Part 2: Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
Mr Bean
The comedy character Mr Bean is one of Britain’s most successful exports. The original television show, only half-an-hour (69) _________ length, was first broadcast in 1990. (70) _________ then, the fourteen episodes of the show have been shown on (71) _________ than two hundred TV stations around the world, as (72) _________ as on fifty airlines. The film, Mr Bean’s Holiday was a global smash hit and the character, played (73) _________ the actor Rowan Atkinson, is instantly recognizable to millions of people around the world.
So why is Mr Bean so popular? (74) _________ many people regard Mr Bean as a typically British character, the initial inspiration actually came from a French comic character known (75) _________ Monsieur Hulot, created by the French comedian Jacques Tati.
According to Rowan Atkinson, however, the actual character of Mr Bean is mostly based on his own personality as a nine-year-old. Mr Bean is a man (76) _________ is awkward, self-conscious and accident-prone. He is very selfish and doesn’t really understand very much about the world around him. He is really a child in a man’s body. This, as Atkinson explains, is the basis for a lot of visual comedy and he mentions comedians (77) _________ as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel as other famous examples.
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The comedy character Mr Bean is one of Britain’s most successful exports. The original television show, only half-an-hour (69) ____in_____ length, was first broadcast in 1990. (70) ______Since___ then, the fourteen episodes of the show have been shown on (71) ____more_____ than two hundred TV stations around the world, as (72) ____well_____ as on fifty airlines. The film, Mr Bean’s Holiday was a global smash hit and the character, played (73) __by_______ the actor Rowan Atkinson, is instantly recognizable to millions of people around the world.
So why is Mr Bean so popular? (74) ___ Although/ While______ many people regard Mr Bean as a typically British character, the initial inspiration actually came from a French comic character known (75) ____as_____ Monsieur Hulot, created by the French comedian Jacques Tati.
According to Rowan Atkinson, however, the actual character of Mr Bean is mostly based on his own personality as a nine-year-old. Mr Bean is a man (76) ____who_____ is awkward, self-conscious and accident-prone. He is very selfish and doesn’t really understand very much about the world around him. He is really a child in a man’s body. This, as Atkinson explains, is the basis for a lot of visual comedy and he mentions comedians (77) _____such____ as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel as other famous examples.