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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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Bum Bum IS a sexist frase and should not be used in any context unless you are a gay lesbian artist with a wet paint brush. I reckon that Basil needs to get his kit off an put his mouth where his brush is/
Posted by: martin.tapper on Mon Mar 17 10:47PM | Report abuseWhat about the african slave trade. I reckon we should all apologise to Africa immediately and all donate our money to all countries on the African contentinent. That includes you too Mr B Brush
Posted by: martin.tapper on Mon Mar 17 10:50PM | Report abuseI would personally like to see more gysie jokes on TV.
Posted by: alex.bossman on Mon Mar 17 11:12PM | Report abuseGreat job Basil! Show those gypsies whose boss
Posted by: andrewm.deane on Mon Mar 17 11:13PM | Report abuseits bloody ridiculas
Posted by: sweetangel_6669 on Mon Mar 17 11:58PM | Report abuseperhaps basil should start complaining about the mindless murders of his relatives!!!!
Posted by: sweetangel_6669 on Tue Mar 18 12:07AM | Report abuseOh for gods sake what is this country coming too??? Basil Brush lets think about the polish!!! NOROVIRUS??? HOUSING????? JOBS???????? What has BRITAIN come too??? Why have we opened our doors too every creton on this earth??? This country has gone to pot! Why does this goverment think Britons are leaving the UK, because it is no more british than I than the Monarchy!!! Enock powell was right 30yrs ago when the imigrants poured into the UK, NO MORE SAID if you know his words!!! Lets get rid of GORDON BROWN, TONY BLAIRS SHADOW!!! We as a BRITISH family can't wait to get out of BRITAIN!!!
Posted by: c.matkin on Tue Mar 18 12:23AM | Report abusehe is going to need bodyguards for the rest of his left to protect him from gypsy hands getting at him
Posted by: william.mckinstry1 on Tue Mar 18 01:18AM | Report abuseI see the gipsy's are jumping on the bandwagon! Are we going to hang some one for having a BLACK slave?? yes we did have them. I am not proud that we did, it was normal at the time. Basil 6 years ago did say a few risky things, took the p**s out of everything, even WHITES!!! If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen.....GET OUT. BRING BACK BASIL.
Posted by: davelaw.37 on Tue Mar 18 03:25AM | Report abuseWell as punisment he should have his name changed to Mohammed!!!
Posted by: hershamboy69 on Tue Mar 18 04:32AM | Report abuse