If I am bored to death by a TV show, as I am by 'Mr Bean', there's no way I'll incorporate it
into my teaching. I can teach body language and gestures by using photos downloaded from
the Internet. I needn't utilize 'Mr Bean' to do so!

Sorry FT, but I have to disagree with you on this one. In classes where there's a vast difference in the language ability of students, Mr Bean is an excellent tool to use. There's no dialogue for the kids to focus on and so their English ability level matters not. They all get to enjoy the show with the same level of understanding.

In my experience the lower-level kids also feel a tad more confident when the time comes for me to elicit dialogue from them.

As for being bored, we're teachers, we're paid to be bored. However, we're not paid to be boring.