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In 2022, Rowan Atkinson released a Netflix series called Man Vs Bee that was essentially Breaking Bad‘s “Fly” episode expanded across nine separate installments. The bee very obviously won ...

It’s never just Atkinson in a different wig ... This global success has continued with the Johnny English series of films, with Rowan playing a Beanish secret agent in the James Bond mould.