More stamps for Mr Bean's passport

Fremantle International Distribution has seen its animated series Mr Bean picked up by German broadcaster Super RTL and a host of other European networks.

The animated 26×30' series, which will premiere on the ITV1 in the UK, has been picked up by Super RTL as well as broadcasters in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Portugal, Cyprus and French-speaking Belgium. Details of the broadcasters in these territories was unavailable.

Two other major territory deals will be announced at Natpe. The toon is a produced by Tiger Aspect in association with Varga Holdings and Richard Purdum Productions.

After a deal with Fremantle, German broadcaster ARD is also re-running all 14 live-action episodes of the original Mr Bean series, upon which the animated episodes are based.

In other Bean-related news, Tiger Aspect has agreed a deal with BMG Video for video and DVD rights to the animated series for German speaking territories.

And as if that were not enough, Tiger Aspect has inked a deal with TV-Loonland to license Mr Bean clothing in German-speaking territories.