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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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f***ing redi@#$%s
Posted by: kt07gamer on Wed Mar 19 12:21AM | Report abusemakes me want ti stick my hand up his bum lol
Posted by: andyturley on Wed Mar 19 12:43AM | Report abuseI have just got to page 22,and i can`t go on no more.Think what your saying what is this GET A GRIP` GET A LIFE` PC GONE MAD` THE SKETCH WAS SHOWN 6 YEARS AGO`GYSPOS` If i had a penny for every time i have read this tonight i would go on an early holiday; YES i have got job, YES i do pay my taxes, YES i have T.V licence, YES i`ve got my cars MOT, insurance, and TAX, YES i have a passport,YES i have just received my council tax bill for next year( it`s over nine hundred pounds)YES and just like you i have grumble to my self. You know what i`m that GYPSY YOU KEEP SLAGGIN OFF. we are only like you we have the same feelings and the same problems as you. SO YOU GET A LIFE.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;L;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;P;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;W
Posted by: lisaprice123 on Wed Mar 19 01:42AM | Report abuseErrr - it was from an OLD show? also Basil said Gypsy - not 'pikey' as quoted by Joseph Jones, a spokesperson for the Romany, Gipsy and Irish Traveller Network ! who SHOULD know that the word Gypsy is a slang term for " Princes of Egypt" -a case of the pot calling kettle black? (OMG did he say BLACK !?!? ...........ere we go!
Posted by: max.wragg on Wed Mar 19 01:55AM | Report abuseyou know what! i must be getting as stupit as the rest of you plokers,because i sit reading this load of s###t.you all must be very proud of your self and very boring.you say that the pikeys and gypos can`t read? then why are you posting comments who are thay for? you must be getting a kick out of it. GET A LIFE; GET A GRIP.....i think that`s what you should do. SO STOP ACTING LIKE CHRILDREN IN A SCHOOL GROUND. i don`t think you are worried about BB i think it`s what you want somethink to get your teeth into. ther is no need for you to get angry and abusive about this. if you act like a fool what example are you setting for your chrildren........ don`t comment on my spellings.......... it`s very late..........
Posted by: lisaprice123 on Wed Mar 19 04:10AM | Report abuserubbish! I've watched basil since i was a kid if they ban the fox off the box the country's gone mad! plus who complained anyway if they don't like it turn the tv off thats what I'd do
Posted by: rebdev on Wed Mar 19 06:08AM | Report abuseI do not think he was being racist at all he's not even real he's a puppet. You people are nutters!!!
Posted by: iaincharlton542 on Wed Mar 19 06:44AM | Report abusei got the 2000th comment!!!
Posted by: iaincharlton542 on Wed Mar 19 06:51AM | Report abuseWas the woman who reported it called sharon?
Posted by: ptty_mccarty on Wed Mar 19 07:08AM | Report abuseHow Sade is that if they dont like they need to go back to there own contery how come they make a complaint the police looking in to it.if us english make a complaint they take down details and they dont come and see tell about 3 or 4 days later i think something rong some where .tell me something how do they get priority and us english dont get priorty lets keep basil you have my support ..
Posted by: carolineahickling on Wed Mar 19 07:49AM | Report abuse