An nuna wani zane wanda ya nuna Bean a Edinburgh Fringe a farkon shekarun 1980. Wani hali mai suna Robert Box, wanda Atkinson da kansa ya buga, ya bayyana a cikin wani lokaci na 1979 ITV sitcom Canned Laughter wanda kuma ya nuna abubuwan da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin fim din a shekarar 1997. Daya daga cikin farkon bayyanar Bean ya faru ne a bikin "Just for Laughs" a Montreal, Quebec, Kanada, a shekarar 1987. Lokacin da masu shirya shirye-shirye suka shirya shi a cikin shirin bikin, Atkinson ya nace cewa ya yi aiki a kan takardar magana ta Faransanci maimakon shirin Ingilishi.
Kwalejin Sarauniya, Oxford