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 Right Said Fred and other celebrity friends. Fantasy Football League Also in 1993, Basil appeared alongside Roy Hattersley on the BBC comedy series "Fantasy Football League" with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel — his first television appearance in a decade. Inevitably, his fantasy football team for the series included Norwich City midfielder Ruel Fox. Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game Basil made a surprise guest appearance at the end of an act featured on the BBC game show "The Generation Game" in about 1973, where the game between the players was to identify six celebrities hidden behind disguises who sang a song