Jane Bassett is an actress and TV writer. To date, her only TV work has been on the

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children's programme ''

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'', starring and writing in Series 5 from 1995 until the series ended in 1999. She played and voiced the puppet mouse, Mousey and also Millie the Milkwoman, she also played Daphne in the episode "Cuckoo" in episode 23 of series 7. She reprised her role as Mousey on a

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Special in 1997.

Personal life

Bassett was in a long-term relationship with ''

Bodger & Badger ''Bodger & Badger'' is a BBC children's comedy programme written by Andy Cunningham (actor), Andy Cunningham, first broadcast in 1989. It starred Cunningham as handyman Simon Bodger and his talking Eurasian badger, badger companion. The program ...

'' co-star Andy Cunningham. They later separated but remained good friends.

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* Living people British television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) British voice actresses British women writers British screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-actor-stub