Episode 3 – The Curse of Mr. Bean

Mr Bean goes to a swimming pool but finds himself terrified of the high diving board, afterwards, he must try several imaginative ways to get out of the car park when he doesn't have enough money to pay. He then demonstrates the proper way to make a sandwich whilst out at the park. Finally, when Mr Bean and his girlfriend go on a date to watch a horror movie he teases her for being scared until the film actually starts. The swimming pool sequence was filmed at the Hayes Pool and Fitness Centre, rebuilt and renamed in 2010 with the car park sequences at the Heathrow Bowling car park and the short traffic lights scene in Twickenham at the junction of Staines Road, Hospital Bridge Road and Sixth Cross Road. This was the last episode to produced with OB videotape for exterior scenes utilising OB7, a two-camera unit designated for drama and light entertainment shows by Thames. Studio sequences were recorded before a live audience at Thames Television's Teddington Studios. This also marked the first appearance of Bean's 1977 Leyland Mini 1000. The Curse of Mr Bean went onto win the 1991 International Emmy Award for Outstanding Popular Arts Programme. Originally aired date: January 1, 1991 TV Production Company: Copyright © 1990–91 Tiger Aspect Productions