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ChuckleVision is a popular British 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 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 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, although in recent years this number has been reduced to once or twice a series. 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.

Their other real 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" or "I may have misjudged you".

On occasion, the jobs they carry out can be somewhat surreal or put them in surreal circumstances, this was very much enforced in the recent years of ChuckleVision. 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. Another episode involves Barry being able to see an invisible leprechaun which Paul cannot see.

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. In other episodes we hear of, or sometimes see, relatives of Dan the Van, for example Grandmother Lettuce the Van appears in Chuckle and the Pea and his niece can be seen in Dim Waiters.

However, this has not always been the case. 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 have rarely, if ever, been seen by the public eye since their original transmission. The opening title sequence was different too, with rings coming from the centre of the picture flashing in dark blue, mid-blue and light blue in a psychedelic fashion with yellow lettering "ChuckleVision" on a red rectangle repeatedly jump-zooming in and out and tilting from side to side as it does this, while the original version of the ChuckleVision theme tune plays. These opening titles are then followed by clips of the programme.

The brothers' main mode of transport is "The Chuckmobile". It is 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.Paul only pedals as well as Barry once in the whole series,in Safari Park Keepers,when they are running away from lions. The registration plate is Chuckle 1.

An exception to the usual format of stand-alone episodes came with the fourteenth series, broadcast in 2002. This used a continuous storyline involving the brothers' hunt for a missing ruby. They continued a similar trend in the next two series, with two 3-part stories in series 15, entitled The Purple Pimple and Magnetic Barry. A two part story called Incredible Shrinking Barry appears in series 16. From series 17 onwards, this trend hasn't been repeated.

Series 1 (1987)

#	Original Airdate	Title
1 – 1.1	26 September 1987	"Breakfast Telly"
2 – 1.2	3 October 1987	"Dance"
3 – 1.3	10 October 1987	"Sport"
4 – 1.4	17 October 1987	"Movies"
5 – 1.5	24 October 1987	"Fitness"
6 – 1.6	31 October 1987	"Halloween"
7 – 1.7	7 November 1987	"Antiques and Heirlooms"
8 – 1.8	14 November 1987	"Travel"
9 – 1.9	21 November 1987	"Fashion"
10 – 1.10	28 November 1987	"Magic"
11 – 1.11	5 December 1987	"Do It Yourself"
12 – 1.12	12 December 1987	"ChuckleVision Clip Show"
13 – 1.13	19 December 1987	"Traditional Christmas"

Series 2 (1988-1989)

#	Original Airdate	Title
14 – 2.1	19 November 1988	"Clean Up"
15 – 2.2	26 November 1988	"Australia"
16 – 2.3	3 December 1988	"Wildlife"
17 – 2.4	10 December 1988	"Music"
18 – 2.5	17 December 1988	"Hobbies"
19 – 2.6	24 December 1988	"Christmas Special"
20 – 2.7	7 January 1989	"Farming"
21 – 2.8	14 January 1989	"U.F.O"
22 – 2.9	21 January 1989	"Invention"
23 – 2.10	28 January 1989	"Hi-Tech"
24 – 2.11	4 February 1989	"??"
25 – 2.12	11 February 1989	"Fishing"
26 – 1.13	18 February 1989	"Circus"

Series 3 (1989-1990)

#	Original Airdate	Title
27 – 3.1	2 December 1989	"Stand And Deliver"
28 – 3.2	9 December 1989	"Parks and Wreck-Reations"
29 – 3.3	16 December 1989	"Stop That World...!"
30 – 3.4	23 December 1989	"Home Helpless"
31 – 3.5	30 December 1989	"Shipshape Less"
32 – 3.6	6 January 1990	"Window Wind-Ups"
33 – 3.7	13 January 1990	"Trouble In Store"
34 – 3.8	20 January 1990	"Poster Pranks"
35 – 3.9	27 January 1990	"On The Move"
36 – 3.10	3 February 1990	"Car Carnage"
37 – 3.11	10 February 1990	"Hotel Hostilities"
38 – 3.12	17 February 1990	"Cabbies And Chips"
39 – 3.13	24 February 1990	"Cycle Crazy"

Series 4 (1991)

#	Original Airdate	Title
40 – 4.1	21 September 1991	"Plumb Crazy"
41 – 4.2	28 September 1991	"Cafe Chuckles"
42 – 4.3	5 October 1991	"The Perils of Porters"
43 – 4.4	12 October 1991	"Telephone Traumas"
44 – 4.5	19 October 1991	"Goofy Golfers"
45 – 4.6	26 October 1991	"Market Forces"
46 – 4.7	2 November 1991	"The Great Outdoors"
47 – 4.8	9 November 1991	"Bowl-Derdash"
48 – 4.9	16 November 1991	"Careless Caretakers"
49 – 4.10	23 November 1991	"Carpet Capers"
50 – 4.11	30 November 1991	"Shore Thing"
51 – 4.12	7 December 1991	"In The Doghouse"
52 – 4.13	14 December 1991	"On The Trail"
53 – 4.14	21 December 1991	"Oddball Inventors"
54 – 4.15	28 December 1991	"Movie Moguls"

