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Man vs. Bee

★ 6.7 41K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 9 episodes Ended Netflix
SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 10/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Rowan AtkinsonClaudie BlakleyJing LusiJulian Rhind-TuttTom BasdenIndia Fowler
Written by
Rowan AtkinsonWilliam Davies
Starring
Rowan AtkinsonClaudie BlakleyJing LusiJulian Rhind-TuttTom BasdenIndia Fowler
Written by
Rowan AtkinsonWilliam Davies
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Slapstick escalation with almost no dialogue"

A down-on-his-luck house-sitter (Rowan Atkinson) takes a job minding a wealthy family's ultra-modern mansion while fighting for custody of his daughter. A single bee gets in, and his attempts to deal with it spiral into escalating, increasingly destructive slapstick chaos. Each episode is short and built around one more disastrous set piece, echoing Atkinson's silent physical-comedy roots. It's broad, cartoonish, and low on dialogue, carried almost entirely by his rubber-faced timing rather than plot or wit. Watch it in one sitting rather than savor it; it's a snack, not a meal.

Watch it for

Rowan Atkinson's wordless physical comedy escalating one small disaster into total household destruction.

Maybe skip if

you need dialogue-driven humor or a story beyond escalating slapstick set pieces.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12022
7.015K91h 42m
A house sitter named Trevor Bingley finds himself entrenched in an ongoing battle with a bumblebee while lodging in an elegant mansion, damaging expensive items in the house in his attempt to kill it, which fails.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chapter 17.1
2K19 min
▶2Chapter 26.9
2K11 min
▶3Chapter 37.0
2K12 min
▶4Chapter 46.9
2K10 min
▶5Chapter 56.9
2K10 min
▶6Chapter 67.0
2K10 min
▶7Chapter 76.9
2K10 min
▶8Chapter 87.0
2K10 min
▶9Chapter 97.3
2K10 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Rowan Atkinson Trevor, Trevor Bingley
Claudie Blakley Jess
Jing Lusi Nina
Julian Rhind-Tutt Christian
Tom Basden Police Officer
India Fowler Maddy
Daniel Fearn Lewis
Gediminas Adomaitis Marek
Christian Alifoe Karl
Greg McHugh Coleman

Crew

William Davies

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