Watch the Dennis and Gnasher 1990 TCC puppet show

[Digifiend]

Well look what turned up on Youtube! Presenting the first seven episodes of The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3cbcceGII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesqd1P8RG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSo7yOknfhI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTT5bH3NxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erOWywEtutY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZvgxkiZzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccn3oOW9fes

[Bigwords]

And background on the production company, for those interested.

[-MikeD-]

Hey - thanks for those links, Digi!


Edit: And they're really funny! Well worth a watch...not the car crash I expected given the lack of an official release and scarcity online. Maybe it's just a rights issue as these really should be available commercially.

On a related note - for me, I still think Dennis' dad was funnier as a moustachioed martinet, but I admit that may be down to age and nostalgia.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

It's the law of YouTube - if it exists, it's bound to end up there one day

Just downloading them all now, I'll watch them as soon as I get a chance.

[Digifiend]

Yes they did. The Children's Channel was owned by Starstream, a consortium comprising DC Thomson, BT, Thorn EMI, and Thames Television. Central Television also later acquired a stake. In 1995 Flextech bought Starstream, and three years later TCC closed without warning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children's_Channel

[Old Freddy]

I've just noticed- the copyright date at the end says "DC Thompson!"

But apart from that, I quite like this series. Definitely the closest to the comic strips out of all four of the TV series, and it's quite funny as well. A bit of a shame it's so obscure, but it's good that these episodes have finally seen the light of day after so long!