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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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This time of being 'PC' has gone to far, how long will it be before we can't say "Hi" to each other without fear of someone thinking were being 'Heightest'.
Posted by: olivertimperley on Tue Mar 18 09:09AM | Report abuseWhat a load of nonsense this PC lark. And as gijb ( comments 7) said does he have a licence to watch TV and where did he nick the tv from ?
Posted by: jeanlouis.micallef on Tue Mar 18 09:35AM | Report abuseBloody Hell...For God sake get a life!!!!!
Posted by: ianmosley on Tue Mar 18 09:37AM | Report abuseHas this small minded complaintant nothing better to do? People with that sort of mind should be discriminated against.
Posted by: graham.k.j on Tue Mar 18 09:40AM | Report abusebasil should stay if that alleged saying was six years ago then it should have been dealt with the, as it wasn't basil should still be allowed to be broadcast, i love basil he comes out with some reall crackers.i think that the travellers should buckle up and stop taking the toys away from the children as basil is only a TOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: amanda.ward123 on Tue Mar 18 09:50AM | Report abuseBasil has a hand shoved up his ar** but do we hear him complain? perhaps the person complaining should put his head up his.
Posted by: graham.k.j on Tue Mar 18 09:51AM | Report abusesome people have nothing better to do, lazy, bored, whinger.........suck on a dummy......
Posted by: rnykissi on Tue Mar 18 09:54AM | Report abuseMessage for Joseph Jones: Do not call for the full force of the law when it is in your favour, if you are not prepared to accept the penalties when the full force of the law goes against you.
Posted by: graham.k.j on Tue Mar 18 10:16AM | Report abusewell a bit off humer did not hert anyone chubby brown make rasists jokes all the time about fat people and ni---- it is a load off cods wollop leave him alone or me and my son will be looking for the grass and spoil sport GET A GOD DAM LIFE I AM A JIPO AND WHAT.I WAS NOT AFENDERD GOOD LOOK BASAIL AND KEEP THE JIPO JOKES COMING
Posted by: darrenallsop on Tue Mar 18 10:19AM | Report abusehow pathetic what are peoples problems these days it was 6 years ago get over it, leave basil alone this is a waste of police time while they are investigating a stupid thing like this another person is being murdered or raped and so on and where are the police ........investigating a stupid remark the worlds gone mad
Posted by: vincentcauchi on Tue Mar 18 10:28AM | Report abuse