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Kirsten Howard Feb 6, 2018

Mel and Sue and Basil Brush, too. The new Generation Game will feature the boom boom fox of yore, it's been revealed...

Basil Brush will be a rather surprising new addition to the revamped Generation Game, set to air on BBC One later this year.

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are to host the new version of the classic game show, and The Sun had the scoop on Basil's re-emergence from the shadows, as puppeteer Michael Winsor broke down the skinny on the fox's decision to unretire for the new series:

"It’s top secret at the moment. We are doing pop-ups to surprise Mel and Sue," he confirmed, before adding "We did one episode and he was such a success we ended up doing four. They want us back on Saturday nights. We want to get the family together watching again. We’re fed up with Bgt and Pointless.

Basil Brush is moving into the digital age with his first online show.

The long-running character will appear in 32 episodes of The Basil Brush Show on Videojug Network's new comedy channel Quipstar.

The new series begins today (February 16) with episodes airing daily this week to celebrate its launch.

Each instalment of the series will see Basil and his sidekick Mr Stephen go on fun-filled adventures. The pair will be seen jet skiing and will also head out on a safari adventure.

Basil Brush said: "I'm thrilled to have my own online show that viewers can watch all over the world, whenever they want. As a TV veteran it pays to move with the times, and it feels that the time is right for me to conquer the online world. Boom Boom!"

Videojug Networks Executive Producer, Paul Jackson, added: "Basil was the first furry animal to command his own Saturday night...

Chris Chibnall’s Broadchurch was a series that can claim to have totally gripped the nation. “Who Murdered Danny Latimer?” was the question on everyone’s lips. To call Broadchurch a phenomenon seems entirely appropriate- it was a ratings behemoth and garnered heaps of critical praise. A second series has already been commissioned and the first thrilling series is about to land on DVD here, as well as taking over America very soon.

One of the Prime Suspects was firm audience favourite Nige Carter, the well-meaning Plumber and best mate of the victim’s father. At times over-emotional and hiding a dark past even he was unaware of, Nige was portrayed by the charismatic and established performer Joe Sims.

In an exclusive interview, Sims was kind enough to discuss his approaches to acting, his varied career and his charity work with young people as well as the memorable time he...

Production has begun in Northern Ireland on Sixteen South's children's series 'Big and Small'. Filming has begun in Belfast and will continue for eight weeks. This is the third series of children's show 'Big and Small' and is a co-production between Sixteen South and Kindle Entertainment. The 26x11 minute series has been commissioned by CBeebies. Produced by David Collier (The Basil Brush Show) and executively produced by Kindle's Anne Brogan (My Parents are Aliens) and Sixteen South's Colin Williams (Sesame Tree)...

Cbbc (UK) commissions Planet Ajay, a new Bollywood-themed kids show from The Foundation, which is part of Rdf Media Group. Set on Planet Ajay, the home of Ajay Chhabra (better known as Anil from The Basil Brush Show), the series will incorporate music, dance, comedy and sketches as well as interactive segments. Ajay will play several of the characters on the show. Planet Ajay is currently in production and will be broadcast later this year. Rdf Kids & Family holds all international rights in the property and will be launching it at Miptv next week.

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LONDON -- U.K. production house RDF Media, listed on the Alternative Investment Market here, said Thursday it has snapped up The Basil Brush Show creator Foundation TV Prods. in a £4 million ($7.5 million) acquisition. The move, RDF said, is part of the company's strategy to "extend group activities further into children's and family entertainment." It marks the first company purchase spearheaded by Nigel Pickard, RDF Television's director of family entertainment.

LONDON -- Kids entertainment group Entertainment Rights on Tuesday posted pretax profits of £6 million ($10.5 million) for the year ending Dec. 31, 2005, up a healthy 172% from the previous year's total of £2.2 million. The London-listed company -- which counts preschool characters Postman Pat and Basil Brush among its key properties -- said the balance between wholly-owned brands and third-party strategic alliances had bolstered company profits. Chairman Rod Bransgrove said in a statement that the business was "well balanced" and drew attention to the balance between brand and alliances.