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ChuckleVision
Chuckle Brothers Paul and Barry
Format	Children's television series
Created by	The Chuckle Brothers, John Sayle, Martin Hughes
Starring	The Chuckle Brothers (Paul Elliot Barry Elliot) Jimmy Patton Brian Patton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	279)
Production
Running time	19 Minutes (1991 - 2000) 14 Minutes (1987 - 1989, 2001 - present)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	September 26, 1987 – Present

ChuckleVision is a popular British children's television series, shown on CBBC, first shown in 1987. It follows the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with. The ninteenth series started on Monday 5 February 2007 on BBC One and a modern day version of the dead double acts, Laurel and Hardy.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characteristics 3 Vehicles 4 Catchphrases 5 Memorable Quotes 6 Trivia 7 See also 8 External links

The basic plot to each show is the brothers undertaking some sort of job, task or adventure. They are often employed by a character known as No Slacking, who is always played by the brothers' real-life half-brother Jimmy Patton. No Slacking is meant to be a different character in every episode he appears in; however, he is always known by this name owing to the catchphrase he always says to get the bumbling brothers to work properly. No Slacking usually appears several times in each series, and in each episode his life is either ruined or otherwise inconvenienced by Paul and Barry. A large amount of the comedy is based on slapstick.

However, on occasion, the jobs they carry out can be somewhat surreal, or can put them in surreal circumstances. Once they babysat for a boy who got out of his bed, leaving a football on his pillow, leading them to believe that his head had come off. On another occasion they were scheduled to entertain a wealthy family, only to walk into a bedroom and find a rhinoceros, which they accidentally stole.

The duo also often carry out jobs and tasks given to them by "Dan the Van", who is never seen, except in one episode where the Chuckle brothers decide it upon them to make sure he arrives to the special meeting. However, Dan the Van's face cannot be seen, as he is covered in bandages all over, and wearing dark shades.

Their other half brother Brian Patton (who is a double act with Jimmy, The Patton Brothers) has appeared on and off since 1995. His character can often be heard to say "Get out of it!"

Its actually shown on the cbbc channel at 15:25 every weekday and 8:30 to 9:00 on a weekend morning.

Paul is the dominant of the two; it's often due to his blind confidence that the two end up in bother. When he realises he has made a mistake, he often blames Barry and also tends to make Barry do the hard work and takes the credit for himself. However, by the end, poetic justice is usually done and if either brother is to come out on top at the end of the episode, it will invariably be Barry. However, this war between the brothers only happens in about half the episodes. The classic episodes of the show often ended with the brothers running away from some angered third party they had been trying to help.

Since the 2002 series, during the end credits out-takes and goofs are usually shown.

The Chuckmobile - The brothers' main mode of transport. A quadricycle with a red and white striped roof. Barry is usually relegated to driving, while Paul puts his feet up on the front bar.

• Barry/Paul: "To me." "To you."
• Barry/Paul: "'Course it is, silly me." "Silly you."
• Barry and Paul: "Hellooooo"
• Barry/Paul: "Oh dear" "Oh dear, oh dear" (sometimes followed by "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear")
• Paul: "Adadadadada!" (usually said to Barry to stop him from doing something)
• Paul: "Stupid thing!" (when something he is using breaks or doesn't work)
• Paul: "Leg it!" (usually said to Barry to get away from someone chasing them)
• Paul: "Now look what you've done!" (to Barry, although it is usually Paul's fault)
• Paul/Barry: "It isn't!" "It is!" "It isn't!" "It is!" "Is it?"

Done by Jimmy and Brian when they star in the shows:

• Get out of it: "Geroutofit!"
• No Slacking: "And remember... no slacking!"

• Barry: "Let's split up." Paul: "Urgh, no, that'd be messy. I know, you go that way and I'll go this way."
• [Putting shopping into cupboards when Barry drops something] Paul: "Carefully! Carefully!" Barry: [Holding up a packet of cheese] "No it's Edam I think."

• Paul: "The Chuckle's never walk away from a job"
• Barry: "No, were usually running!"

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• There are often references made to Rotherham United F.C., whom the brothers support in real life. In one episode Paul plays for Rotherham F.C and scores an own goal.
• Three early 1990s episodes of the programme were written by future BAFTA-winning television writer Russell T. Davies.
• The fourteenth series, broadcast in 2002, used a continuous storyline, involving the brothers' hunt for a missing ruby.
• Halfway through the fourth series the theme tune was slightly altered. This theme tune has remained ever since, but was shortened in the seventeenth series and also edits of Series 12 and 13.
• There has only been one video release of the show, entitled 'Goofy Golfers' featuring 3 episodes from the 1991 series.
• All the episodes in the fourteenth series display the BBC logo on the title scene, but none of the episodes from other series show this logo.
• The show celebrated its 20th Anniversary on 26 September 2007.

• List of ChuckleVision episodes
• Chuckle Brothers
• List of BBC children's television programmes

• ChuckleVision at the Internet Movie Database
• Chuckle Zone - A Chuckle Brothers Forum
• ChuckleVision Fansite
• A Chuckle Website