Basil's Swap Shop is a children's television series produced for CBBC. Based on the BBC Saturday morning show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which ran on BBC1 from 1976 to 1982, it is hosted by television presenter Barney Harwood (ex presenter of CBBC) along with veteran puppet character Basil Brush, from whom the show takes its title. The show is normally broadcast on BBC Two from 10.00am till 11.00am and is one of the main summer replacement shows f...
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Basil's Swap Shop is a children's television series produced for CBBC. Based on the BBC Saturday morning show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which ran on BBC1 from 1976 to 1982, it is hosted by television presenter Barney Harwood (ex presenter of CBBC) along with veteran puppet character Basil Brush, from whom the show takes its title. The show is normally broadcast on BBC Two from 10.00am till 11.00am and is one of the main summer replacement shows filling in for the absence of TMi. Although, the series contained a lot of games with a lot of gunge which the original show in the 1970s didn't. The show is produced by The Foundation (the makers of The Basil Brush Show and Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown).
The new version of Swap Shop is broadcast live, and features games and comedy sketches, as well as the "swap shop" itself (the studio audience bring items to exchange for this feature).
The first series ran for thirteen episodes of one hour. In addition to main presenters Basil Brush...
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