Dennis the Menace (1996 TV series)

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Dennis and Gnasher was an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, which ran from 1996 until 1998. The BBC announced on 04 October 2007 that a new series of Dennis The Menace would be made for broadcast in 2009.

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[edit] Main and Major Characters

Dennis the Menace; voiced by Richard Pearce.

Gnasher, the Abyssinian wire-haired tripehound; voiced by Kerry Shale. Gnasher is Dennis's pet dog. He is Dennis's 'partner-in-crime' twenty four hours a day, seven days a week--together they are the proverbial 'two peas in a pod'. When Gnasher is not by Dennis's side, like during school hours, (though he does follow Dennis to school in the mornings), he'll have taken up his vigil, hiding in the front garden, ready and waiting to ambush the postman as he attempts to deliver the mail on Gnasher's watch. Gnasher's family still lives on the isle of "Abyssinia", as revealed in The Trial, when a company of rat catchers had accused Gnasher of being a large rat instead of being a dog. Gnasher possesses a set of teeth that are capable of chewing through almost anything, hence his name - "Gnasher". His favorite food are bones and his favorite dog toy is his squeeky bone. In Summer Holiday, Gnasher went by the alias of "Baby Norman", Dennis's baby brother, to be allowed to stay at a beachside guesthouse whose owner disliked pets. In Special Agent Dennis, its revealed that Dennis feeds Gnasher his homework rather that actually do the homework.

Dennis's Dad; voiced by John Baddeley.

Dennis's Mum; voiced by Eve Karpf.

Dennis's Granny, "Gertrude"; voiced by Sally Grace. Although she is of eighty-years-of-age, Dennis's Granny is still very young at heart. Dennis loves his Granny, he defends her when another speaks ill of her (Dennis and the Beanstalk), and will come to her for advice in times of need (The Day TV was Banned). In her youth, Dennis's Granny was every bit the Menace towards anything like a peaceful society in Beanotown that her grandson is today, as revealed in The Secret Diary, and in her day there was a police officer, Sgt Boot, who was the 'Sgt. Slipper' to her 'Dennis'. According to information from the Beano comicbook, she is the mother of Dennis's Dad; in The Secret Diary, when Dennis's Dad mentions more than once how well-behaved he was to his parents, he may have been referring particularly to his father because Dennis's Granny favors her grandson, Dennis, who takes after her. In The Secret Diary, she was depicted as having black hair, like her son and grandson, but in Gorilla Warfare, she was seen in a flashback with blond hair (so possibly she dyed it). She rides a motorcycle and eats pizza with "everything on them". She is perhaps the only adult, as mentioned by Dennis's Dad, "insane enough" to provide Dennis with any adult supervision, and survive intact and willingly can come back for more of the fun and mayhem.

Curly; voiced by Jill Lidstone.

Kevin Pie-Face; voiced by Gary Martin.

The Colonel, "Godfrey"; voiced by John Baddeley.

Sgt. Slipper; voiced by Colin McFarlane.

Walter the Softie; voiced by Judy Bennet.

Matilda the Softie; voiced by Eve Karpf.

[edit] Minor and One-Off Characters

Mrs. Pie Face, Kevin Pie Face's Mum; voiced by Jill Lidstone.

Mr. Pie Face, Kevin Pie Face's Dad; voiced by Gary Martin.

The Postman; voiced by John Baddeley.

Sergeant Slipper; voiced by Colin McFarlane.

Walter's Dad; voiced by Gary Martin.

Dennis's Great Aunt Gertrude; voiced by Patrick Fyffe. Seen in Haunted House.

Dennis's Great Aunt Fanny; voiced by George Logan. Seen in Haunted House.

Flossy Muggins; Sally Grace. Seen in Revenge of the Robot.

[edit] Episode Listing

Peoples names in brackets are guest actors who voiced one of the guest characters in that particular episode.

Series 1

  1. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - First broadcast: 2/4/1996
  2. The Day They Took Gnasher Away - First broadcast: 9/4/1996
  3. The Bathnight Club - First broadcast: 16/4/1996
  4. Dennis Ahoy - First broadcast: 23/4/1996 (Billy Connolly)
  5. Revenge of the Robot - First broadcast: 30/4/1996
  6. Wanted! - First broadcast: 7/5/1996 (Leslie Phillips)
  7. Dennis and the Beanstalk - First broadcast: 14/5/1996
  8. Unidentified Funny Object - First broadcast: 21/5/1996
  9. Special Agent Dennis - First broadcast: 28/5/1996
  10. Dennis and the Grown Ups - First broadcast: 4/6/1996
  11. The Secret Diary - First broadcast: 25/6/1996 (Greg Proops)
  12. Gorilla Warfare - First broadcast: 2/7/1996
  13. The Day TV was Banned - First broadcast: 9/7/1996 (Ken Dodd)

