
The Basil Brush Show
The Basil Brush Show was a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox, Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 4 October 2002 to 21 December 2007. The show is a spin-off from the original 1960's/1970's BBC television series, but without any of the original cast.
Seasons

1. The Date
Air Date: 2002-11-21
Basil winds up in an unlikely double-date from hell when Stephen falls for the new girl in town - with messy results. There is more than just egg left on everyone's face.

2. Mouse
Air Date: 2002-11-28
There is a mouse in the house that is eating everything it can find. So Basil and co. have to outwit the mouse in a game of cat-and-mouse!

3. The Statley Home
Air Date: 2002-12-05
Steven meets a gypsy and wishes to be handsome, and when his wish comes true, all the girls begin slobbering over him.

4. The Bully
Air Date: 2002-12-12
When Molly gets Bullied by a girl at school Basil and Stephen must help in every way they can and Dave gets grounded

5. Cakes
Air Date: 2002-12-19

6. The Fake's Progress
Air Date: 2002-12-23
Steven meets a gypsy and wishes to be handsome, and when his wish comes true, all the girls begin slobbering over him.

7. The Job
Air Date: 2002-12-29

8. Mean Genie
Air Date: 2002-12-30

9. The Farm
Air Date: 2002-12-31

10. The Mad Man of Murrimbidgee
Air Date: 2003-01-01

11. Going for Broke
Air Date: 2003-01-02
Dave has an unexpected urge for kindness towards a tramp, which reaps great rewards, but the tramp may not be who he seems.

12. Molly Christmas
Air Date: 2003-02-01
When Molly is low and listless, Basil decides to surprise her by having Christmas early with a mystery guest, but not everyone is good at keeping secrets.

13. Cousin Mortimer
Air Date: 2003-02-02
It seems that nobody likes Basil now that his cousin Mortimer has moved in.

1. Ella
Air Date: 2003-11-21
The flat opposite is available to rent, and Basil is eager to make a good impression on his attractive new neighbor, Miss Ella. Meanwhile, chaos breaks out as the landlord struggles to prevent problems and keep Basil out of sight while attempting to rent out the flat.

2. Suprise Party
Air Date: 2004-01-01
Its steven's birthday and he thinks everyone has forgotten. So he throws his own party, but what he doesn't know is that there are 3 more parties being planed.

3. Fit for Nothing
Air Date: 2003-12-29
Ella and Molly attempt to persuade Basil and Stephen to give up junk food and get in shape at Healthy Harry's Healthy World Gymnasium. Once they arrive, Harry deceives them into signing a contract to appear on his humiliating TV fitness show. Can Basil and Stephen escape the situation?

4. Molly in Love
Air Date: 2003-12-19
Molly goes through the highs and lows of falling in love for the first time. But will her choice of boy earn the approval of her overly protective Uncle Stephen?

5. Big Bother
Air Date: 2003-11-28
In order to make money, dave agrees to having a reality tv show to be filmed in the flat, Big Bother, of course it all goes wrong...

6. Bend it Like Basil
Air Date: 2004-01-02
Dave is picked to play for in his school team in the next big football match. Good thing right? NOt really especially since his school are facing St. Nigel's. St. Nigel's team are the biggest toughest team. So its up to Basil, Molly and Ella to help out.

7. Bing Trouble
Air Date: 2003-12-12
Basil is working on a family chronicle when he receives a parcel from Ella. She insists that the box is alive, but inside it turns out to be Basil's nephew, Bingo. Bingo causes chaos for the group by eating Ella's dress, devouring Molly's French homework, vomiting on Dave's schoolbag, using the toilet, eating the rabbit from Stephen's top hat, and finally wrecking Anil's cafe.

8. Soap a Dope
Air Date: 2003-12-30
Basil Bubby wanks over a bar of soap after Molly Mubby sucks his teacozy on his dick!!!! aNSD DHHDO

9. The Return Of Cousin Mortimer
Air Date: 2003-12-05
Basil's villainous cousin Mortimer has returned to work at Anil's Cafe, but has he truly changed his ways?

10. Taste the Blood of Brushcula
Air Date: 2003-12-31
Basil is warned not to eat old cheese before bed because he would have nightmares, but he still does. Then he has a horrible nightmare with steven,ella,molly as vampires and anil as Dr. Frankenstein and Dave as Igor

11. Project Anil
Air Date: 2004-09-22
Anil becomes depressed when his cafe starts struggling after a new rival restaurant opens nearby. In an attempt to help, Basil takes him to a cookery class run by Ainsley Harriott, but the lesson does nothing to improve Anil's cooking. The owner of the new restaurant, Orso, then buys the cafe for £50, and the health inspector shuts it down, resulting in Anil getting his cafe back.

12. Quiz Night
Air Date: 2004-01-14
It is quiz night at the cafe, and Basil and Stephen will need more than just their brainpower if they want to beat Molly and Ella to the prize. An epic battle of the sexes unfolds as the girls face off against the boys. Can Basil and Stephen hold onto the crown?

13. Basil's Christmas Turkey
Air Date: 2003-12-24
It is Christmas, and Basil is determined to put on the perfect Christmas show with all the trimmings. However, his plans unravel when Stephen's Aunt, Cousin Mortimer, and Bingo arrive instead of any of the people Basil asked Dave to invite.

1. Frocks Rocks
Air Date: 2004-09-23
On helping their new American neighbour move in, Basil and Stephen mislay her entire end of term fashion collection. The gang rally round to help and her show turns out to be a huge, international success - or does it?

2. The Revenge of the Mummy
Air Date: 2004-09-24
Molly's research into the Ancient Egyptians uncovers a burial chamber beneath the flat. Basil and the others are eager to break into the tomb and claim the legendary jewel once owned by King Tutenbek, but should they really disregard the curse said to surround it?

3. The Pitz Hotel
Air Date: 2004-10-01
Dave's newest money-making scheme converts the flat into a hotel. The gang gets involved to help, but Basil and Stephen are set on sabotaging the project. However, by turning it into the worst hotel in the world, it unexpectedly becomes a success. Will the guests stay forever?

4. Holding the Baby
Air Date: 2004-10-08
Molly has taken on a bit of babysitting. However, when Molly is called away by the paranoid parents she leaves Basil and Stephen to cope with a little, tiny baby. How difficult can that be?

5. Wedded Blitz
Air Date: 2004-10-15
Basil awakes to discover he’s lined up to marry popular soap star, Kelly Foxwell. As Kelly charms her way into Basil’s affections, the gang are subjected to a few changes around the flat. Stephen suspects Kelly’s intentions are not honourable and when Mortimer turns up Basil is in for a surprise.

6. Pop Fox
Air Date: 2004-11-05
As owner of a new karaoke machine, Anil has been chosen to host the latest heats of TV’s pop talent show …quot; Pop War. Basil and Stephen decide to enter but as rivals. Stephen’s nerves increase on discovering Basil’s surprisingly brilliant singing abilities so, with Dave’s assistance, resorts to cheating to try and win. However, in spite of all their efforts they are both outperformed by a surprise talent.

7. Sports Spectacular
Air Date: 2004-10-29
Molly is involved with Sports day but the coaches daughter is always cheating. Basil & Co. get Molly in training to win.

8. Basil's Millions
Air Date: 2004-09-10
Basil discovers that keeping his cool with his cousin isn't easy.

9. Camping
Air Date: 2004-09-17
Basil and Steven bet Anil that they would spend an entire night camping with Molly, Dave, and Madison. While they are away, Anil takes advantage of their absence and stays the night in Steven's flat.

10. The Candidate
Air Date: 2004-10-22
Molly and Dave are both running for School President, but the have completly different ideas. Basil, Madison and India help Molly, meanwhile Anil and Steven help Dave.

11. Foxweight Champion
Air Date: 2004-11-12
Wrestling mania has taken over in the Basil household so when their favourite wrestler, the Stone, steps out of the ring into retirement they are all distraught. Dave sets up Anil’s café as the venue for a new wrestling show. Basil becomes champion tempting the Stone out of retirement. It looks like the end for the gang when the Stone enters the ring but fortunately a mystery champ saves the day.

12. Dog Gone
Air Date: 2004-11-19
Dave’s pet sitting scheme enrages the landlord who issues an ultimatum to remove all the animals from the flat or else. With Basil and the gang’s help the flat is cleared apart from one stray dog whose owner can’t be located. Coincidentally the landlord has lost his little dog …

13. It's A Wonderful Brush
Air Date: 2004-12-23
Basil and the gang are in tragedy as they have only 79p for Christmas. Basil blame himself for this and wishes he was never born. This episode is based on The Wonderful Life. (This episode is the series 3 finale and christmas episode).

