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Man vs Bee is a British comedy television miniseries created and written by Rowan Atkinson and William Davies. The show consists of nine episodes, each of them directed by David Kerr. Atkinson stars as a down-on-his-luck man who finds himself entrenched in a battle with a bee while house sitting a rich couple's modern mansion. Jing Lusi, Claudie Blakley, Tom Basden, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Greg McHugh, and India Fowler also feature.

Genre

Comedy

Slapstick

Created by

Rowan Atkinson

William Davies

Written by

William Davies

Directed by

David Kerr

Starring

Rowan Atkinson

Composer

Lorne Balfe

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Original language

English

No. of series

1

No. of episodes

9

Production

Executive producers

Chris Clark

William Davies

Cinematography

Karl Óskarsson

Editor

Mark Davies

Running time

10–19 minutes

Production company

HouseSitter Productions

Original release

Network

Netflix

Release

24 June 2022

Related

Man vs Baby

Man vs Bee premiered on Netflix on 24 June 2022 and received generally positive reviews from critics. A follow-up miniseries, Man vs Baby, was released on 11 December 2025.

Premise

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A house sitter named Trevor finds himself entrenched in an ongoing battle with a bumblebee while lodging in an elegant mansion, damaging expensive items in the house in his attempt to fight the bee , which fails.

Cast and characters

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Rowan Atkinson as Trevor Bingley, a house sitter who finds himself in a battle with a bee as he causes irreparable damage.

Jing Lusi as Nina Kolstad-Bergenbatten, the owner of the luxurious mansion that Trevor is house-sitting. She also owns a pet dog named Cupcake.

Julian Rhind-Tutt as Christian Kolstad-Bergenbatten, Nina's husband.

Greg McHugh as the gardener

India Fowler as Maddy, Trevor's daughter

Claudie Blakley as Jess, Trevor's ex-wife

Tom Basden as the police officer

Additionally, Gediminas Adomaitis appears as Marek, Christian Alifoe as Karl, and Daniel Fearn as Lewis, the three burglars. Chizzy Akudolu appears as a judge, and Aysha Kala as a police detective.