Television appearances
- Canned Laughter (1979), an experimental sitcom pilot for LWT
- The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979), a charity special for Amnesty International
- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982)
- Peter Cook & Co (1980)
- The Innes Book Of Records (1980), guest appearance
- Blackadder as Prince Edmund (Series 1), Lord Blackadder (Series 2), Edmund Blackadder (Series 3 & 4) & Ebenezer Blackadder (Blackadder's Christmas Carol) (1983–1989)
- Saturday Live as guest host (1986)
- Mr. Bean as Mr. Bean (1990–2009 various times)
- Rowan Atkinson Live as assorted characters (1992) (VHS of live sketches)
- Bernard and the Genie as Bernard's Boss (1991) (TV movie)
- Funny Business (1992), a documentary about the craft of comedy
- A Bit Of Fry And Laurie (1992), guest appearance
- The Thin Blue Line as Inspector Raymond Fowler (1995–1996)
- Blackadder: Back and Forth as Blackadder (2000)
- Mr. Bean (animated TV series) as Mr Bean, voice (2002)
- The Comic Relief Red Nose Day telecasts, including appearing in:
- Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as Edmund Blackadder (1988)
- Nosenight sketches (1989)
- Mr Bean's Red Nose Day as Mr Bean (1991)
- (I Wanna Be) Elected as Mr Bean (1992)
- Blind Date with Mr Bean as Mr Bean (1993)
- Torvill and Bean as Mr Bean (1995)
- Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death as The Doctor (1999)
- Popsters as Nasty Neville (2001)
- Lying to Michael Jackson as Martin Bashir (2003)
- Spider-Plant Man as Peter Piper and Spider-Plant Man (2005)
- Mr Bean's Wedding as Mr Bean (2007)
- The Greatest Worst Bits of Comic Relief as Himself (2007)
- The Dame Edna Treatment (2007), guest appearance as Mr Bean
- We Are Most Amused (2008), a special show to celebrate Prince Charles' 60th birthday
- Blackadder Rides Again as himself (2008)
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