1. Fox In Space
Air Date: 2005-09-23
Will Basil and Stephen survive a trip to outer space?

2. Thanks a Million
Air Date: 2005-09-05
Madison's Aunt Maddie arrvies from America and is deposited in the flat with Basil and the gang who are keen to get rid of her, but when she ends up winning a million pounds on the lottery their feelings change as they offer to help her spend the money. However it is Madison and Molly who come up with the best way of getting rid of a million!

3. Manic Organic
Air Date: 2005-09-16
Madison and Molly help Basil opt for a healthier lifestyle by changing his diet and growing veggies in the back garden. Anil, feeling threatened by the popularity of the organic produce, tries to sabotage the operation using toxic waste provided by Cousin Mortimer. However,the waste give such amazing results that soon Basil wholefoods are in the shops. Unfortunately there is a side effect.

4. Basil's Angels
Air Date: 2005-09-23
First the money from the till, and then the till itself go missing from Anil's café. Basil is determined to find the thief using every cop show parody - this includes the girls (Molly, Madison and India) dressing up 'Charlie's Angels' style

5. Basil's Brush With Fame
Air Date: 2005-09-28
Basil, Dave and Stephen set up as a boy band. In spite of being terrible, a record producer signs them up and immediately dubs their voices and re-works their style. Eventually Dave and Stephen leave, are replaced, leaving Basil as the only original band member. They may be successful, but is Basil willing to mime?

6. The Stupid Christmas I mean Halloween Episode
Air Date: 2005-10-31
When Basil and the gang decide to make a scary Halloween home movie they get more than they bargained for with the appearance of a poltergeist!

7. I'm A Celebrity... Let Me Back In The Kitchen
Air Date: 2005-04-11
Dave jumps on the reality TV trend and, with Molly and Madison's help, transforms the garden into a jungle. Basil, Stephen, and a few B-list celebrities are brought together to see who can survive. However, the scarcity of food causes all the celebrities to act strangely.

8. Double Trouble (1)
Air Date: 2005-10-14
Dave's science homework results in Mr Stephen being cloned. Basil and the gang feel the new Stephen is of a slightly higher pedigree than the original!

9. Double Trouble (2)
Air Date: 2005-10-21
The Episode starts with Basil, Molly and Dave in jail. But they are soon joined by cousin Mortimer. After Basil and the gang recap everything that has happened. (They accidently clone 2 mr. stevens, the real one is fired for being bad, the new one a genius has been captured for testing in a secret government lab). After findind the real Steven, they break into the lab and save the fake. By Basil mucks up trying to get rid of steven's clone instead makes copies of everyone (Himself, molly, dave and Bigo) Eventually the original gang are fired and replaced by the clones. They go to work at Anil's and get paid 25 pence the lot of them. Basil has an idea to let the clones age and when they are gone get their jobs back. It works. the gang are back.

10. Basil: The Movie
Air Date: 2005-10-07
Dave's latest money making scheme is in the movie business. When Madison's uncle, a well known Hollywood director comes to town, production soon starts on Basil: The Movie. But Basil doesn't quite get the recognition he hopes for.

11. The Incapables
Air Date: 2005-11-18
There seems to be a bit of a crimewave sweeping the neighbourhood and Basil and the gang decide to invent themselves as superheroes to clean up the town. However Anil also has some surprise powers when it comes to protecting his customers.

12. Meeja Mogul
Air Date: 2005-11-23
Dave decides to become every inch the successful meeja mogul only he takes it to extemes and is soon running a multi-million pound business. Basil and the gang start to worry about Dave's ridiculous lifestyle and besides, his schoolwork is starting to suffer.

13. Santa Brush
Air Date: 2005-12-21
After Santa gets food poisoning in Anil's, the gang feel obliged to do his job for him. But can they make and deliver enough presents all over the world in just one night? Even Cousin Mortimer is roped in to give them the benefit of his mathematical skills. (This episode is the series finale and the 2005 Christmas Episode.)

1. Liam and Lucy
Air Date: 2006-09-29
The hunt is on for Basil's new sidekick, but who is the new girl in Anil's cafe?

2. Fox Rocks
Air Date: 2006-09-29
Will Basil's performance be good enough for the rock festival?

3. Toothache
Air Date: 2006-10-06
Will Basil and the gang's amateur dentistry put a stop to Anil's toothache?

4. Brush to the Future
Air Date: 2006-10-13
Basil and Liam try out a bit of time travel. Will they manage to leave the past alone?