Series 5 (1992-1993)

#	Original Airdate	Title
55 – 5.1	26 September 1992	"Caravan Capers"
56 – 5.2	3 October 1992	"Crimebusters"
57 – 5.3	10 October 1992	"Up In The Air"
58 – 5.4	17 October 1992	"Ducks And Grouses"
59 – 5.5	24 October 1992	"A Lazy Day"
60 – 5.6	31 October 1992	"Rock A Bye Baby"
61 – 5.7	7 November 1992	"In The Ring"
62 – 5.8	14 November 1992	"Romany Days"
63 – 5.9	21 November 1992	"On The Radio"
64 – 5.10	28 November 1992	"Rich For A Day"
65 – 5.11	5 December 1992	"Runners And Riders"
66 – 5.12	12 December 1992	"Wrong Number"
67 – 5.13	19 December 1992	"The Art Dealers"
68 – 5.14	26 December 1992	"Spooks And Gardens"
69 – 5.15	2 January 1993	"Minibus Madness"

Series 6 (1994)

#	Original Airdate	Title
70 – 6.1	8 January 1994	"to the rescue
71 – 6.2	15 January 1994	"he did it
72 – 6.3	22 January 1994	"welcome of the father chuckle
73 – 6.4	29 January 1994	"chrismas
74 – 6.5	5 February 1994	"chruch bell
75 – 6.6	12 February 1994	"party poobars
76 – 6.7	19 February 1994	"men in to white coats
77 – 6.8	26 February 1994	"Mind Over Marrow"
78 – 6.9	5 March 1994	"Headline News"
79 – 6.10	12 March 1994	"Time Travellers"
80 – 6.11	19 March 1994	"Treasures Of The Deep"
81 – 6.12	26 March 1994	"Airport Assistance"
82 – 6.13	2 April 1994	"Grand Hotel"
83 – 6.14	9 April 1994	"Chucklemart"
84 – 6.15	16 April 1994	"Record Breakers"

Series 7 (1995)

#	Original Airdate	Title
85 – 7.1	7 January 1995	"Spilt Milk"
86 – 7.2	14 January 1995	"The Hunt For Chalky White"
87 – 7.3	21 January 1995	"Not In Our Back Yard"
88 – 7.4	28 January 1995	"Another Fine Ness"
89 – 7.5	4 February 1995	"Power Play"
90 – 7.6	11 February 1995	"Health Farm"
91 – 7.7	18 February 1995	"A Clean Sweep"
92 – 7.8	25 February 1995	"The Missing Piece"
93 – 7.9	4 March 1995	"The Barge"
94 – 7.10	11 March 1995	"Pick Your Own"
95 – 7.11	18 March 1995	"Final Frontier"
96 – 7.12	25 March 1995	"My Lucky Number’s Nine"
97 – 7.13	1 April 1995	"Clueless Chuckles"
98 – 7.14	8 April 1995	"What’s Cooking?"
99 – 7.15	15 April 1995	"Monkery Business"

Series 8 (1995-1996)

#	Original Airdate	Title
100 – 8.1	20 December 1995	"The Exterminators"
101 – 8.2	27 December 1995	"Monkey Business"
102 – 8.3	3 January 1996	"Marquee Madness"
103 – 8.4	10 January 1996	"Out of Sight"
104 – 8.5	17 January 1996	"Football Heroes"
105 – 8.6	24 January 1996	"Chucklestein"
106 – 8.7	31 January 1996	"Oh Brother"
107 – 8.8	7 February 1996	"Lottery Lunacy"
108 – 8.9	14 February 1996	"Lock In"
109 – 8.10	21 February 1996	"Charm School"
110 – 8.11	28 February 1996	"Traction Attraction"
111 – 8.12	6 March 1996	"Finders Keepers"
112 – 8.13	13 March 1996	"Costa Lotta"
113 – 8.14	20 March 1996	"Dear Diary"
114 – 8.15	27 March 1996	"Steeple Chucks"

Series 9 (1996-1997)

#	Original Airdate	Title
115 – 9.1	4 December 1996	"Bats In The Belfry"
116 – 9.2	11 December 1996	"High Jinx"
117 – 9.3	18 December 1996	"Chuckles In Charge"
118 – 9.4	8 January 1997	"Digging For Dinosaurs"
119 – 9.5	15 January 1997	"Wheels Of Misfortune"
120 – 9.6	22 January 1997	"Paint Drips"
121 – 9.7	29 January 1997	"The Big Day"
122 – 9.8	5 February 1997	"Loch Aye"
123 – 9.9	12 February 1997	"Lord Chuckle"
124 – 9.10	19 February 1997	"Oh Dear Where Can The Mattress Be?"
125 – 9.11	26 February 1997	"Shipwrecked"
126 – 9.12	5 March 1997	"Put Up Job"
127 – 9.13	12 March 1997	"Tailor’s Dummies"
128 – 9.14	19 March 1997	"Clowning Around"
129 – 9.15	26 March 1997	"Kidnapped"

Series 10 (1997-1998)

