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A SHOP worker was left red-faced when she called comedian Rowan Atkinson "Mr Pea". Jane MacPherson got flustered when the Mr Bean star appeared at her checkout in a small Co-op store.

The UK-based film company plans a sequel to the 2003 Rowan Atkinson-starring spy spoof, as well as a new adaptation of John le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The name's not Bond ... Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English Bad news for anyone who thought that Johnny English's licence had been revoked.

Our review of Black Adder: The Complete Collection , published July 17th, 2001, is also available.

R.M. Vaughan Published on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 1:13PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

Chances are you've laughed at Richard Curtis more than a few times. Don't worry about his feelings, though; he's used to it.

It's true that Richard Curtis' Pirate Radio is set in 1966, during the period when official British radio stations did not carry rock and roll.

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: We were watching the 1972 movie ''Deliverance'' the other night and had a question.

IT looks like sightseeing is a great big yawn for Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson. The 54-year-old comedy genius was on holiday in Rome - but it looks like he'll need another break to recover from his gruelling trip to the Italian capital.

Long before he became the infantile Mr. Bean, Brit funnyman Rowan Atkinson made TV history as Edmund Blackadder, a singularly self-serving and century-jumping member of the English aristocracy who pops up at key moments in his country's long history to observe, muck about and generally screw things up.

Perfect. Mr. Bean is staying at the oh-so-stately Hotel Le St. James. The place is thick with mahogany and priceless antiques.

The American Society of Cinematographers has dedicated their 2010 Heritage Award for outstanding achievement in a student film to the memory of Richard Moore, ASC .

Fans of witty wordplay comedy have long known of/memorized the great Rowan Atkinson -Richard Curtis series The Black Adder , a BBC hit of the 80s that re-runs up on BBC cable and PBS here almost constantly.

Although they have friends in common not least the Prince of Wales and Carla Powell Lord Mandelson and Rowan Atkinson have little in common politically.Mandelson was therefore asking for trouble when he went up to the comedian at the Goodwood Revival festival in Sussex over the weekend.

Children at The March CoE School in Westhampnett will be taking a step back in time for this year's Goodwood Revival.

British funnyman Rowan Atkinson has wrecked his car without even leaving home - the star reportedly smashed up his luxury vehicle on his own driveway.

BUNGLING Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson has wrecked another luxury motor - after smashing into a DUSTCART .

Bean during the UK's Goodwood Revival. Not only that, but to celebrate 50 years of Mini , Mr.

R.M. Vaughan Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 05:45PM EDT W atching Peter Capaldi's pop-veined performance as the frustrated political operative Malcolm Tucker in In the Loop , you half expect the political comedy to suddenly turn into a gory zombie movie Capaldi's rage-o-holic Tucker is more than ready to eat a baby, brains first.

Benefit concerts have been a staple of the entertainment industry for the past quarter century.

Benefit concerts have been a staple of the entertainment industry for the past quarter century.