The turkey scene is there, however the recliner scene is missing. BTW, both scenes were never included in German TV broadcasts.
Picture quality is - considering the source - fine, and you can watch in English without subtitles. The DVDs also include English menu screens.

I'd like to point out that the bonus disc has scenes that were cut from the programs - you can see where they were supposed to go - so the set wasn't put together recklessly or without care, this is just an oversite. C'est la vie, I *think* everyone can survive it.

laugh track always there?
 

I just received the Whole Bean box set on DVD, but one thing is really bugging me. I watched Mr. Bean on PBS around 5-6 years ago, and I do not remember a laugh track. Can anyone verify if the laugh track has always existed.

I'm sorry but I really hate laugh tracks.

Re: laugh track always there?
 

Hmm... I watched them on HBO years ago and I'm pretty sure they had the laugh tracks....

Re: laugh track always there?
 

LOL!!

They ALWAYS had laugh tracks dude. Always.

I haven't gotten around to buying this yet because of the deleted scenes. But a local channel near me airs Mr Bean once a week (probably to promote the DVD). They aired the Christmas episode recently and I noticed it was the version on the DVD with the deleted scene. Before, I remember watching the uncut versions on that same channel. Ugh. :(

so...?
 

So, after all the discussion and little in-fighting that's been happening, the basics are still not clear.

1) I can confirm that my French box set (which the GERMAN Amazon shipped to me for some reason instead of the German version I ordered) DOES contain the Turkey cheating scene.

2) I can confirm that my French box set DOES NOT contain the Recliner scene, and I have always noticed it and wondered if the German version has it. So far, one person her has said "yes, the German one DOES have the recliner scene", and other people have said "no, it doesn't". So, for once and for all, is there ANY DVD version that DOES contain the version with the Recliner bit?

3) And finally, as a side note, does anyone know if there is any difference in content between the French and German box sets?

I'm waiting too for someone to confirm WHERE I can get the recliner scene. Whether its DVD , VHS , United States , Europe , whatever. As long as I know which version has it.

Apparently , the U.S. VHS versions have the recliner scene but I'm not absolutely sure about that either. Also to make things more complicated, there are 2 different releases of the U.S. VHS versions , Polygram and Universal.

As these series are released earlier on separate discs maybe someone could check is the "missing scene" on Mr. Bean - The Perilous Pursuits DVD

Hmm, funny, I seem to recall seeing the additional scenes mentioned here IN ENGLAND.

Of course, it could just have been on vhs over there... or I watched it on PBS here.

Not to hijack the thread away from cut scenes but there is another issue I have with my Whole Bean collection that I haven't seen mentioned yet...
The packaging on both the box and the disc 1 & 2 dvd covers indicate that "The Trouble with Mr. Bean" should be the last episode on disc one and "Mr. Bean Rides Again" should be the first episode on disc two.
Yet on the DVDs themselves, Mr. Bean Rides Again is on disc 1 and The Trouble with Mr. Bean is on disc 2.
Does everyone else have the same mix-up? And which should be the right order? Thanks.

The episodes order on the discs does NOT reflect the original broadcast order. They're just thrown on there in a sort of random order. During the original broadcasts, "Trouble" was aired as episode 8 and "Rides Again" was aired as episode 9.

The correct broadcast order is here: www.epguides.com/MrBean. As you can see, they were aired sporadically as "specials" over a period of about 5 1/2 years!

Thanks for the link and info on the organization of the set.

As to my other question does anyone else have a set where the episode listings on the box set itself and the cases for disc one and two don't match up with the content on the discs?
Everywhere on the Whole Bean packaging it says that:
"The Trouble with Mr. Bean" is on Disc 1.
"Mr. Bean Rides Again" is on Disc 2.
In actuality these two episodes are reversed and I was wondering if it was a typo/misprint on all copies or only mine.

I just thought of something, has anyone factored in PAL/NTSC conversion speed up?

Yes, this mistake is on all the packaging and was first noted by the original poster on page 3 of this thread.