From Mr Bean to Monsieur Maigret: Rowan Atkinson ditched the slapstick to play the French detective in his first major TV role for 20 years. Rowan Atkinson's last TV role was the bumbling ...

‘Mr. Bean’ becomes a convincing ‘Maigret’ in TV films By David Wiegand , Assistant Managing Editor, Arts and Entertainment Updated Feb 27, 2018 2:42 p.m.

French police detective Jules Maigret ("commissioner" is his title, but not in the American "Commissioner Gordon" sense) is back on television in the surprising but ultimately persuasive person of ...

9pm MAIGRET - 1950s crime drama about French detective Jules Maigret, based on the books by Georges Simenon and starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean).… ...

The detective crime series has previously been adapted for the screen, with Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson starring for two season with ITV in 2016.

However, there were several films then made of the characters escapades, including Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie in 1997, and Mr Bean’s Holiday in 2007.

A fourth season of “Mr. Bean: The Animated Series” is set to return worldwide in 2025. Banijay’s Tiger Aspect Kids & Family has commissioned the series in partnership with Warner Bros ...