Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations. He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour. As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 28, 1951 (75)
- Actor and writer
- 11 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Robin Driscoll's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Robin Driscoll's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Robin Driscoll's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Happy Birthday Mr Bean(2021)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Mr. Bean's Holiday(2007)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Bean(1997)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Story of Bean(1997)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Titanic(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
The Steal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Laughing Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Murder Most Horrid(1991)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Mr. Bean Goes to a Première (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Waiting for God(1990)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Mr. Bean(1990)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all showsMornin' Sarge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Tall Guy(1989)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Chelmsford 123 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Hello Mum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Wilderness Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Dear John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Morons from Outer Space(1985)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
They Came From Somewhere Else (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Dramarama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Career shape
Star power in the 61st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles from 1983 to 2007.
Biggest box office
Bean (1997)
Highest rated
Mr. Bean (1990)
Most popular right now
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002)
Film career
- 1989Screen debut· The Tall Guy
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Robin Driscoll's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Robin Driscoll's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Robin Driscoll work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robin Driscoll's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Curtis shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Richard CurtisShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002), Bean (1997), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Richard Curtis
- Rowan AtkinsonShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002), Bean (1997), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Rowan Atkinson
Actors
- Matilda ZieglerShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002), The Story of Bean (1997), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 4 shared titles with Matilda Ziegler
- Howard GoodallShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Bean (1997), The Story of Bean (1997), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Howard Goodall
- Tony RobinsonShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), The Story of Bean (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Robinson
- Pamela ReedShared titles: Bean (1997), The Story of Bean (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Pamela Reed
Producers
- Peter Bennett-JonesShared titles: Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Bean (1997), The Story of Bean (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Bennett-Jones
- Eric FellnerShared titles: Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Bean (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Tim BevanShared titles: Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Bean (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Bevan
