Rowan Atkinson in Star in a Reasonably Priced Car | Top Gear - BBC
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In this episode, car enthusiast and star of shows such as Blackadder and Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson, gets into the driving seat.
Top Gear | Series 17 Episode 4 | BBC Two
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Not a surprise, I mean the man knows how to change his clothes whilst driving to the dentist
Or driving on his sofa
@@wibs0n68 or destroying his enemy's blue car everytime
Drives his mini with a mop and a sofa
Blocking ambulance doors with his mini
@@justin.g25 stealing battery from the ambulance too!
unsatisfied with every corner
seems like his driving is casual
beats everyone else
thats mr bean for you
I would love to see a Mr bean Lap
In his Mini cooper he would be 1:39.999
Hans Wurst with the broom chair control
@@khurelbatbayanbat7913 The chair is for higher downforce and more stability under braking.
Johnny English you mean.
"You're the fastest man ever on Top Gear Sir."
"Yes I can see that Bough."
Lol he also has 27 million subs
@@OHOE1 who?
@@Guniper mr bean
@@OHOE1 yo, Quick guess, you were born after 2004? No offense m8.
@@jayzee5712
Wrong lol and kinda weird to just guess
Let’s all not gloss over the fact that Rowan Atkinson felt he did “ok but not great”. So how fast would he have been if he’d driven well?
Imagine if he would've done it in his Green Mini
He's used to performance cars so he would feel slow no matter how well he drove, 'cause the car was slow.
this was such a great lap for any driver.
i think he knew he did well but was being humble lol
@@TommyAngelo1337 The man had A McLaren F1 which is still the fastest Naturally Aspirated Car In the World
Surely this is a child's play for a person who can drive a car sitting on a sofa on top of the car.
😂
It was a comfy chair! Lol
Around Goodwood race track
😅🤣😂
Using mop
He could've driven faster if he used 1977 British Leyland Mini 1000 Mark 4 with an armchair on top.
Don't forget the broome
@@of_oniichan7755 never forget
Yes!!!!!
Didn’t that car have a padlock as a door lock??
@@R6Edward3946 Yep
I can see a Mr Bean skit where he's driving around trying to find his hotel. Accidentally ends up on a race track and starts overtaking professional drivers left and right while obliviously looking around for anything that resembles a hotel.
Half way through his car seems to be making a clunking sound. So he drives into a pit stop thinking it's a mechanic. The crew impressed with him, changes his wheels and fills up his car.
Mr Bean impressed with the speedy service gives one of the crew a tip before driving off.
Replace the tip with a voucher (expired, of course) and I can totally see it too.
🏅 🤝
@@Ometecuhtli or a hard candy after digging around in his pockets lol!
@@KasandraJang YES, that's much more Bean!
🤣🤣🤣
i think this is the cleanest lap i’ve ever seen on tg
hes a racer, thats why
I mean he does races so it only makes sense
@@wills.junks7 yes
I love how he looks Goofy and classy at the same time.
It's called acting and being an entertainer and I love it too!
He's the kind of chairman I'd laugh my ass off in the presentation if he asks me something on my work but be aware of the fact that it was my last day in the company
And his personality fits it so well
@@Microplastics696 i think he images what he does in his mind.
The man is Britain personified.
I like the fact that he's not as silly or as comical in real life as he is in his roles. He's a very well spoken, intelligent man who has an immense talent for making people laugh.
+Shane Fell He has a masters degree in electrical engineering. I guess he's more than just intelligent :P
Have you seen his series, The thin blue line, if not i would recommend watching them episodes strongly.
+Shane Fell Couldn't describe him as perfect as you did. Insightful comment for a change! Well played human.
+Shane Fell hes an electrical engineer too
+Shane Fell Not to mention a serious racing enthusiast.
This guy is just born with the ability to make people laugh even when he's not trying and we all love it.
Hello
I feel contrary. I think Rowan Atkinson is the engineer of humour when it comes to humans and after experimenting enough he has figured it out. His manners appear more like totally calculated instead of natural and by instinct.
