Hiatuses

A hiatus (in television) is a break period of broadcast programming of a television series. Hiatuses can be unplanned or planned. In a case of a planned one, it can be due to splitting seasons, for their networks to reserve episodes during rating periods, and to get higher ratings. Unplanned hiatuses can be caused by budget issues, low ratings, controversy, or rescheduling programs in the TV network.

The Mr. Bean Animated series has been on hiatuses. To date, there have been 2 long hiatuses of the series.

2004 - 2015
This is the first long hiatus of the Mr. Bean Animated series. It started on June 2004, after the season 3 finale Double Trouble was released. The said episode was originally going to be the last episode of the animated series. It was hinted at the end of the episode, where the word "Goodbye" was seen in the sky. When the season 4 premiere Home Movie was released on 2015, the eleven year long hiatus has ended.

2016 - 2019
This hiatus started after Season 4 ended with the episode Bean Shopping. During this hiatus, a special episode was released on October 30, 2018. When the season 5 premiere Game Over was released, the three year long hiatus has ended.

2019 - Present
This hiatus started when Season 5 ended with the episode Trophy Bean. This hiatus is likely caused by the development of an animated movie based on Mr. Bean.