Astronuts - Comedy slapstick running in similar veins to Basil Brush about a family in 5050, who, after their father's stupidity in moving planet, find themselves lost in space.
Melvin was presenting Swap Shop with Basil Brush in 2008 on Saturday mornings, alongside his days of playing various characters for the long running and BAFTA award winning Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow.
Brush was also known by the nickname Basil, as a joke based on the television puppet Basil Brush.
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He appeared in various film roles, including East of Sudan (1964), Hotel Paradiso (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969), prior to becoming familiar to British television viewers as 'Mr. Derek' in the children's series The Basil Brush Show, replacing Rodney Bewes as presenter.
Basil's Swap Shop, a 2008 relaunch of the BBC show, starring puppet character Basil Brush