Rowan had a stuttering problem which contibuted to him limiting his talking in his early career but later recognized that by letting his visual expressions and actions talk for him he was able to reach a much wider audience with his comedic genius. Other than the “Mr Bean” character he played other roles where he was extremely verbal and articulate
I actually saw Blackadder before Mr. Bean and was stunned that it was the same guy.
Yes, he has a stammer, and it caused him to be rejected from earlier roles, so he came up with character Mr Bean. He loved visual comedy, and wanted to come up with a character who didn't use words. He was a master of making faces, and used that as well. Richard Curtis helped him, and wrote ALOT of the sketches along with Rowan and Robin Driscoll.
Rowan is known as Mr Bean here in the US, and mainly Blackadder and Not The Nine o Clock News in the UK. Either way, he's a legend and one of the most beloved comedians of all time.
Plus, he's an amateur race car driver, so he's a really good driver.
Imagine getting an email saying mr bean has beaten your racing time
xD
Everyone on that list is gonna crying in the corner xD
Andre F.T. Ramadhan
Especially Tom Cruise
That guy can drive a mini sitting on an armchair mounted on its roof so
I think he is better
I'm sure you'd laugh at it and consider it a joke! xD
When u realize Mr.Bean is faster in a car than Ethan Hunt
Or: Johnny English is faster than Hunt :D
I was a bit disappointed that they did made a special run, where Mr. Atkinson would start dressed up as Mr. Bean and drive Mr. Beans car.
Well Ethan Hunt stay true to his Stuntman nature in his run. Because he finished the lap on 2 wheels
@@rockzs74r That was truly astonishing (and flamboyant), thanks for reminding me!
Obviously, he's got a lot more practice in his Mini
Lol, he broke the record while cracking jokes along the way, legend
The fact that he really does have some pretty serious driving experience and was still able to act silly while driving that course should tell people that he is one of the greatest comedians ever.
Quantic brain
It’s so weird seeing him talk.
Lol
Ikr
That's because people with a high IQ never talk much unless asked
Thorgard Haugen No, no. It’s because of Mr Bean. You don’t really see him talk and he doesn’t so that kinda did stick around.
He talks a lot in his other stuff.
IF ONLY Mr. Bean had his Mini he would have done the lap in 1 min flat
Bats r/woooosh
Sitting on top of the car on his couch
@@shreyan9880 LIKE A BOSS
666 likes lmao
lol i forgot about this comment thanks youtube for not letting me know it got likes
ty everyone
When Rowan's OK lap was exaclty the same as Daniel Ricciardo's
Unreal!
Not comparable though. Atkinson did it in the Kia Cee'd, while Ricciardo did it in the slower Suzuki Liana.
Jeremy: “the incredible thing is all your times were remarkably consistent as in the mark of a great racing driver”
Rowan: “oh pish posh”😄
Caught that remark as well as it's true
The best part of this was Atkinson saying "floppiness".
I agree and I'm brazilian and don't even know what it means....
I too loved the way he enunciated that word haha
yesssssssssssssssssssss
There's another part of this interview somewhere where they just give him a list of words they want to hear in his voice.
@@robin_holden Good to see that some people got the right priorities!
The man who made the world laugh without uttering a single word other than " Bean " is the fastest driver as well . That's a sleeper cell right there
Yes
If I have 2 beans and then I add 2 more. What do I have?
@@ricardasrusilas924 a very small casserole
Also "Teddy"
I've watched enough Jonny English to hear his voice
He's actually an Engineer , he choosed Comedy over his accomplished degree. Smartest decision for him ever. Greatest Comedian of the world.
Now if the BBC had Rowan as one of the presenters of top gear after the trio left, I'd have watched the show more. The guy's a legend.
Good point, had they had him on I honestly, honestly don't think modern TG would be quite so controversial. Hell, people would love it.
He is a legend in every way
1. In knowledge
2. Speaking sense
3. Comedy
4. Fastest racer
And many more he is just amazing
There’s a reason he was knighted
well, he's basically an electrical engineer...and have a master degree for it
The only but the only problem with him is that he destroyed 2 McLaren F1’s
@@nillazilla22 Actually it was the same car crashed twice. Not beyond repair and in the end he still made lots of money with it after selling it.
