Series synopsis
ChuckleVision is a British family comedy television series that premiered on BBC One on September 26, 1987. It ended on December 18, 2009. It was created by Russell Davies. It stars Barry Chuckle, Paul Chuckle, Jimmy Patton and Brian Patton.
ChuckleVision is a long-standing British children's series broadcast from 1987 to 2009. The Chuckle Brothers' famous comedy involves slapstick, other visual gags, wordplay, and catchphrases such as "To me, to you!" and "Oh dear, oh dear!"
Premise
ChuckleVision is a long-standing British children's series broadcast from 1987 to 2009. The Chuckle Brothers' famous comedy involves slapstick, other visual gags, wordplay, and catchphrases such as "To me, to you!" and "Oh dear, oh dear!"
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Barry Chuckle as Self
- Paul Chuckle as Self
- Jimmy Patton as No Slacking
- Brian Patton as GetOutOfIt
- Roy Castle
- Debra Stephenson
- Malcolm Terris
- Bernie Nolan
Supporting cast
- John D. Collins
- Dave Benson Phillips
- Ramsay Gilderdale
- Patrick Mower
- Ian Barritt
- Leni Harper
- David Barber
- Hilda Braid
- Paul Shane
- Kate Copstick
- Ted Rogers
- Leslie Schofield
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 286 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 26, 1987 | December 19, 1987 |
| Season 2 | 13 | November 19, 1988 | February 18, 1989 |
| Season 3 | 13 | December 2, 1989 | February 24, 1990 |
| Season 4 | 15 | September 28, 1991 | January 4, 1992 |
| Season 5 | 15 | September 26, 1992 | January 2, 1993 |
| Season 6 | 15 | January 8, 1994 | April 16, 1994 |
| Season 7 | 15 | January 7, 1995 | April 15, 1995 |
| Season 8 | 15 | December 20, 1995 | March 27, 1996 |
| Season 9 | 15 | December 4, 1996 | March 26, 1997 |
| Season 10 | 15 | December 17, 1997 | April 2, 1998 |
| Season 11 | 16 | December 22, 1998 | March 31, 1999 |
| Season 12 | 15 | December 21, 1999 | March 29, 2000 |
| Season 13 | 15 | December 19, 2000 | March 28, 2001 |
| Season 14 | 15 | January 2, 2002 | April 10, 2002 |
| Season 15 | 15 | December 24, 2002 | March 28, 2003 |
| Season 16 | 15 | January 9, 2004 | April 23, 2004 |
| Season 17 | 15 | January 6, 2005 | April 14, 2005 |
| Season 18 | 15 | March 6, 2006 | March 24, 2006 |
| Season 19 | 15 | February 5, 2007 | March 23, 2007 |
| Season 20 | 6 | January 28, 2008 | February 4, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breakfast Telly | September 26, 1987 |
| 2 |
Dance The duo try dancing. |
October 3, 1987 |
| 3 | Sport | October 10, 1987 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean Up | November 19, 1988 |
| 2 | Australia | November 26, 1988 |
| 3 | Nature Watch | December 3, 1988 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stand and Deliver Armed with a gleaming new handcart The Chuckle Brothers set off to deliver some leaflets for a builder. Among their problems is a block of high-rise flats and a rather irate cake deliverer. |
December 2, 1989 |
| 2 |
Parks and Wreck-Reations Paul and Barry become park attendants |
December 9, 1989 |
| 3 |
Stop That World...! Whilst look after Uncle Henry's mansion, a runaway globe causes problems for The Boys. |
December 16, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Plumb Crazy The duo are hired by Mrs. Blenkinsop to fix a fountain. |
September 28, 1991 |
| 2 |
Cafe Chuckles Paul and Barry answer an advert for staff to run Pete's Café. They quickly get to work when they hear a Royal procession is passing by. |
October 5, 1991 |
| 3 |
The Perils of Porters A hospital administrator unwillingly gives Paul and Barry jobs as hospital porters, but they soon get into trouble with the laughing gas. |
October 12, 1991 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Caravan Capers Paul and Barry buy a caravan, but they have a bit of trouble with a farmer when they put it in his field. |
September 26, 1992 |
| 2 |
Crimebusters After catching a bank robber Paul and Barry go looking for other criminals, and they spot a man climbing though a window, but all is not as it seems. |
October 3, 1992 |
| 3 |
Up In The Air Paul and Barry spend the day in a hot air baloon. |
October 10, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Under Lock and Key Paul and Barry move to their new premises and decide to install some security systems. |
January 8, 1994 |
| 2 |
Gala Performance Paul and Barry plan to put on a gala performance for a famous opera star. |
January 15, 1994 |
| 3 |
Pizza the Action Paul and Barry start up Chucklehut Pizzas. However, their promises of personal delivery lead to all kinds of trouble. |
January 22, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spilt Milk Paul and Barry arrive home after doing the shopping and, of course, Paul fancies a cup of tea. Barry has a few accidents with the milk, meaning they have to go and get some more. They trek all over town trying to get some and even get locked in dairy. It seems no sooner than they have got some milk, they lose it! |
January 7, 1995 |
| 2 |
The Hunt For Chalky White A newspaper competition to find a mystery character called Chalky White results in Paul and Barry finding the wrong people |
January 14, 1995 |
| 3 |
Not In Our Back Yard The brothers' find out that there are plans to demolish their mill to make way for a new road. So they take on the town hall in an effort to stop the new road going ahead. |
January 21, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Exterminators The brothers do battle with a persistant woodworm in Mrs. Wilson's tallboy. Matters aren't aren't helped by her nosey neighbour. |
December 20, 1995 |
| 2 |
Monkey Business Paul and Barry agree to mind Chester Merriment's pet, Tiddles. They aren't so keen when they discover Tiddles is a gorilla! |
December 27, 1995 |
| 3 |
Marquee Madness Paul and Barry are sent to put up a marquee at a stately home and accidentally destroy a new statue in the process. |
January 3, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bats in the Belfry The duo go totally batty when they inspect a church belfry. |
December 4, 1996 |
| 2 |
