 The title music "Ecce homo" ("Behold the man"), like many TV themes  by Howard Goodall (qv), was originally written as a serious piece  of church choral music. New lyrics (in Latin) were written for "Mr.  Bean": "Ecce homo qui est faba. Vale homo qui est faba" ("Behold the  man who is a bean. Farewell the man who is a bean").