Based on the original comic strips from The Beano, it features the adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher.

[6] Screenshots and an episode can be found at the production company website, Red Kite Animation.

The show was a co-production between Red Kite Animation in Scotland and Sticky Pictures in Australia.

[7] 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 Animation) and producers Jane Schneider (Sticky Pictures) and Sueann Smith (Red Kite).

[8] Jane Ubrien, Sarah Aubrey and Keith Scott are confirmed to be voice actors for the series.

[3] 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 no longer deliberately causes trouble.,[9] In addition, Walter, Dennis's main rival, was made more masculine, removing elements like his pink-coloured pyjamas, a small poodle, effeminate voice and his friends being mainly girls.

On 6 February 2014, a book called The Diary of Dennis the Menace was released to celebrate The Beano's 75-year anniversary.