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The Basil Brush Show
Will Basil and Stephen survive a trip to outer space?
Madison's Aunt Maddie arrvies from America and is deposited in the flat with Basil and the gang who are keen to get rid of her, but when she ends up winning a million pounds on the lottery their feelings change as they offer to help her spend the money. However it is Madison and Molly who come up with the best way of getting rid of a million!
Madison and Molly help Basil opt for a healthier lifestyle by changing his diet and growing veggies in the back garden. Anil, feeling threatened by the popularity of the organic produce, tries to sabotage the operation using toxic waste provided by Cousin Mortimer. However,the waste give such amazing results that soon Basil wholefoods are in the shops. Unfortunately there is a side effect.
First the money from the till, and then the till itself go missing from Anil's café. Basil is determined to find the thief using every cop show parody - this includes the girls (Molly, Madison and India) dressing up 'Charlie's Angels' style
Basil, Dave and Stephen set up as a boy band. In spite of being terrible, a record producer signs them up and immediately dubs their voices and re-works their style. Eventually Dave and Stephen leave, are replaced, leaving Basil as the only original band member. They may be successful, but is Basil willing to mime?
When Basil and the gang decide to make a scary Halloween home movie they get more than they bargained for with the appearance of a poltergeist!
Dave jumps on the reality TV trend and, with Molly and Madison's help, transforms the garden into a jungle. Basil, Stephen, and a few B-list celebrities are brought together to see who can survive. However, the scarcity of food causes all the celebrities to act strangely.
Dave's science homework results in Mr Stephen being cloned. Basil and the gang feel the new Stephen is of a slightly higher pedigree than the original!
The Episode starts with Basil, Molly and Dave in jail. But they are soon joined by cousin Mortimer. After Basil and the gang recap everything that has happened. (They accidently clone 2 mr. stevens, the real one is fired for being bad, the new one a genius has been captured for testing in a secret government lab). After findind the real Steven, they break into the lab and save the fake. By Basil mucks up trying to get rid of steven's clone instead makes copies of everyone (Himself, molly, dave and Bigo) Eventually the original gang are fired and replaced by the clones. They go to work at Anil's and get paid 25 pence the lot of them. Basil has an idea to let the clones age and when they are gone get their jobs back. It works. the gang are back.
Dave's latest money making scheme is in the movie business. When Madison's uncle, a well known Hollywood director comes to town, production soon starts on Basil: The Movie. But Basil doesn't quite get the recognition he hopes for.
There seems to be a bit of a crimewave sweeping the neighbourhood and Basil and the gang decide to invent themselves as superheroes to clean up the town. However Anil also has some surprise powers when it comes to protecting his customers.
Dave decides to become every inch the successful meeja mogul only he takes it to extemes and is soon running a multi-million pound business. Basil and the gang start to worry about Dave's ridiculous lifestyle and besides, his schoolwork is starting to suffer.
After Santa gets food poisoning in Anil's, the gang feel obliged to do his job for him. But can they make and deliver enough presents all over the world in just one night? Even Cousin Mortimer is roped in to give them the benefit of his mathematical skills. (This episode is the series finale and the 2005 Christmas Episode.)