The bored face look
You can't get more British than Rowan Atkinson Period
The Queen.
SMGJohn isn’t she German
@@rrebel9938
That is like saying you are Roman because your ancestors were so, but do you speak Latin, bake Roman bread and celebrate the old Gods? No. You do not so how can you be Roman?
SMGJohn good point.
Originally I was just quoting what Jeremy Clarkson said about the queen.
@@SMGJohn I mean, he was referencing clarkson.
I have never heard someone speak so eloquently, the way he speaks is genuinely so elegant it is so satisfying.
I love Rowan Atkinson. His speech is just so crisp and clean. Magnificient
He got a little bit teary eyes after learning he's the fastest, I don't care what people say but it's a good accomplishment against other celebrities.
Yup
He is a skilled racing driver and an intelligent person. No way he could have lost to that bunch of idiots.
3:39
I thought only I saw that. damn it made me cry too
That was before Simon Cowell came along
“I think I did ok not great.”
Wins first place.
Humble.
1:03 Rowan when he gets chased by the police be like:
Did we all forget how fast and good he parked during his mr bean episodes? Truly a legend!
I love how modest he is. Rowan's a wonderful man and a genius.
Lol modest the guy drives a Rolls Royce
Andreja Stosevski he earned the capacity to ride his cars.
@@airzorne work hard and maybe you'd get to buy a lada
It's so weird that Mr.Bean sitting there and talk with such calm and smooth voice. My brain can't proccess this !
Same here
James Phoenix all I see is him in blackadder
Its not if you've seen him in the dozens of other things hes done outside of Mr Bean
He even did an MSc. in Electrical Engineering from the Queen's College, he's a man of many talents...
You probably haven't watched Johnny English
I find myself coming back to this video quite often for two reasons.
1. Watching a legend ace the track and come out on top of the ladder
2. love how humble he is with his words even after being on top.
PS I wouldn't have been surprised if he came out as the stig after this episode 😆😆😆
He was 2 sec faster than Nigel Mansell, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel
that is just crazy
pretty sure the F1 stars were using the Suzuki Liana
Tom Cruise was also pretty darn fast if i remember correctly
*UA-cam Algorithm* has brought us together, 7 years later
Lol
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Nope, in Tom Cruise video someone did comment about Rowan Atkinson record. And then manually search for video
Edit: 8
same here :)
He'd already showed his driving skills way back in Mini..
Let's correct that for the second time
😀
His driving lines were great and he definitely knew what he was doing. I was sure he would top them all!! Well done.
This is by far the best Rowan Atkinson youtube clip off a tv show. I had a tear in my eye when I saw the lap time
3:13 - The face of an angel.
When you see this face, it means he just made another miracle in an incredibly stupid way.
Lol
Indeed. Possibly in tandem with his humility, it's an expression that says, "Okay, I'm the fastest person on Top Gear, that's nice. Not going to gloat or hold it over anyone, though."
@@Stussmeister another railfanner?
@@DistanceNsVeterans Yes, as my profile picture likely indicates. I've actually begun making railroad-related videos myself, though at present I only have one uploaded to my channel.
That moment you realise that Mr Bean has the top record :P
to seem more humorous and make more people like their post
Dude, he drove a mini on a chair on top of a car, that is just pro driving man.
+Ja Crispy it's better than complaining about everything.
Dude I still watch mr.bean to this day!😂
That moment when Joey from friends beat him..
So many people haven't seen Blackadder and it shows. Man's a genius of the Sarcastic comedy.
Apparently! Johny English is a better car driver than Ethan Hunt.
holy shit 10 years since I've knew mr bean. first time actually hearing him talk. this is shocking.
then see Johnny English ;P
i saw it, but it waslong time ago too, i forgot, and he didn't talk as clear english as this one here.
oh i see
he sounds so intelligent, stark contrast to his most popular character
ThePolidash he is supposed to have an IQ above 160 in an SD 20 test
“Never BEAN beaten” - Jeremy Clarkson, 3:44
‘Slow clap’
badumtss
sucks that went over everyone's head, it was brilliant
@@derekyam1805 it didn't go over anyone's head. He didn't say "bean" he said "be", as "bean" would've been the wrong word to use. He wouldn't have said "We thought the record would never BEAN beaten", what he said was "We thought the record would never BE beaten".
