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.

Contents 1 Main and Major Characters 2 Minor and One-Off Characters 3 Episode Listing 4 Credits 4.1 Series 1 5 Broadcast History 6 Commercial Availability 7 See also

[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

• UK
  • CBBC (1996-Present)
  • The Children's Channel (1996-1997)
  • Fox Kids/Jetix

• Ireland
  • RTE Two (1996-2002)

[edit] Commercial Availability

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

[edit] See also

• Dennis the Menace (UK)
• The Beano