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
The Basil Brush Show Stephen's second love interest, only appearing in the second series (2003–04). She is also good friends with Molly. It is revealed that she is a football prodigy in "Bend it like Basil". She is played by Tisha Martin. The Voice Over Man was an unseen character who often voiced over at times when he annoys the gang but occasionally he undid some mistakes that Basil and his friends made. He was part of the regular cast from 2002–05, quietly retiring from the show after Series 4. He was credited as Basil Soper. Mortimer is Basil's cousin and recurring antagonist. His