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Basil Brush is being investigated after a complaint was made about an alleged racist joke in the puppet's BBC series.
A complaint was received by the police following a recent screening of an old episode that features the fox telling jokes about gypsies, reports Metro.
The episode, which was originally shown six years ago, features a sketch where a gypsy woman tries to sell Basil some wooden pegs.
A police spokesperson said: "We can confirm we have received a complaint about a TV show featuring Basil Brush from a member of the public in February. The complaint was logged as an incident of a racist nature."
Joseph Jones, a spokesperson for the Romany, Gipsy and Irish Traveller Network, said: "Racist abuse of black people is quite rightly no longer deemed acceptable, but when a comedian makes a joke on TV about pikeys or gypos, there's no comeback."
Did you see the offending episode? Do you think Basil should be banished from our screens?
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What is a Pikey ??
Posted by: cumming.lathetrays on Mon Mar 17 01:08PM | Report abusec/
Posted by: james.meares on Mon Mar 17 01:08PM | Report abuseNO KEEP BASIL!!!!
Posted by: amie_linton on Mon Mar 17 01:08PM | Report abuseI've got a sneaky suspicion that Basil was manipulated into this position..................
Posted by: keithcgreen on Mon Mar 17 01:08PM | Report abuseget a life
Posted by: kenjones53 on Mon Mar 17 01:09PM | Report abusethis is madness hes a puppet and this is going to far leave basil alone
Posted by: pring07 on Mon Mar 17 01:10PM | Report abusehow sad !! what is this world coming to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved basil as a child and i still do.
Posted by: elganharries on Mon Mar 17 01:10PM | Report abuseits a sad sad world people are being murdered kids are being abducted and someone gets upset over a silly comment made by a toy fox six years ago.
Posted by: gouldkevin on Mon Mar 17 01:10PM | Report abuseLu
Posted by: a.i.campbell on Mon Mar 17 01:12PM | Report abusehave some people got nothing better to do than whinge!!!!!!
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