Robin Driscoll

Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer best known as a writer of Mr Bean After leaving Worthing Art College Robin Driscoll with friends formed a touring theatre company named Cliffhanger in the early 1970s The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation After writing for several TV shows Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later the main writer for Mr Bean the TV series movies and animations He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters 1992 Visual Comedy a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour As an actor he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses The Jolly Boys Outing Murder Most Horrid Dear John Alas Smith Jones Wilderness Road and The Fast Show In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels