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The Basil Brush Show

The Basil Brush Show – 1968–1980

Creator
Peter Firmin

Cast
Basil Brush
Bert Hayes
Billy Boyle

 

 

Review by screenman

Boom Boom

Carrying on the theme of puppet comperes from earlier outings like ‘Five O’Clock Club'; we have ‘The Basil Brush Show’.

Foxy Basil was a much more outspoken and entertaining individual with a nice line in gentle mockery. He was very much centre-stage. He had a particular gift for telling corny jokes, which he would round-off with a ‘boom, boom’ in emphasis of their corny nature. It quickly became a national catch-phrase. For an interim Basil and his show became the most popular TV show for both kids and adults who enjoyed his harmless anarchy alike.

Now, like Ollie and Fred, he’s faded into oblivion.

Sadly missed.

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What an amazing piece of kit our telly was. Can you imagine having to change channel by turning a knob to tune in BBC2 and forever getting up to realign the aerial and contrast, and the only way to stop the picture from rolling was to give the set a good thump? Do you remember that we only have three channels to watch? Thinking about it, the conversation was better at school next day as everyone seemed to be watching the same thing unlike nowadays where we have too much choice. Aye, the quality of programmes seem to have dwindled when you think back to what we had in our days.

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