Basil Brush

Basil Brush has been a familiar figure on British children's television for many years. The fox-shaped glove puppet was performed and voiced by Ivan Owen until his death in 2000.

He starred in his own long-running series, The Basil Brush Show, which debuted in 1968 and attracted a broad family audience by mixing children’s entertainment with occasional topical humor. The program continued for twelve years before reportedly being cancelled after the BBC declined to reschedule it to a later time slot. Basil later appeared on ITV in the educational children’s program Let's Read with Basil Brush, and subsequently returned to the BBC as a guest host on Crackerjack!.