"Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean" | |
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Mr. Bean episode | |
Episode no. | Episode 10 |
Directed by | Paul Weiland |
Written by |
Robin Driscoll Rowan Atkinson |
Produced by | Sue Vertue |
Original air date | 25 April 1994 |
Running time | 24:54 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Susie McKenna
Nick Scott
Andy Bradford
Lydia Henderson-Boyle
Anthony Hambling
"Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean" is the tenth episode of the television series Mr. Bean that first aired on ITV on 25 April 1994. It was produced by Tiger Television. It was originally due to air on the ITV network on 1 March 1993 but was delayed for over a year.
For a weekend, Mr. Bean goes to an amusement park at Southsea, Portsmouth, but has difficulty finding it, especially after some people at the beach give him contradicting directions, but is eventually successful in locating the amusement park. However, he accidentally leaves his Mini's boot unlocked and the handle pulls a baby's pram with it to the funfair. Once Bean notices the "kidnapped" baby, he initially attempts to leave it in a crowd of chatting mothers with babies, but they obliviously leave the baby behind, and Bean reluctantly goes back for him. Bean, however, sees a policeman outside the amusement park entrance and races to find him, but loses him amongst a crowd of teenagers buying fake police helmets from a gift shop. Bean eventually realises that he has no choice but to look after the baby whilst enjoying himself. Bean unchains a guard dog and uses the chain to tie the baby's pram while taking the baby with him on various rides. First, he goes to the dodgems, but in his hurry to pay the man in charge, he puts the baby's feet on the pedal and has difficulty getting back to the dodgem by riding on the back of other dodgems and driving his own while standing up. The man in charge stops the dodgems and confronts Bean, who manages to hide the baby and sneak off.
Bean finds a Postman Pat kiddie ride and decides to let the baby ride in it to cheer it up, but then puts nine coins in it so it will play indefinitely and keep the baby safe while he can have his fun on his own. Bean goes on a roller coaster, but quickly gets bored and falls asleep (though he is frightened by someone awakening him). He then goes to an archery stall, and accidentally shoots the employee watching over it in the head before running off. He tries his hand in an amusement arcade and cheats by repeatedly hitting the machine, though he gets his comeuppance when a young boy quickly steals his prize. Meanwhile, a long queue builds up by the kiddie ride. Bean, apparently oblivious to the queue, tries to put more coins in when an angry mother confronts him and makes him take the baby out. Disgruntled, Bean obeys.