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I think that Mr. Atkinson, who is undoubtedly one of the most prominent figures in British comedy, deserves a little more than this glorified stub. One of these days I will get round to it.

Already mentioned is Rowan Atkinson's fast car habit, and having run a long-term car for Car magazine. Rowan is currently running an MG Xpower SV for Evo magazine [a British publication] and writes monthly. This would seem to fit in with the article well, plus would be useful for fans of Atkinsons who wish to read about this, but was deleted when I added it. Any objections to it going back in? -anonymous

--- he no longer reveiws the mg xpower sv

Contents 1 Blackadder most notable role 2 Gay icon? 3 Categories 4 BIRTHPLACE 5 birth place 6 picture 7 Parents 8 Parsimonious? 9 Aspergers Syndrome? 10 short film or episode 11 Ph.D 12 Private life/life saver

[edit] Blackadder most notable role

Changed his most notable role from Mr Bean to Blackadder. Whilst he is well known for both, blackadder in the U.K. at least is better known.

[edit] Gay icon?

Can I see proof of him being a gay icon? If not, i'm removing the category. Hedley 18:01, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

• This article needn't be in both Category:British actors and Category:English actors, nor in both Category:British comedians and Category:English comedians. Tim Ivorson 5 July 2005 08:34 (UTC)
  • Why not? He's both English and British so why not include him in both lists?
  • I think he should be in all those categories... --seifip 16:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BIRTHPLACE

CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY HIS PLACE OF BIRTH? MOST INTERNET SOURCES CLAIM NEWCASTLE?? ANY SOURCES?

[edit] birth place

Consett, Co Durham, England acording to another page:) lol

(: eddie :)

- Generally, famous people from Consett are credited as having come from Newcastle (Anthony from Big Brother was from "Newcastle" according to the Channel 4 site). It's a simple fact that if most people read he was from Consett they'd be clueless. - MARC

That's true, although the media fail to realise "Anthony" doesn't have a geordie accent as it's so far from Tyneside. Then it seems that everyone from the NE is a "geordie". Whilst on the subject shouldn't it be listed as Consett, x miles NW (I think) from Durham city. After all, Durham is its closest city isn't it, certainly within its own county? It is in Co. Durham, whereas Newcastle is in Northumberland/Tyne and Wear - depending on whether you accept the existence of T+W. Durham is also a reasonably famous enough city - at least across Europe.hedpeguyuk 10:51, 11 Jun 2006 (UTC)

[edit] picture

I'm quite sure this is not Rowan Atkinson, but his Belgian impersonator Benny Van der Keelen. (website) PrinceCharming 15:24, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

And I'm quite sure it is Rowan Atkinson. - Ta bu shi da yu 14:32, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Haha it's Atkinson alright

it is Atkinson :) --seifip 16:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parents

-His parents are noted as "Anglican farmers" they farm Anglicans

[edit] Parsimonious?

From the Spitting Image song "Never met a nice South African": "I had lunch with Rowan Atkinson when he paid and wasn't late" [1]. Could be an addition to the comments about his personal wealth?

[edit] Aspergers Syndrome?

I recently noticed an online discussion thar raised the possibility that Rowan may have Aspergers Syndrome. Is it something that has been asked of Rowan? I'm not certain if it's true, but the symptoms mentioned seem to fit certain aspects of his comedy style and personality. I remember Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie publically commenting about their personal dealings with forms of mental illness, so I wondered if Rowan has commented on this. He could certainly bring attention to it if he is a sufferer. Just curious. --24.47.147.176 03:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] short film or episode

Sometime in the 80ies I saw in TV a 30-40 minutes independent episode or short film, where Rowan Atkinson is told by a doctor that he has only a few hours left to live. So he goes out and tries to enjoy what is left of his life. In the meanwhile the doctor finds out that he had mixed up some papers and actually it was someone else that would die soon. So there starts a countdown as the doctor races to find him and let him know of his mistake. On the last few seconds he sees him across the street, but traffic being thick Rowan can't hear him, so he attempts to cross the street and on time 0:00 a car hits him. I have never since seen or heard of this very good episode or film again. Does anybody know more details about it (even title would help). Hoverfish 21:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC) -- Got it! (How nice to answer it myself, actually). Thanks IMDb! It's called Dead on Time (1983) and it seems to have disappeared indeed. Hoverfish 22:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ph.D

There's a mention here that Rowan Atkinson may have a Ph.D. However this is not mentioned anywhere in the article. Can someone confirm this? JameiLei 08:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Private life/life saver

I'm surprised to see nothing about how protective he is about his private life, and that there's no mention of this incident http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1239279.stm when he took the controls of a plane from the collapsed pilot and saved his family - they may be no real confirmation (since Atkinson won't talk about it) but it's highly notable.

David 16:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)