5. Kiss and Tell
Air Date: 2006-10-27
Basil's past seems to be catching up with him.

6. Basil's Haunted House
Air Date: 2006-11-03
Is a Halloween sleepover in the country's most haunted house such a good idea?

7. Basil Back To School
Air Date: 2006-11-03
Will Basil’s return to school be a triumph or disaster?

8. Basil the Casualty
Air Date: 2006-11-17
Basil's illness lands him in hospital where his treatment holds a few surprises.

9. Dave's First Girlfriend
Air Date: 2006-11-17
Everyone’s pitching in as Basil and the gang attempt to win over Dave’s new girlfriend. Will true love take a smooth course?

10. The Sweet Smell of Success
Air Date: 2006-11-24
Basil's ex-girlfriend Roxy faces off against him for the annual 'Fox of the Year Award,' each launching a new perfume. But who will take the title—Basil or Roxy? And is there someone else lurking in the wings?

11. It's A Knockout
Air Date: 2006-12-01
Basil receives a blow to the head, which ends up causing a headache for the entire gang, as he develops amnesia and forgets his famous catchphrase.

12. Basil's Extravaganza
Air Date: 2006-12-08
Basil and Liam understand that organizing the end-of-school talent variety show extravaganza will be challenging.

13. No Business Like Snow Business
Air Date: 2006-12-15
Will Basil and the gang have the snowy Christmas they are hoping for?

1. Ballroom Basil
Air Date: 2007-09-07
Basil catches ballroom fever when he’s invited to appear as a guest on Ballroom Fever at Anil’s Cafe, but how can he cha-cha-cha without a partner?

2. Basil's Angels 2: Fox on the Run
Air Date: 2007-09-14
Will Basil's loyal Angels be able to show he didn’t steal a ruby before the police imprison him? Liam and Lucy take the place of the original Angels where India (who is on a slow boat to China) and Molly (who went to get some milk) would have been.

3. This Charming Man
Air Date: 2007-09-21
Liam’s elderly Uncle Brendan has discovered the secret to eternal youth, and Basil wants a bottle! But what’s really happening???

4. The Lift
Air Date: 2007-09-28
Can Basil save the day when Madison is stuck in a lift?

5. Dave Swap
Air Date: 2007-10-05
A new Dave moves into the flat, causing chaos, while Basil schemes to get the original Dave back.

6. Anil the Sidekick
Air Date: 2007-10-12
Because a computer program's 'Annual Job Review' reports that Liam is underperforming as Basil's sidekick, Basil fires Liam. Anil is hired as the new sidekick, and Liam is offered the chance to run the Cafe, effectively swapping roles with Anil—but will this change turn out for the better or not?

7. Da Basil Code
Air Date: 2007-10-19
Basil and the gang are tracking an ancient artefact that can grant wishes. But when the wishes get out of control, there are consequences.

8. All Scream for Ice Cream
Air Date: 2007-10-26
Halloween has arrived, but an unusually hot spell has everyone craving ice cream. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Ice Cream Reaper is creating chaos for the team.

9. Windbreaker
Air Date: 2007-11-02
Basil becomes a secret agent for the British Secret Service (Codename: Windbreaker) and, together with the rest of the gang—Madison: Supergirl, Liam: Captain Green, Lucy: The Doll, and Anil: Mighty Lion/Flaming Idiot (as named by Basil)—he spies on Cousin Mortimer. But who is the real villain?

10. Dave's Apprentice
Air Date: 2007-11-09
Dave tells the gang that he plans to retire. Can Basil overcome the resistance from the other members and take over Dave's business empire?

11. That Shrinking Feeling
Air Date: 2007-11-16
Dave accidentally shrinks to the size of a microdot and is swallowed by Anil. Basil then shrinks himself and Liam to save his old friend from the bubbling stomach acid.

12. Basil Hood
Air Date: 2007-11-23
While filming the gang’s Robin Hood B-movie, Bingo believes everything is real. Can Basil prevent his nephew Bingo from turning into a small, furry outlaw like it’s 1973?

13. Basil's Christmas Dinners
Air Date: 2007-12-21
Basil and Liam attend three Christmas dinners, but will they manage to finish the pudding at each one before they explode?
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Rating
7.2/10
Release Date
2002-11-21
Episodes
78 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
The Foundation




