is heading stateside, thanks to Hulu. The site has picked up U.S. streaming rights to the first two seasons of Mr....","url":"https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387ed520e202bdb1/69885399428a9e8d62ccd9c4/73510824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387ed520e202bdb1/69885399428a9e8d62ccd9c4/73510824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mr Bean's Holiday - Photocall","caption":"Mr Bean's Holiday - Photocall","creditText":"Lisa Maree Williams—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3913876/hulu-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-animated-series-25th-anniversary/","name":"Hulu to Stream Mr. Bean Animated Series"}}]}] ```