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Basil and Barney's Swap Shop (2008)

Basil and Barney's Swap Shop poster
Original title
Basil's Swap Shop
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 25 episodes
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Two hosts, a man and a puppet fox, run a live Saturday morning show where kids call in to trade toys and other items. It is a modern reboot of a classic British children's program.

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What happens

Basil and Barney's Swap Shop (known as Basil's Swap Shop in the first two series) is a British children's television series that was produced for CBBC and ran on Saturday mornings on BBC Two and CBBC Channel from 5 January 2008 to 25 September 2010. Based on the original BBC children's Saturday morning show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which ran on BBC One from 1976 to 1982, it was hosted by Barney Harwood, along with veteran puppet character Basil Brush, from whom the show takes its title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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