Rowan Atkinson returns to Netflix for Man vs Baby
Man vs Bee fans rejoice – Trevor Bingley is back.
Netflix has announced Rowan Atkinson comedy series Man vs Baby is currently in production, serving as a sequel to the actor's 2022 series Man vs Bee.
The earlier show utilised Atkinson's legendary skill in physical comedy to tell the farcical story of house-sitter Trevor Bingley, who leaves a mansion in ruins after getting into a rivalry with a rogue bee.
In the second season, Trevor's new foe is a baby and his new setting is a "luxurious London penthouse", which no doubt will be unrecognisable by the time that his stay is over.
The synopsis reads: "After a disastrous experience housesitting a high-tech mansion hampered by an inconvenient insect in Man vs Bee, Trevor Bingley now finds himself looking after a luxurious London penthouse, with another unlikely companion he didn’t ask for..."
To celebrate the start of production, the streamer released some slightly haunting images of Atkinson edited into scenes from other popular Netflix projects featuring babies.
Above, you can see Atkinson's face pasted over Richard Armitage's in a scene from Harlan Coben's hit crime thriller Fool Me Once, also starring Michelle Keegan.
Below, he takes the place of Gillian Anderson's Jean Milburn in a scene from Sex Education season 4, while the streamer's recent One Day adaptation and, most bizarrely, Chicken Run sequel Dawn of the Nugget also get the Man vs Baby treatment.
In our three-star review of Man vs Bee, RadioTimes.com declared Trevor to be Atkinson's "most deranged character yet".
The review explains: "Atkinson doesn't stray from his trademark, cringe-inducing slapstick hijinks, but you surely wouldn't want him to. He does it better than anyone... it's a welcome return to a comedy styling very rarely seen these days."
Man vs Bee season 1 also featured appearances from Red Eye star Jing Lusi, Here We Go and After Life actor Tom Basden, plus Fresh Meat's Greg McHugh, among others.
No casting for Man vs Baby has been announced just yet, but the show will consist of four 30-minute episodes, which is a variation from the preceding season's short, varying episode lengths (between 10 and 20 minutes).
No release date has been given for Man vs Baby at the time of writing, but the series is currently in production, meaning it could potentially be eyeing a premiere sometime next year.
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Man vs Baby is coming soon to Netflix.
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David Craig is the Senior Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest and greatest scripted drama and comedy across television and streaming. Previously, he worked at Starburst Magazine, presented The Winter King Podcast for ITVX and studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield.