Tears in his eyes! Such a legend and an owner of a good voice too. Love you...
Rowan has such an incredible voice. Off to listen to more interviews...
ROWAN ATKINSON IS NOT A STAR, ROWAN ATKINSON IS A LEGEND. FACT
PS: I expect him to set a lap record drivning on the roof of the car in a couch using mops to steer and push gas/brake:)
+Jakub Sempek How 'bout star & legend?
+SilentGamer a legend in a reasonably priced star:)
+Jakub Sempek That's just the show mr bean , he is a race driver in real life .
I don't have to tell you this , u should know this .
+Tyrannosaurus Rex He's just being sarcastic, you goop
I agree with you and I like that of him sitting on a couch and using a brick and a mop to steer the car
He definetly got his skills from driving his mini
he drives a McLaren f1
+Rohit Rajeevkumar which he has wrecked a few times lol. And he is selling/sold. (Not sure if he already sold it.)
he did have a mini.Before he bought a f1 and crashed it into a mini
+Savo E. (ExotIc) sitting in an armchair on its roof steering with a rope and pushing the brakes with a broomstick while having a brick on the gas...
MrRammsteinKicksAss
Exactly!
Using humor to dispel nervousness during the drive....love it! And so humble!
I am absolutely in awe and might I say besotted with the man. Rare combination of class, brains, charm,looks, humility and a certain “je ne sais quoi”.
I was expecting the blue tri-wheeler (reliant robin) to appear on the track anytime...
LOL 😂
Haha nice
then it wouldnt have been a time lap, it would have become a demolition derby
Such a missed opportunity to not have him in a reliant...
Reliant Regal actually (pre-dates the Robin). Some of us remember them when they were new cars. ;)
"Rowan Atkinson, you did it...... one-"
"Good."
"Forty-"
"Excellent."
LOL
Dunk Tank yes, I also have ears
@@ronaldtheant have you
JonatasAdoM no
JonatasAdoM don't tell anyone
continued:
"Two-"
"Oh!"
"Two!"
"Meh..."
Beautiful to watch. Humble guy and the understatement spoke volumes
I always had a feeling that "Mr Bean" is a great driver. If you watch The Curse of Mr Bean episode, after the swimming pool scene in the car park, the way his able to control his vehicle and perfectly reverse park with speed is so natural. When I reverse park I have to look both my mirrors simultaneously and still get it wrong lol.
he is a legend...engineer,singer,painter,actor,racer...and a good human
OMG Mr.Bean can talk.
ahaha 😂
Am surprised as well. :O
and he doesnt age at all
that's true. idk how???
Lol
Rowan Atkinson, one of my biggest heroes !
Seriously, he is.
'The Driven Man' by Rowan Atkinson excellently illustrated his lifelong obsession with cars.
1.
*Good.*
40.
*Excellent.*
2.
Everyone: *OoOoOoOoOo*
2.
Everyone: *round of applause*
👀
Rowan: *[STARES MENACINGLY]* 👀 ゴゴゴゴゴゴ
Edit: Shitty JoJo meme but I had to do it
Check out his eyes too, that's when it got real lol
@@Slash27015 🙄
That car was pretty close to the limit of grip on every corner and so stable and composed looking too. I'm impressed.
In the last corner you can also see him braking to rotate the car around.
Not surprised to see him do so well. He is a pro!
The coolest thing is that he seemed to drive quite normally, not nervously, not aggresively, as if he was going slowly. He did some expressions and grimaces of course, but then again that's his second nature.
Rowan
Mr bean
Race car driver
Secreat agent
Fastest top gear score
What isn't he
Gay
Good looking
@@daf_jockey736
Looks are subjective!!
Only Looks are for weak people who are pathetic in every dimension of life.
