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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE, is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Atkinson was born in Consett, County Durham, England. The youngest of four brothers, his parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. His three older brothers are Paul, who died as an infant; Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the UK Independence Party leadership election in 2000 and Rupert.
Wondering what today's British are like? What they do? And why? So you can't miss the British comedy series Little Great Britain. It was originally a radio show that aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Two years later, the author and presenter duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams turned it into an equally successful eight-part television series, followed by two more series of six episodes. During a surreal journey through the British Isles, we will witness various situations that are familiar to the British, and we will get acquainted with a number of curious characters and figures. These include Daffyd, the only gay man in the Welsh village, teenager Jason, passionately in love with his grandmother's best friend, or transvestite Emily, eager to do "female things". Thanks to Lucas and Walliams and their sharp look at the eccentricities of the modern world, this comedy series works perfectly for viewers.