High Jinx The bumbling brothers cause havoc when working as stewards on a plane bound for Greaseborough. Barry accidentally pours soup down the captain's shirt, so the captain changes into holiday gear. Paul mistakes him for a stowaway and ties him up and puts him into the hold. Later, when the co-pilot realizes the captain has been gone a long time, he goes to find him but accidentally gets locked inside a room by Barry. The silly brothers soon discover that no one is flying the plane… |
December 11, 1996 |
| 3 |
Chuckles in Charge The brothers are put in charge of running a holiday camp. |
December 18, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Perils Of Petrovich When Petrovich Leningrad, a russian ballet star comes to visit, Paul and Barry become his bodyguards. But then, the duo suspect he is a spy and decide to stop him performing... |
December 17, 1997 |
| 2 |
Gold Rush Paul and Barry take jobs as country postmen and find themselves in the middle of a feud between two landowners, Mrs. Blenkinsop (a poor lonely old lady with not much money) and Mad MacMidus. Who will be the first to catch gold fever? |
December 24, 1997 |
| 3 |
New Pages A delivery man slips up Paul and Barry's fish and chip shop. Threatening to sue, this sends them to a stately home where they attempt to put up a valuable tapestry but will they even get it upstairs? |
January 8, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Breakdown When the float showcasing Dan's new Mexican restaurant breaks down Paul decides he can fix it. Quite soon there is a large traffic jam building... |
December 22, 1998 |
| 2 |
Garden Pests Paul and Barry visit a garden centre, causing chaos as usual. |
December 30, 1998 |
| 3 |
Matchstick Men Paul and Barry arrive to do a spot of cleaning for an avid matchstick modeler. Unfortunately things don't go quite as well as they might. |
January 6, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
No Pets Allowed The duo's host is allergic to animals so they try to remove the Rhino they discover in the Paul's bedroom. |
December 21, 1999 |
| 2 |
Lotta Bottle Paul and Barry attempt more than one kind of delivery when they get jobs as milkmen. |
December 28, 1999 |
| 3 |
Spaced Out There's a close encounter with the X Files when Paul investigates the paranormal and Barry meets a man from Venus. |
January 5, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lollipop, Lollipop Paul gets a job as a lollipop man and Barry is a traffic warden. When a disgruntled motorist takes Paul's lollipop stick, the brothers disguise themselves as old ladies to get it back. |
December 19, 2000 |
| 2 |
Dim Waiters Paul, Barry and No Slacking are catering for the Duke of Kumquat's candlelit meal with Dan's niece. A proposal is on the cards, but is the Duke just in it for the money? |
December 27, 2000 |
| 3 |
Wrong Number The brothers are having a spot of trouble with the telephones in their office. Trying to fix them does more harm than good and causes problems for an engineer. |
January 3, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Safe and Sound Paul and Barry install a safe for Dan the Van's Gran and discover a priceless ruby and some suspicious dinner guests. |
January 2, 2002 |
| 2 |
Trouble at the Mill The ruby has gone missing, so Paul and Barry visit the mill owner, Tatlock, who they believe to be the most likely suspect, on his own teritory. |
January 9, 2002 |
| 3 |
Flat and Apartmental Paul and Barry go to the second suspect on their list of suspects, the suave Carrington-Smythe. Rather than tackle him direct, they search his flat for clues. |
January 16, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Messy Xmas With Paul and Barry helping out in Santa's workshop, will Christmas cheers turn into Christmas tears? |
December 24, 2002 |
| 2 |
Christmas Chuckle Christmas in the 19th century at the Chuckle's Sweet Emporium and it's Peace and Goodwill to all men, except Barry. That is, until Paul recieves a ghostly visitation. |
December 24, 2002 |
| 3 |
Keeping It Under Wraps Mummy's the word as Paul and Barry look after a spooky museum after dark. |
January 3, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
For Peat's Sake A mischievous leprechaun digs up trouble for Paul and Barry when they give No Slacking's garden a makeover. |
January 9, 2004 |
| 2 |
No Getting Away TV Reality comes to Paul and Barry as they attempt to turn a run down cottage into a solar powered pottery |
January 16, 2004 |
| 3 |
On The Verge Paul and Barry are running a roadside mobile café but, first things first, can they get it to balence? |
January 23, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Crocodile McChuckle Paul and Barry pay their Scottish cousins, the McChuckles, a visit. It seems Douglas thinks he is an Australian, so they attempt to help him rediscover his roots... |
January 6, 2005 |
| 2 |
A Job Well Done A consumer TV programme manages to engage the duo's services for three different jobs. They must fix a tap, then a door that is sticking and also a lay a new drive-way. The Chuckles proceed to demonstrate how NOT to do things... |
January 13, 2005 |
| 3 |
Who's Minding the Store? Barry is minding Mr Hersee's grocery shop, but then Paul turns up and decides to show him how things are done. When the brothers discover someone has ""stolen"" all the supplies, they set out to retrieve them, but all is not as it seems... |
January 20, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barryella | March 6, 2006 |
| 2 | Off The Cuff | March 7, 2006 |
| 3 | Skipshape | March 8, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Et Tu Chuckle | February 5, 2007 |
| 2 | Spook When You're Spooken To | February 6, 2007 |
| 3 | Big Break | February 7, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind Your Manors | January 28, 2008 |
| 2 | I Scream Men | January 29, 2008 |
| 3 | Super Heroes, Super Zeroes | January 30, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 26, 1987 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2009 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |