Man Vs. Bee TV Series (2022) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Episodes, Story, Platform, Trailer, Poster, Review
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Man vs. Bee TV Series Details
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Comedy, Slapstick, Family |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 9 |
| Release date | 24 June 2022 |
| Running time | 10–20 minutes |
| Age rating | TV-PG |
| Starring | Rowan Atkinson |
| Created by | Rowan Atkinson, William Davies |
| Directed by | David Kerr |
| Written by | William Davies |
| Executive producers | Chris Clark, William Davies |
| Cinematography by | Karl Óskarsson |
| Edited by | Mark Davies |
| Music by | Lorne Balfe |
| Casting by | Aisha Bywaters |
| Production Design by | Carly Reddin |
| Art Direction by | Nigel Evans, Ketan Waikar, Meg Jones |
| Set Decoration by | Janeeta Panesar, Neil Floyd |
| Costume Design by | Selina Wong |
| Production Company | HouseSitter Productions |
| Original Network | Netflix |
Cast & Characters
- Rowan Atkinson as Trevor Bingley, a house sitter who finds himself in a battle with a bee as he causes irreparable damage.
- Jing Lusi as Nina Kolstad-Bergenbatten, the owner of the luxurious mansion that Trevor is house-sitting. She also owns a pet dog named Cupcake.
- Julian Rhind-Tutt as Christian Kolstad-Bergenbatten, Nina’s husband.
- Greg McHugh as The Gardener.
- India Fowler as Maddy, Trevor’s daughter.
- Claudie Blakley as Jess, Trevor’s ex-wife.
- Tom Basden as the Police Officer.
Storyline
A man finds himself at war with a bee while housesitting a luxurious mansion. Who will win, and what irreparable damage will be done in the process?
About Man vs. Bee TV Series
Man vs. Bee is a British comedy family television series created and written by Rowan Atkinson and William Davies. It consists of nine episodes, directed by David Kerr. It stars Rowan Atkinson, Jing Lusi, Claudie Blakley, Tom Basden, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Greg McHugh, and India Fowler.
The series’ soundtrack was composed by Lorne Balfe and released along with the series on 24 June 2022 in a 20-track soundtrack.
Atkinson described the process to make a story “roughly the length of a movie,” editing to 10 episodes. The editing process included making cliffhangers for the end of episodes that would not be needed for a movie. Atkinson says the series was inspired by a Mr. Bean segment from 1992. While Mr. Bean is considered a “much nicer and much sweeter and more normal person” with a “weak spot” of obsession, compared to Mr. Bean’s “self-centred, narcissistic anarchist”, Atkinson described his character as “different” to Mr. Bean. The first script meeting occurred just over three years prior, and filming a year before release. While promoting the series, Kerr left it an open issue in terms of a second season.
Filming took 12 weeks, with interior scenes at Bovingdon Studios, Hertfordshire, and exterior scenes around Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Because of COVID-19 concerns of homeowners, they could not film in a real house. Instead of giving up his favorite luxury, they were given branded products to illustrate “the couple’s luxury lifestyle,” even though they were not paid by brand owners for this demonstration.
Borrowed from its owner is “the oldest surviving Jaguar E-type”; Atkinson’s character destroys it during the show, but a replica was built for that. The Bee was either a physical model or computer-generated by Framestore, depending on whether the Bee was static.
Rowan Atkinson said he enjoyed the process of screenwriting, but hated the procedure of filming. He said it had a lot of stress due to Covid 19. One member of the crew got Covid and was isolated for two weeks by Atkinson.
Many have pointed out that this show’s concept is very similar to the concept of John Hughes’ unmade film “The Bee”.
Man vs. Bee Release Date
The series was announced on 13 December 2020. The cast and release date were confirmed on 14 April 2022. The trailer for the series was launched on 26 May 2022. Nine episodes were available to watch on Netflix starting from 24 June 2022.
Promotional activities for the series included a billboard in Manchester and a Beano comic strip by Nigel Parkinson. Atkinson, meanwhile, saw three sculptures of himself being created and unveiled at St Paul’s Cathedral in promotion of the series and to raise awareness for some of the issues faced by “native species of British bees and pollinators”.
The series was viewed for 18.2 million hours across its opening weekend, ranking tenth globally on Netflix for the week ending 26 June 2022. By 3 July 2022, the series had been viewed for 25.4 million hours and risen to seventh place on Netflix globally for the preceding week.
