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 Boom Basil!' after each use of his catchphrase. In December 2010 Basil Brush appeared in the Croydon Fairfield Halls pantomime production of "Cinderella". Basil's Swap Shop On 20 December 2007 the BBC announced that Basil would be co-presenting a new version of "Swap Shop" with Barney Harwood on BBC Two. The new series is titled "Basil's Swap Shop". Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation In February 2010 Basil Brush appeared on the Australian game show "Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation" in episode one of season two as the show's first international guest. He appeared in the Baby Boomer team. Mongrels In July 2010