He don't need to be. When he is so good with so many traits. That already placed him ahead of 99.9% of the people in the world. These days you can easily build a strong & good looking body but being versatile and skilled in so many areas doesn't only happen with practice you need atleast a little bit of skill or touch of it from the get go.
@@souviksamanta1867 I have no idea what my comment is about or why it's been posted. It makes no sense and doesn't fit. Another of life's mysterys that could very well be solved with a bottle of whiskey
@@Iucebowel Wow I literally said that in my head before looking at the replies
I have a lot of respect for this guy
me too
Rowan Atkinson looks like George Clooney
I know what you mean, I grew up on this chap
I just believe, hes an overall great person. Intelligent,funny, and humble.
Not a surprise for me
The way he has been driving his Mini for years, reversing, dodging, undoubtedly he has great driving skills also
It's unusual to see him talk.
Well, that's if you haven't ever seen any of his movies. I highly recommend Johnny English and Johnny English Reborn, amazingly hilarious movies. Also, many people don't know this but Rowan Atkinson is highly educated, before his career in media and entertainment he went to university and he holds a PhD degree in Electrical engineering from Oxford university with an IQ of over 120. A brilliant mind and a brilliant talent.
I'd recommend against basing assumptions of intelligence on IQ. But yes, Rowan Atkinson is brilliant, and JE Reborn was even better than the first.
I would recommend his performance in Blackadder for 4 series, he's one of the greatest tv anti-heroes.
Actually almost everybody with a degree has an IQ of at least 120. I have 125+ and I am an absolute buffoon! I bet Rowan has an IQ of at least 135, if not higher...
zanele Magwaza Ikr lol! I'm just used to hear mr.bean mumbling of some sort XD
if this was a mr bean episode, he would've reached the top spot by accident
Wow, bbc missed an opportunity on that one! Good idea! They should have framed it as that... it would have been hilarious!
And after crossing the finish line he would have hit that goofy 3-wheeled car that's always in the way.
Benny Griswold it was a chair
I'm not even going to like this because? 666 Like..... good catch dude.
if this was a mr bean episode he would make teddy do the driving and get mad that the car's not moving lol
9 years later....
no matter how serious face he's got, you can't un-see Mr. Bean when you look at Rowan Atkinson
Way to go Sir Atkinson, great driving skills. I happen to be a huge fan.
3:13 that classic Mr. Bean face
Also fastest lap, what a combination 🔥
God he is 100% the best comedian
I really wanted him to do the whole race in character. That would make the win that much more legendary.
3:12
this is why i love this guy
Mr.Bean in 2021 is still iconic... I really miss him when he starred a movie in Johnny English.
rowan atkinsons bow, and Jeremy Clarkson saying "across the line" are two of the most iconic things if that decade
Okay but that was such a clean lap: he was so smooth on the entry and he hit all the apexes very precisely and used up all the track that was given to him on exit, and is right on the limit of the tires everywhere as you can hear the tires chirp. What a proper driver!
He wasn't even trying....wait till he sits on the roof of the car and drives
@@Silly_Illidan😂😂😂
fun fact, Mr Bean ( Rowan Atkinson ) has an IQ of 178. Yes, let that sink in. Not only is this man a comedic legend, he is one of the smartest living beings alive. God bless this man
Mine is 200 iq smartness very much I am and I'm good at American language
Swankytpt hmmm questionable...
@@bojunchoi6354 u kant kwestshin me fool I smartness than you hole family
@@J3rryTortoise Yes smarty man, me smart too ! I so smart, i bring three unga bunga to my cave and they all happy with me smart!
@@cpiippidpipipip7030 you OG!!
Will always love Rowan. My era plus he used to know my lovely Mother in the AMOC.
Bean never fails to make me smile and laugh, even when I am home all alone.
I'd rather see the current Top Gear show being hosted by Rowan Atkinson rather than Chris Evans.
Agreed, he is good but no sense of humour whatsoever
There is a current top gear? Damn.
You think people were upset when they found out how much the BBC paid Clarkson per series? Granted, Mr. Atkinson is way less controversial but he'd likely cost two to three times more.
