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 a conspiracy theorist Fox referred to as "Basil" appeared on the "adult puppet show" "Mongrels" in a throwaway gag scene (Never meet your idols). Rolf Harris at The Royal Albert Hall Basil appeared with Rolf Harris at his 50th anniversary concert for The Prince's Trust. Basil criticised Rolf about wanting to tie a kangaroo down, leading to a montage of clips from "Animal Hospital", then they performed a duet of the song 'In The Court Of King Caractacus' together. Celebrity Juice Basil was the "Newerer Magazine" headline in the "Celebrity Juice" Series 6 Christmas special. ITV News On 21 December