George Martin (comedian) of the day. He wrote for the first TV series of Irish comedian Dave Allen; "Tonight with Dave Allen", as well as material for artistes such as Rolf Harris, Jimmy Tarbuck, Paul Daniels, Harry Worth and Tommy Cooper. He became the main writer and ideas man, as well as script and production associate, for renowned magician David Nixon. When the then unknown legendary fox puppet, Basil Brush, appeared as a weekly guest on "The Nixon Line", Martin helped develop the character and subsequently was the sole writer of every Basil Brush show for many years, (throughout the 1960s and 70s).
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