ENGLISH SPEECH | ROWAN ATKINSON (Mr. Bean): Free Speech (English Subtitles)

Learn English with Rowan Atkinson. British actor and comedian, Rowan Atkinson has given his full support to a newly launched campaign aimed at reforming the UK’s controversial insults law. The campaign relates to Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. Rowan Atkinson is a celebrated comic actor and writer, who is best known for his role as ‘Mr. Bean’ in the hit television series and two feature films of the same name. He is a man with a pliant face, who can alter his look from a complete buffoon to a snooty grandee in a matter of seconds. He learnt of his flair for comedy while attending Oxford University and since then, there has been no looking back. In this speech, he also quotes: “We need to build our immunity to taking offence so that we can deal with the issues that perfectly justified criticism can raise. Our priority should be to deal with the message, not the messenger.“ - Watch with big English subtitles. ✅ Get the full transcript and audio of this speech FREE on our website: