the whale. Both captains appear in Dennis Ahoy! Captain Prefab later appears in a non-speaking cameo role in Summer Holiday. Episodes During the series' credits, the guest stars were always at the top before the regular cast. Series 1 (1996) Series 2 (1998) For this series, the animation team switched from traditional cel-animation to digital ink-and-paint, making the motions appear much smoother. Revival series A new television series has now been produced. 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. 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. The show used to be shown at 4.00 pm from Monday-Friday on CBBC. Release Broadcast The series initially aired on BBC and CBBC, with the latter channel airing it until 2009 when it was replaced with a revival series, it also later started airing on TCC and Fox Kids. In the US, the series aired on Sprout from 2005-2006, it was removed due to the channel wanting to focus more on preschool programming. Internationally, it aired on RTL 7 in Poland, NCRV and NPO Zappelin in the Netherlands, Super RTL in Germany, Italia 1 in Italy, and SBT in Brazil. Home Media Episodes 1-4 of series one are available in two, separate volumes each containing two episodes. The further thirteen episodes are yet to be released. All 13 episodes of series two are available in three, separate volumes each containing four-five episodes. These were later re-released in a box-set alongside "The Beano Videostars" and "The Beano Allstars". All 26 episodes the complete 2 series was released 22 August 2011 in a DVD boxset titled Dennis & Gnasher: Special Agent Dennis & 25 More Crazy Adventures (8 Discs), it also contains "The Beano Videostars" and "The Beano Allstars" on 22 August 2011 which makes all episodes available on DVD. Ratings (CBBC Channel) Saturday 22 June 2002 - 40,000 (3rd most watched on CBBC that week) Sunday 23 June 2002 - 30,000 (5th most watched on CBBC that week) References External links 1990s British children's television series 1996 British television series debuts 1998 British television series endings 1990s British animated television series British children's animated comedy television series English-language television shows The Beano Fox Kids BBC children's television shows