Im from Mexico and the entire bbc channel disappear from sky(one of the fanciest´s broadband tv service) thanks to the racist jeremy and hammond( i thought that they were hillarious...but they messed up even with politicians for their bullshit talk in the tortilla car episode...)
Martin Brundell and Rowan Atkinson, Present Top Gear...
- "So you did it in...1..."
- "Good"
Im dead 😂
Good.
Very calm, slowly, and self confident but funny, that's great mr.bean.
He’s definitely got a great driving skills and I can see him with his glasses when he’s driving
Johnny English beats Tom Cruise in driving wtf😂
Tom Cruise was racing with a right side for the first time in life
And then Johnny English was beaten by Joey Tribbiani
Tom Cruise isn't that intelligent though, he's like a sociopath, and you might ask how I know this? Well its obvious isn't it? He's in scientology!
American here; FWIW, I think Rowan beats Cruise in jet fighting, hand-to-hand, espionage, AND getting laid.
@@stevenichols2938 If an American says that then that's really saying something lmao. Also happy new years from the Netherlands
Goofy on-screen, Alpha in life. Bravo Mr Atkinson.
Bravissimo*
This man is not to be underrated. I love this guy!
In one universe: Mr bean exists
In another universe: Johnny English exists
In yet another universe: Mr bean racing cars exists
In another one he plays imaginary drums
the best universe has blackadder....
and we're happy to be exactly on the intersection of those universes. Good.
Plot twist: they’re all in the same universe
Let's assemble the Avengers : Rowan Atkinson, and no one else 'cause he's enough
I work at an Autsitic school, I've never seen the kids laugh more than they have watching Mr. Bean. @ 2:41 'One looks at there (the top) but there's absolutely no reason why I should be there.' Comedic genius & a very humble man. Sensational human being 👌
Also an actual genius as his iq is 168
I can contest to this, but for me (and I'm on the spectrum as well) my favourites are mr bean and chucklevision (god i miss chucklevision) its too hard for me choose between them though
@@thetatcritic4236 Chucklevision…..something which you knew was too dumb to be considered, as did your grandparents tell you off for watching but still persisted!! Now I’m reminiscing…oh the irony!
@@michaellynn9763 I was just referring to stuff I liked with that kind of slapstick humour, and I liked them both equally, others may have a different opinion, but that's my personal view on it
@@gordonramsdale his genius is almost frightening
I used to build and run the car he raced in the late 80’s with Radbourne Racing.
It was the Renault 5GT Turbo Cup and he could only race in a few races each year due to his schedule, but even then he would be in the top 6-8 out of 30 cars.
Great guy, apart from the time I took his car from London all the way to Knockhill in Scotland for a race, then told me he couldn’t make it but had forgotten to inform me 🤔
Bravo. Humble and eloquent.
He CANT STOP the Mr Bean charecter from coming out EVEN IF HE WANTED TO.Its so engrained in him.
His accent tho! Lol!
he can talk?
yakikadafi hes more intelligent than youre hole family
Boris Neumann *your
lol
Boris Lakers the irony...
All humans can talk dude its common sence lol
"Good" and "excellent" killed me lol
Buys a f1 for 800k, crashes it twice and still makes 8 million profit. He put life in his persona, his persona made his life. What a guy.
There is no person in the world cooler than Rowan Atkinson.
He used to brush his teeth and dress for work while driving so this is easy for him.
Dress for the dentist, not for work! ;-)
Hahaha classic!
And drive a Leyland Mini while in a lounge chair mounted on the roof.
Lmao
Toothy gus, not so much now to many cyclists 🚴♂️🚴♂️ on his London root , took out 2023 on just one morning run, bless him.😏😂🏴
Very good show, amazing host, incredible guest, this is (was) Top Gear !
He's so finesse behind the wheel and on track
To all the folk in the comments section who have never heard Rowan speak, try watching blackadder. A common staple for those of a certain age!
Oh yeah. A really good show. He was brilliant as always in that. 👍🏽
hey not just for people of a certain age, I wasn't born when it aired and I absolutely love it
@@jamesduffy7549 i have to say i enjoy it much more than mr bean...
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Black adder was friggin awesome