Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series)
| Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy Children |
| Created by | David Law (characters) |
| Directed by | Glenn Kirkpatrick |
| Starring |
Series 1: Sophie Aldred Teresa Gallagher Jo Wyatt Rob Rackstraw Bob Golding Nicky Jones Series 2: Chris Johnson Natif Ahmed Morwenna Banks Rasmus Hardiker |
| Theme music composer | Iain Cook |
| Opening theme | "Unstoppable" |
| Ending theme | "Unstoppable" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin |
Australia United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 102 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Donna Andrews Ken Anderson Tim Brooke-Hunt Ben Gray Jo Rooney |
| Producer(s) | Donna Andrews Jane Schneider Sueann Smith Stu Connolly |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Beano Productions Red Kite Animation Sticky Pictures Nine Network |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nine Network (Australia) CBBC Channel (UK) CBBC HD (UK) (10–20 December 2013) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 7 September 2009 – 20 December 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dennis and Gnasher is an Australian/British animated television series currently being aired on CBBC Channel. Based on the original comic strips from The Beano, it features the adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher. The programme is aimed for ages 6–12 and commenced on 7 September 2009 and ended on 2 March 2010 after 52 episodes. A second series started at 3:45pm on 8 July 2013 on the CBBC Channel. It was preceded by Dennis and Gnasher which aired in 1996 and a new series in 1998.
The new series features the return of Dennis, Gnasher, Mum, Dad, Curly and Pie-Face and also features the introduction of Dennis' little sister Bea, as well as several original characters like Athena. The production shots also showed Dennis' treehouse with a more menacing design. Screenshots and an episode can be found at the production company Red Kite Animation's website.
Images of the characters and production were featured in The Beano's 70 year anniversary.
The show was a co-production between Red Kite Animation in Scotland and Sticky Pictures in Australia. Consisting of 52 11-minute segments, the animation is directed by Glenn Kirkpatrick with Executive Producers Donna Andrews (Sticky Pictures) and Ken Anderson (Red Kite) and producers Jane Schneider (Sticky Pictures) and Sueann Smith (Red Kite).Jane Ubrien, Sarah Aubrey, Jimmy Hibbert and Keith Scott are confirmed to be voice actors for the series.
A number of changes have been made to the original format compared to the comics and previous television series. As well as being updated and modernised, Dennis lost his catapult and peashooter and will no longer deliberately cause trouble, In addition Walter, Dennis's main rival, was made more masculine, removing elements like his pink pyjamas, a small poodle, effeminate voice and his friends being mainly girls. There were fears that Dennis could be seen as homophobic or at the least bullying Walter about his effeminacy, sparking fears and criticism that the show has been toned down for reasons of political correctness. However the producers have stated that "Dennis will not lose his sense of fun."
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