Recent articles
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?
Comment on this article
Please sign in to add your comments.
User comments
ZW
Posted by: hayward857 on Tue Mar 18 04:46PM | Report abusesad sad person. the person has NO LIFE if he takes affence by a stuffed fox telling a joke
Posted by: hayward857 on Tue Mar 18 04:47PM | Report abuseDid Greg Dyke have a hand in it?
Posted by: jahgc on Tue Mar 18 04:54PM | Report abusekeep basil
Posted by: gavin.davies11 on Tue Mar 18 05:17PM | Report abuseIt's about time that people got a grip of reality, I have never heard anything so daft but nothing suprises me will they lock the puppet up or shall we have community service!!!!!!!
Posted by: andrewtompkins on Tue Mar 18 05:20PM | Report abusebasil brush should be recyeld into a coat and scarf he, nobody has the right to make fun of any way of life ,good on the travelling community for standing up to this sort of @#$% ,basil brush should be swept off our screens .even if it was six years or sixty years ago , ignorance is always ignorance .
Posted by: alex.white87 on Tue Mar 18 05:20PM | Report abusethey should get a life
Posted by: har_hen on Tue Mar 18 05:21PM | Report abuseWho ever came up with the word "Racist " is a joke, this political society that we live in is becoming a joke what happended to freedom of speach - Get a life
Posted by: tg44 on Tue Mar 18 05:41PM | Report abuseIt'll be gingers next!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: aliappleton563 on Tue Mar 18 05:42PM | Report abuseWhat the hell, this is so stupid. Its just a joke. Not even that many kids know what a pikey is. And what are grown men doing watching basil brush anyway?
Posted by: ashley.mulcahy on Tue Mar 18 05:55PM | Report abuse