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 Cartoon Story Book "Basil's Cartoon Story Book" is a collection of 24 animated children's stories from around the world and presented by Basil Brush. Released on VHS in 1994, it was sold and distributed in the United Kingdom by PolyGram Video Ltd under The Pocket Money Video brand. The Goodies Basil appears in two episodes of "The Goodies". In "A Kick in the Arts", he cameos in a fox hunting scene. In "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?", he is a member of the "Puppet Government". Stick It Out Basil appears on the 1993 Comic Relief song "Stick It Out" with