Basil Brush to make TV comeback on Generation Game revamp hosted by Mel and Sue
The fox makes surprise appearances in all four new episodes of the classic BBC1 show, fronted by ex Bake Off stars Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
TELLY favourite Basil Brush is making a comeback on a new revamp of The Generation Game.
The fox makes surprise appearances in all four new episodes of the classic BBC1 show, fronted by ex Bake Off stars Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
His puppeteer Michael Winsor said: “It’s top secret at the moment. We are doing pop-ups to surprise Mel and Sue.
“We did one episode and he was such a success we ended up doing four.”
Basil — catchphrase Boom Boom — had his own BBC show from 1968 until 1980. He returned with current puppeteer Michael in 2002, for five years on kids’ channel CBBC.
He guested in 1973 on the long-running Generation Game — famous for its conveyor belt of prizes — with first host Bruce Forsyth.
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Michael, who has signed with a top agent, now hopes for more prime bookings.
He said: “They want us back on Saturday nights.
“We want to get the family together watching again. We’re fed up with BGT and Pointless.”