Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!

Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! is a British animated television series based on the Dennis the Menace strip from the British comic The Beano created by David Law. The strip first introduced in 1951. It started airing on CBBC on 6 November 2017 and is the third animated adaptation of the strip after Dennis and Gnasher and Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, as well as the fourth overall. The series stars Freddie Fox as Dennis. A second series began on 13 July 2020.

Plot
The series follows 10-year-old Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher as he teams up with his friends Pieface, JJ and Rubi to cause havoc to Walter and Beanotown and Bash Street School, in a world full of action-packed adventure where rules just get in the way.

Each episode also includes a short 2D section featuring Gnasher's fleas telling jokes.

Cast

 * Freddie Fox/Bryce Papenbrook(US dub) as Dennis, the title character and a master of trouble.
 * Boris Hiestand as Gnasher, his pet dog, who serves as a sidekick.
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Walter Brown, Dennis' stuck-up arch-enemy and Grizzly Griller, an explorer who is a Bear Grylls parody.
 * Ryan Sampson/Kyle McCarley(US dub) as Peter "Pieface" Shepherd. One of Dennis' best friends and with a rather odd personality and has a pet potato, Paul.
 * Kathryn Drysdale/Dorothy Fahn(US dub) as Jemima "JJ" Jones. The most fearless girl of Dennis' friends who always tells Dennis stories that her big brothers have told her, even though they may not be true.
 * Kelly-Marie Stewart/Cristina Vee(US dub) as Rubidium "Rubi" von Screwtop. The smartest of Dennis' friends and uses a wheelchair, as does her voice actress. She is very good at making plans. Her father is the scientist Professor von Screwtop, who first appeared in the Lord Snooty strip in the 1940s.
 * Joanna Ruiz/Anne Yatco(US dub) as Mrs Creecher, Gran and Anne Finally - a journalist whose name is a play-on the words "And finally...".
 * Maya Sondhi as Miss Mistry, who joined Bash Street School as a new teacher in Series 2.

Production
The series was first announced on 8 June 2016, when The Beano announced they were setting up a business dedicated to media based on The Beano. Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! will be their first production. On 5 October 2016, it was officially announced that the series would air on CBBC in 2017 and the first-ever picture of Dennis in CGI was released. On 17 March 2017, Freddie Fox was announced to be voicing Dennis, a clip of the series was also released. On 3 July 2017, Rasmus Hardiker, Ryan Sampson, Kathryn Drysdale, Kelly-Marie Stewart and Joanna Ruiz were all added to the voice cast and another clip was released.

The series was announced for a second installment on 12 February 2019, after the success of the first. Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! season one received nominations at Kidscreen, the British Animation awards and was nominated for an International Emmy.

The music for the series was composed by Rob Lord and Graham Kearns and the theme tune was performed by The Vaccines.

Reception
In its first week, it was the highest rated show on CBBC and overall the 10th most-watched programme for 6-12 year olds alongside The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing.