Man Vs Bee: Season 1

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Man Vs. Bee: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: June 24, 2022

Summary: Trevor Bingley (Rowan Atkinson) causes chaos in his battles with a bee while housesitting a mansion in this comedy series created by Atkinson and William Davies.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: June 24, 2022
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S1:E9. Chapter 9
Air Date: June 24, 2022
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S1:E8. Chapter 8
Air Date: June 24, 2022

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The Independent Sean O'Grady

Jun 24, 2022

It’s smartly produced and directed, and Atkinson as Bingley is much more engaging than Bean, and is still game enough to spend much of his time on screen in his underpants. Read full review

The Guardian Stuart Jeffries

Jun 24, 2022

Atkinson, by contrast, is intentionally funny in all nine episodes of this sitcom. Atkinson, with his writer Will Davies and director David Kerr, realise that comedy is not tragedy plus time, but stuff plus idiot. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jun 24, 2022

You certainly need to be in the mood to laugh at slapstick in order to enjoy Man Vs. Bee. But there is no one on the planet who does slapstick better than Rowan Atkinson, and this series shows off all the skills that have made his career so successful. Read full review

Radio Times James Hibbs

Jun 24, 2022

It is slightly too long (it should probably have been six episodes rather than nine, and the pace lulls in the middle), and certain highly capable comedy actors are completely wasted (Fresh Meat's Greg McHugh is just sort of there). But on the whole it's a diverting, lightweight series which caters to its audience and knows what it's there to do. Read full review

i Emily Baker

Jun 24, 2022

Man vs Bee is nothing other than a simple, clownish comedy with zero agenda other than to make people laugh. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jun 24, 2022

Atkinson has lost none of his skill and you will watch it quite happily, but it just lacks the genius of Mr Bean. The set pieces are almost too perfect, with slick production and the feeling that everything has been precision-tooled to deliver a satisfying customer experience. Read full review

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CodeTJ

Jun 25, 2022

This show is just dumb fun and it's great. A funny concept done very well with a great performance from Atkinson

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

MetacriticOnur

Jul 22, 2022

excellent
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possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good.

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

IJustWorkHere

Sep 6, 2022

Worthwhile, I'll watch another season if/when it comes out, which is more than I can say about most shows.

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Royzen

Jun 25, 2022

It's frustratingly unintelligent, with a premise that isn't worth more than an SNL sketch at most.

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teatom

Jun 28, 2022

A review seems pointless, since if you can read you're already smarter than the target audience.
Man Vs Bee is Atkinson saying that even Mr Bean wasn't aiming low enough. Now the target audience is anyone who will laugh at the same joke, over and over and over again, while their eyes glazeA review seems pointless, since if you can read you're already smarter than the target audience.
Man Vs Bee is Atkinson saying that even Mr Bean wasn't aiming low enough. Now the target audience is anyone who will laugh at the same joke, over and over and over again, while their eyes glaze over.
Perhaps you know a drooling imbecile who finds the concept of someone chasing a bee and leaving carnage behind them to be even remotely funny, but if you do then you can probably just leave them to watch one of the many thousands of sketches that have already done this concept to destruction, on a loop. There's nothing new here.
Man Vs Bee is horrible, unwatchable garbage, which will be turned off within a minute or two, by anyone capable of working a remote.
It's a terrible reflection on Netflix and what had appeared to be improving quality control.… Expand

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E9. Chapter 9
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E8. Chapter 8
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E7. Chapter 7
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E6. Chapter 6
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E5. Chapter 5
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E4. Chapter 4
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E3. Chapter 3
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E2. Chapter 2
  Air Date: June 24, 2022
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  S1:E1. Chapter 1
  Air Date: June 24, 2022