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
Christopher Pizzey Christopher Pizzey Christopher Pizzey (born 23 December 1976) is an English actor and comedian, best known for playing Mr. Stephen on the Children's BBC series "The Basil Brush Show". Pizzey's first notable appearance was as Keith in episode 11.9 of TV series "London's Burning". His next appearance was as Busyboy in the "Doc Martin" TV series. He then appeared in the UK film "Anomaly" in 2005 as Captain Dale Waxman. His most long-standing appearance was as Basil Brush's sidekick Mr Stephen in the 2002 remake of the classic Basil Brush show. He appeared from series one to series four as