Chucklevision
| ChuckleVision | |
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ChuckleVision title card
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| Genre | Physical comedy |
| Created by | The Chuckle Brothers |
| Written by | John Sayle, Rory Clark, Chuckle Brothers and others. |
| Directed by | BBC |
| Starring | The Chuckle Brothers |
| Theme music composer | Dave Cooke |
| Opening theme | "ChuckleVision" |
| Composer(s) | Dave Cooke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 292 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Martin Hughes |
| Location(s) | Rotherham, England (series 3–21) |
| Running time | 20 minutes (1987–1989, 1991–2001) 15 minutes (1989–1990, 2002–2009) 30 minutes (2008) |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One (1987–2009) CBBC (2002–2011,2013) |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1987–2000) 16:9 (2000–2009) |
| Original release | 26 September 1987 – 18 December 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | To Me... To You... (1996–1998) |
ChuckleVision is a long running British children's television series created by John Sayle and the Chuckle Brothers for the BBC. It starred Barry and Paul Elliott as the Chuckle Brothers and occasionally their older brothers, Jimmy and Brian Elliott (known professionally as the Patton Brothers). It ran for 292 episodes over twenty-one series from 1987 to 2009.
Episodes of ChuckleVision are usually independent, with the basic plot for each involving the brothers undertaking a job, task or adventure. They are often employed by a character known as "No Slacking", who despite appearing as a different character in every episode, is always known by this name owing to the catchphrase he says to the brothers ("And remember, No Slacking!"). The character is always inconvenienced by Paul and Barry and is played by the brothers' real-life elder sibling, Jimmy Patton. Jimmy was part of a comedy act called The Patton Brothers with his brother Brian, who also appeared in various episodes, mostly playing a villain with the catchphrase "Getoutofit!". A large amount of the comedy is based on slapstick and usually the jobs Paul and Barry carry out can be somewhat surreal or put them in surreal circumstances.
The duo have also carried out work for a "Dan the Van" who has never been seen on screen. The only exception was in one episode where the Chuckle Brothers take it upon themselves to make sure he arrives to a special meeting. Dan's face cannot be seen as he is completely covered in bandages and is wearing dark sunglasses. Relatives of Dan the Van are sometimes seen or referred to, such as his grandmother Lettuce the Van.
The format of the first two series (1987–1989) consisted of each episode focusing on a certain topic, a sort of humorous Blue Peter. These episodes had rarely been viewed by the public eye since their original transmission, until the series was released onto DVD in Autumn 2011.
The brothers' main mode of transport is "The Chuckmobile", a quadracycle with a red-and-white striped roof. Barry is usually designated to driving, whilst Paul puts his feet up on the front bar. Paul has only pedalled the bike very occasionally throughout the entire series. The registration plate of the bike is CHUCKLE 1.
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