Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 TV series)
| Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, comedy |
| Written by | Tony Collingwood Chris Trengove Jimmy Hibbert David Freedman Alan Gilbey |
| Directed by | Tony Collingwood |
| Starring |
Richard Pearce Kerry Shale John Baddeley Eve Karpf Sally Grace Jill Lidstone Gary Martin Colin McFarlane Judy Bennett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Christopher O'Hare |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Collingwood O'Hare Beano Productions Hong Ying Animation BBC Television Flextech (Season 1 only) PolyGram |
| Distributor |
HiT Entertainment Universal Home Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC TCC (1996-1997) Fox Kids US (1999-2002) |
| Original release | 2 April 1996 – 7 May 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009) |
Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, which ran from 2 April 1996 until 7 May 1998. The series was produced by Collingwood O'Hare and Beano Productions in association with Flextech, PolyGram and BBC Television, distributed by HiT Entertainment worldwide, and was directed and largely written by Tony Collingwood. A new series has been announced by the BBC and was debuted in 2009.
Dennis; voiced by Richard Pearce. The main character, Dennis is a 10-year-old troublemaker and mischievous young child. While most of his mischief is for fun, sometimes it can cause serious problems, or even help others. Dennis' antics have caused him to gain multiple enemies including his next door neighbour Walter, the Colonel, and Sergeant Slipper. Dennis has saved the world on one occasion and appeared on Blue Peter after winning an art competition ("The Competition").
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 "Skull and Crossbones", when a company had accused Gnasher of being a rat. Gnasher possesses a set of teeth that are capable of chewing through almost anything, hence his name. His favourite food is bones, and his favourite dog toy is his squeaky bone. In "Summer Holiday", Gnasher went by the alias of pets. In "Special Agent Dennis", it's revealed that Dennis feeds Gnasher his homework rather than actually do the homework.
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