A SOUTHAMPTON graduate is dating the man known to millions as Mr Bean.

Rowan Atkinson has been spotted out looking loved-up with his girlfriend Louise Ford, who is almost half his age.

Comedy actress Miss Ford, 32, who gained an English degree at the University of Southampton, met the 60-year-old Blackadder star when they appeared together in the 2012 West End comic play Quatermaine's Terms.

They were seen holding hands as they headed to a lunch date in London.

The British acting icon, who has two grown-up children, was married to Sunetra Sastry for 23 years before their relationship came to an end.