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The Curse of Mr. Bean is the third episode of the British television series Mr. Bean, produced by Tiger Television for Thames Television. It was first broadcast on ITV on Tuesday 1 January 1991 and watched by 13.8 million viewers on its original transmission. Bean decides to go the local, public swimming pool, where he uses a mechanical arm grabber to get his ticket and parks his Mini in the nearby car park. Once inside and changed, he becomes excited upon seeing a couple of kiddie slides and attempts to use one, only for a lifeguard to spot and force him out to the main pool. Bean soon spots the diving boards and decides to try out the highest one instead. However, he soon becomes frightened when he learns how high up he is, and tries to chicken out, only to find two boys waiting for their turn. Forced to attempt a dive, Bean fails at his initial try, and decides to climb off the edge. One of the impatient boys decides to get him off the diving board and stamps on his hand, causing him to fall into the pool. Upon surfacing, Bean spots that his trunks came off, and fails to retrieve them as a small girl fishes them out and takes them with her. Left naked, just as the lifeguard orders everyone out, Bean attempts to get back to the changing room, hiding to avoid being spotted by a female lifeguard, only to freak out a group of female swimmers who run into him.