Beano Studios
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 2
About Beano Studios
Beano Studios is a UK multimedia entertainment business developing publishing, digital experiences, screen content and commercial partnerships for children and families. Established in 2016 by DC Thomson, it extends the world of The Beano comic into television, online entertainment, consumer products and live experiences. Its work draws on characters including Dennis and Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids.
The business combines ongoing comic production with the development of new ways for audiences to encounter its characters. The weekly comic and annuals remain central to its publishing activity, with editorial and creative production based in Dundee. Its London operations bring together commercial partnerships, digital publishing, screen development and audience insights, supporting a business that works across entertainment formats rather than a single production discipline.
Publishing, digital and screen entertainment
The studio operates Beano.com, a children's entertainment platform offering videos, interactive games, quizzes and digital shorts across web and mobile. The platform complements its print publishing and provides another setting for character storytelling and audience engagement.
Its screen productions include Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!, a CGI animated television series distributed internationally through partners including CBBC and Netflix. The series received an International Emmy Kids Award nomination and reached audiences in more than 90 countries. Other work includes SO Beano!, a presenter-led children's entertainment series produced for Sky Kids and Sky One, and a theatrical presentation of Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!.
Audience understanding and brand partnerships
Alongside its entertainment output, Beano Studios develops character licensing, consumer products, branded storytelling and live experiences. These activities connect its publishing heritage with commercial collaborations and new audience-facing formats.
Its Beano Brain division provides youth and family market research and brand consulting. Working with commercial clients, media networks and educational institutions, the division studies Gen Alpha, Gen Z and contemporary family audiences to inform how organisations communicate with and develop offerings for younger consumers.
More about Beano Studios
Corporate leadership
The report lists James Henry Michael Clayton and Benjamin John Howard Gray as active directors.
Research approach and education
Beano Brain combines behavioral data with experience engaging young audiences, using bespoke quantitative and qualitative research. Beano for Schools provides educational resources and curriculum integration.
Expansion into archive adaptations
In November 2021, Beano Studios and DC Thomson launched Emanata Studios to develop live-action and animated adaptations from DC Thomson's library of more than 2,000 comic properties. Its development collaborations include Westbrook Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, CBS and Fox Entertainment/Bento Box. These projects belong to Emanata's development pipeline rather than Beano Studios' completed production credits.
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Where Beano Studios is based
- 185 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2HS, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
Beano Towers / DC Thomson Building
HeadquartersAbout this office
Overall headquarters and registered office, supporting commercial partnerships, licensing, screen development, digital operations and Beano Brain.
- Courier Buildings, 2 Albert Square / Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 9QJ, Scotland, United KingdomDundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dundee office
About this office
Creative editorial and comic production hub for the weekly Beano comic, annuals and graphic publishing; base for Beano Studios Scotland creative leadership.
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