Basil Brush
The funniest fox on the box - voted Best Comedy Show by CBBC viewers - a number1 ratings winner. The Basil Brush Show attracts a regular audience of over 1.5million children a week and is packed full of crazy caper, entertaining action, side-splitting spoof and cheeky jokes.
Basil is much-loved and admired by children for his sense of humour and his hilarious antics and particularly appeals to boys and girls, aged 6-10 years.
The new Basil Brush series is infused with fun, madness and mayhem! This fast-moving, comedy sitcom follows the antics of Basil & his group of charismatic friends. In each episode, Basil and his friends find themselves in a variety of comical scenarios including time travel, rock festivals and even haunted houses!
Three new characters join the cast in Series 5; Liam, Basil's new sidekick, Anil's 10 year old niece Lucy and Roxy, a gorgeous, white, Arctic fox (and Basil's new love interest!)
The latest series features Basil Brush and his foxy friends in a brand new animated form for the first time ever. 65 hilarious interstitials have been created for use within the show and as stand alone digital content.
The animation takes Basil out of the studio environment into more adventurous situations, such as parachuting, playing football & flying through space, each time sharing a joke with the audience. It opens up a whole host of opportunities for children to have fun with Basil on new media platforms.
Basil Brush has been hugely successful in the UK for over 35 years and has a 98% awareness rate amongst both adults and children. This is reflected in the fact that Basil's dedicated website: www.basilbrush.com receives over 10 million hits a months with a flourishing fan base of over 20,000 subscribers. To keep up with the trends in interactive media, Basil's website has been refreshed and enhanced to incorporate the new animation, more jokes and games, blogs, podcasts, video webchats as well as downloadable content for mobile.
He is also a hugely successful television and radio presenter. In the last year Basil has presented and featured on a number of different TV shows from the Weakest Link and Richard and Judy, to CBBC Live Links and E4 Music! When Basil isn't busy on television, he is travelling the country starring in his own touring theatrical show & Christmas pantomime.
The newly animated Basil lends itself to a wide range of products. Entertainment Rights plans to develop an exceptional cross category merchandising programme with humour and interactivity at the heart of product design. Basil's new animated identity and packaging is available from autumn 2006.
Basil also stars in Boomtastic Home Entertainment tiles featuring exclusive footage, out-takes, interviews & games.
Basil is a truly unique character!
Production:The Foundation
Running Time:65 x 30 mins; 65 x 10/15 second digital clips
Rights:All rights in all media Worldwide
Website:www.basilbrush.com
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