@Adz
Personally I found Basil Brush to be as irritating as Rod Hull and Emu... which I believe was a format blatantly nicked from you antipodeans.
I'd be uncharitable if I said BB was payback, but if it's any help when I'm running this country Basil Brush will be stood up against a wall and toasted with a flamethrower.
This is on the proviso that you guys do the same with the cast of Neighbours.