Basil Brush very aggressive Scottish hedgehog also made by Peter Firmin. In the mid-1960s Basil became a supporting act for the magician David Nixon, upstaging Nixon on the latter's BBC1 show "Nixon at Nine-Five" in 1967 and "The Nixon Line" (1967–68), to such good effect that the fox was offered his own show. Basil thus acquired his own television series on the BBC, "The Basil Brush Show", which ran for 12 years from 1968 until 1980, in which he was supported by various famous stooges: first, in 1968, by the actor Rodney Bewes, known on the show as "Mr Rodney"; next, from
Basil Brush about a dastardly plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Both teams of contestants identified Basil as one of the masked celebrities. Blue Peter Basil briefly appeared as a presenter for several Friday episodes of the popular British children's TV programme "Blue Peter" in 2003, in which he had his own joke segment. On 16 November 2010 Basil made a further guest appearance for one episode. French and Saunders Basil played Dobby the house elf in the "French & Saunders" sketch "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" for "Comic Relief" Red Nose Day 2003. 500 miles Basil