I use it quite often to teach grammar points, kids and adults alike love it and it's a wonderful motivator... But I use it to teach grammar points such as future for prediction, or conditionals, or narrative tenses.

I do exactly the same, and it's nice to pause Mr Bean from time to time to do that.

I agree, he's more comfortable using it to teach culture rather than language... Not that a comedy show from over 20 years ago is that indicative of modern British culture!

Yep, things have moved...down, more the pity, but that's just how I see things. The UK for me is a bit like somebody has broken into your home while away and has painted it with all the colours you don't like and installed Ikea (don't know how they spell it) furniture-en fin pour moi- that'll get our French expert going! hahaha!