Series 2

  1. The Competition - First broadcast: 13/2/1998 (Katy Hill, Stuart Miles)
  2. Summer Holiday - First broadcast: 20/2/1998 (Prunella Scales)
  3. Menace Power - First broadcast: 27/2/1998
  4. Dennisaurus Rex - First broadcast: 6/3/1998
  5. Adventures in Dennis Sitting - First broadcast: 13/3/1998
  6. Haunted House - First broadcast: 20/3/1998
  7. Oil Strike - First broadcast: 27/3/1998
  8. Mauled - First broadcast: 3/4/1998
  9. The Trial - First broadcast: 9/4/1998
  10. Journey to the Centre of the Bed - First broadcast: 16/4/1998
  11. Skull & Crossbones - First broadcast: 23/4/1998 (Brian Blessed)
  12. Snowbound - First broadcast: 30/4/1998
  13. Monster Menace - First broadcast: 7/5/1998 (Jimmy Hibbert)

[edit] Credits

[edit] Series 1

Directed by 
Tony Collingwood
Produced by 
Christopher O’Hare
Executive Producers for D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 
Walter Fearn & Bob McGregor
Executive Producer for Hit Entertainment PLC 
Peter Orton
Series Consultant for D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 
Mike Robinson
Programme Associates (for BBC Television) 
Michael Carrington
Programme Associates (for Flextech Rights Ltd.) 
Joan Lofts
Programme Associates (for Polygram Video) 
Darren Kinnersley-Hill
Production Manager 
Christian Holland
Production Co-ordinator 
Helen Stroud
Design Co-ordinator 
Alistair Douglas
Production Assistants 
Vicky Gilbert, Gordon Langley, Alastair Johnson
Production Accountant 
Nigel Wood
Script Supervisor 
Helen Stroud
With Thanks to 
Euan Kerr and Alan Digby
Storyboard by 
Arna Selznick
With Sequences by 
John Van Bruggen
Assisted by 
Riccardo Durante, Luc Latulippe, Brad Coombs, Chad Hicks & Danny Kahan
Overseas Supervisor 
Kieron Seamons
Character Designer 
Alan Kerswell
Assistant Character Designer 
Christine Tynan
Background Designer 
Tony Pulham
Prop Designer 
Giorgio Madegan
Clean-Up 
Ronan Spelman, Chris Norris and Mary Sheridan
Colour Key Artist 
Ann Goodall
Assisted by 
Jung Suk West
Additional Design 
Trevor Ricketts
Script Supervisor 
Helen Stroud
Background Painters 
Denis Ryan, Gary Sycamore and Rachel Steadman
Sheet Time and Lip Sync 
Michael Longden
Storyboard Slugging 
My Bushman
Track Breakdowns 
Peter Corley & Johl Garling
Video Director 
Tony Collingwood
Casting 
Simone Ireland and Vanessa Pereira
Recording Studio 
Saunders & Gordon
Animation by 
Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Co. Ltd., Bobby Hsieh
Hong Ying Production Manager 
Mr. Tom Pong and Ma Zhao Li
Hong Ying Directors 
Mr. Panda Zhang, Mr. Xie Ming Yang, Mr. Skinny Wen, Mr. Pen Kun Xing
Hong Ying Producer 
Jane Jiang
Head of Key Animation 
Ms. Lisa Hsieh, Mr. Jennifer Gao
Animation Checker 
Ms. Meng Ai Yu
Checker 
Ms. Jin Hu
Head of Inking and Painting 
Ms. Lou Yu Qin
Final Checker 
Ms. Sun Hong
Camera 
Mr. Sang Weiming
Overseas Consultant 
Winnie Chaffee
Supervising Editor 
Nigel Rutter
Telecine Grading 
Tony Ford
Editbox 
David Ward
Soundtrack Design 
Richard Lambert and Nigel Rutter
Sound Effects Editor 
Peter Dixon
Dubbing Mixer 
Richard Lambert
Post Production Scheduler 
Satu Ellard
Post Production 
Nigel Rutter (Editing)
Post Production Facilities 
M2 Facilities Group (London)
Title Music Written by 
Roger Jackson
Music Written by 
Andrew Dimitroff
Music Mixed by 
Dave Concors
A Tony Collingwood Production
Based on characters from Beano comic
In association with BBC Television, Polygram Video and Flextech Rights Ltd
© D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd MCMXCVI

[edit] Broadcast History

[edit] Commercial Availability

The 1998 series of Dennis and Gnasher was released in 2004, as a 3 volume DVD set.

[edit] See also