Mr. Bean's Wedding is the 4th sketch that it's been produced for the Comic Relief telethon. It first aired on Friday, March 16, 2007 on BBC One to celebrate the upcoming release of Mr. Bean's Holiday in the UK of the same month and in the US in August of the same year.
For all across of 6 English uploads on both the official channel and Classic Mr. Bean channel masses 4.5 million views on YouTube as of 2025, with the 1st upload being the highest viewed out of all 9 uploads.
Plot
The sketch starts off in a church with a wedding ceremony about to take place. The bride, Kate, walks down the aisle with her father toward the altar where the groom, Daniel, is waiting. Arriving late, Mr. Bean rudely pushes past the father to find a seat, knocking over the latter in the process. Finally reaching the altar, the father attempts to take his seat, only to find Bean sitting in his spot next to his wife. Left with no other choice, the father forces the two to move along and he begrudgingly sits next to Bean. As the priest begins to officiate the wedding, Bean quickly becomes bored and notices that most of the other attendees are wearing flowers on their clothes. Wanting one, Bean attempts to quietly pick a flower off one of the decorations, but has difficulty getting it off and he ends up briefly disrupting the wedding when the decoration loudly falls to the ground. Despite this, he successfully gets the flower and puts it on his shirt.
When the priest gets to the part where he asks if there are any objections to the marriage, Bean loudly sneezes (once again causing a brief interruption) and steals a handkerchief off of Kate's mother to wipe his nose before giving it back to her, much to her disgust. After hypocritically telling two attendees to keep quiet for making noise (they were both coughing), the ceremony abruptly grinds to a halt when an alarm clock starts ringing. After Bean realises the noise is coming from his wedding present (which for some reason is an alarm clock), he first tries to hide it under his coat to silence it, but when that doesnt work, he's forced to unwrap it in front of everyone (whilst accidentally hitting the mother with his hand and the father with the lid in the process) and finally manages to shut it off. By this point, it's become clear that everyone present has had it with Bean and his disruptive behaviour, especially the father.
The ceremony resumes with a choir boy singing a hymn, which bores Bean to the point he falls asleep on the father's shoulder, annoying the latter. As soon as the song ends, Bean violently wakes up and startles everyone nearby. The time for Kate and Daniel to exchange vows comes, and once again Bean briefly interrupts by saying the first line that Daniel was supposed to say (presumably misinterpreting the priest saying "repeat after me" as everyone must say the vows too) before being shushed by the mother. As Daniel continues repeating the rest of his vows, he notices Bean making several silly body postures based on what the priest is saying and while Kate says her vows, Bean distracts the cameraman by acting ridiculously toward the lens. Despite these distractions, the vows are completed without any further interruptions and the couple are officially married, with Bean humorously covering his eyes when the two kiss.
Afterwards, the priest starts a prayer, and everyone takes out a kneeling cushion from under their seats. Realising he doesn't have one, Bean quickly snatches the cushion from the father just as he's kneeling down, causing him to fall over and hit his head hard on the ground. This is the last straw for the father (who now sports a visible wound on his forehead), and as the newlywed couple walk down the aisle, he angrily confronts him for all the ruckus he's caused. Backing away in fear, Bean accidentally steps on Kate's wedding dress, ripping it off of her. Enraged by this, Daniel tries to punch Bean but accidentally hits an attendee who rushed in to help. He attempts to hit Bean again, but this time strikes the priest, and when he tries a third time, he accidentally hits Kate. As a horrified Daniel checks on her, Bean uses this opportunity to run for the exit, but not before giving the couple the alarm clock as their wedding gift, much to their bewilderment. The sketch ends as Bean gives them a thumbs up and hastily retreats.
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
- Selina Cadell as Mother of the Bride
- David Haig as Father of the Bride
- Matthew Macfadyen as The Groom
- Alex Macqueen as The Priest (as Alex MacQueen)
- Candy Richardz as (Self-Server) (credit only)
- Michelle Ryan as The Bride
Trivia
- This sketch is inspired by the film, Four Weddings and a Funeral, where Atkinson played Father Gerald and David Haig played Bernard Delaney. It's also later inspired the animated series episode, "Wedding Day" for Season 2.
- The sketch was released as a bonus feature on the DVD Mr Bean Volume 5, released by Universal Pictures UK.
Videos
| Mr. Bean |
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| Episodes |
| Mr. Bean • The Return of Mr. Bean • The Curse of Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean Goes to Town • The Trouble with Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean Rides Again • Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean in Room 426 • Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean • Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean • Back to School Mr. Bean • Tee Off, Mr. Bean • Goodnight Mr. Bean • Hair by Mr. Bean of London |
| Compilation |
| The Best Bits of Mr. Bean |
| Unaired sketches |
| The Library • The Bus Stop |
| Deleted scenes |
| Turkey Weight • Armchair Sale • Marching • Playing With Matches |
| Comic Reliefs |
| Mr. Bean's Red Nose Day• Blind Date• Torvill & Bean • Mr. Bean's Wedding • Funeral |
| Remake sketches |
| Mr. Bean Takes an Exam • Mr. Bean Goes to a Première |
| Commercials |
| Rema 1000 • M&M's • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment • Fujifilm • Nissan Tino • Snickers • Etisalat |
| YouTube specials |
| Mr. Bean's 25th Anniversary • Beans Gets Diamond Play Button |
| Films |
| Bean • Mr. Bean's Holiday |