#	Original Airdate	Title
130 – 10.1	17 December 1997	"The Perils Of Petrovich"
131 – 10.2	24 December 1997	"Gold Rush"
132 – 10.3	8 January 1998	"New Pages"
133 – 10.4	15 January 1998	"Outward Bounders"
134 – 10.5	22 January 1998	"The Shout"
135 – 10.6	29 January 1998	"Flat Broke"
136 – 10.7	5 February 1998	"Safari Park Keepers"
137 – 10.8	12 February 1998	"Stop That Stamp"
138 – 10.9	19 February 1998	"A Night At The Theatre"
139 – 10.10	26 February 1998	"Auto-Manics"
140 – 10.11	5 March 1998	"Indiana Chuckles"
141 – 10.12	12 March 1998	"Sleepwalker"
142 – 10.13	19 March 1998	"Bigfoot"
143 – 10.14	26 March 1998	"Waiting For Dan"
144 – 10.15	2 April 1998	"The Gathering"

Series 11 (1998-1999)

#	Original Airdate	Title
145 – 11.1	22 December 1998	"Breakdown"
146 – 11.2	30 December 1998	"Garden Pests"
147 – 11.3	6 January 1999	"Matchstick Men"
148 – 11.4	13 January 1999	"One Man And His Barry"
149 – 11.5	20 January 1999	"Brothers In Law"
150 – 11.6	27 January 1999	"Brazil Nuts"
151 – 11.7	3 February 1999	"Chairmen Chuckles"
152 – 11.8	10 February 1999	"Stargazing"
153 – 11.9	17 February 1999	"All At Sea"
154 – 11.10	24 February 1999	"Getting The Bird"
155 – 11.11	3 March 1999	"Chuckle And Hyde"
156 – 11.12	10 March 1999	"Mountain Excitement"
157 – 11.13	17 March 1999	"Optical Illusions"
158 – 11.14	24 March 1999	"In The Soup"
Special – 11.X	26 March 1999	"Comic Relief Special"
159 – 11.15	31 March 1999	"King Of The Castle"

Series 12 (1999-2000)

#	Original Airdate	Title
160 – 12.1	21 December 1999	"No Pets Allowed"
161 – 12.2	28 December 1999	"Lotta Bottle"
162 – 12.3	5 January 2000	"Spaced Out"
163 – 12.4	12 January 2000	"Well Suited"
164 – 12.5	19 January 2000	"King Of The Mill"
165 – 12.6	26 January 2000	"The Maltby Falcon"
166 – 12.7	2 February 2000	"Mayor Today, Gone Tomorrow"
167 – 12.8	9 February 2000	"Where’s Auntie?"
168 – 12.9	16 February 2000	"Out For The Count"
169 – 12.10	23 February 2000	"Fete Accompli"
170 – 12.11	1 March 2000	"Double Trouble"
171 – 12.12	8 March 2000	"Watch The Birdie"
172 – 12.13	15 March 2000	"Food For Fort"
173 – 12.14	22 March 2000	"The Real Dan"
174 – 12.15	29 March 2000	"The Good, The Bad, And The Chuckles"

Series 13 (2000-2001)

#	Original Airdate	Title
175 – 13.1	19 December 2000	"Lollipop, Lollipop"
176 – 13.2	27 December 2000	"Dim Waiters"
177 – 13.3	3 January 2001	"Wrong Number"
178 – 13.4	10 January 2001	"Fowl Play"
179 – 13.5	17 January 2001	"Prize Exhibits"
180 – 13.6	24 January 2001	"Cousins At War"
181 – 13.7	31 January 2001	"Lets Get Quizzical"
182 – 13.8	7 February 2001	"Knights To Remember"
183 – 13.9	14 February 2001	"Buzz Off"
184 – 13.10	21 February 2001	"Hairs Apparent"
185 – 13.11	28 February 2001	"Grounds For Complaint"
186 – 13.12	7 March 2001	"Lost And Floundering"
187 – 13.13	14 March 2001	"Ghillie Me, Ghillie You"
188 – 13.14	21 March 2001	"Send In The Clones"
189 – 13.15	28 March 2001	"Silence Is Golden"^

Series 14 (2002)

#	Original Airdate	Title
190 – 14.1	2 January 2002	"Safe And Sound"
191 – 14.2	9 January 2002	"Trouble At The Mill"
192 – 14.3	16 January 2002	"Flat And Apartmental"
193 – 14.4	23 January 2002	"On The Hoof"
194 – 14.5	30 January 2002	"Out Of This World"
195 – 14.6	6 February 2002	"All Clued Up"
196 – 14.7	13 February 2002	"Chips That Pass In The Night"
197 – 14.8	20 February 2002	"Mission Implausible"
198 – 14.9	27 February 2002	"Barry The Spider"
199 – 14.10	6 March 2002	"The Hidden Genius"
200 – 14.11	13 March 2002	"Run Robot Run"
201 – 14.12	20 March 2002	"Do As You Are Bid"
202 – 14.13	27 March 2002	"That Ol’ Chuckle Magic"
203 – 14.14	3 April 2002	"The Men From The Monastery"
204 – 14.15	10 April 2002	"A Change In The Weather"

Series 15 (2002-2003)

2002 Christmas Specials

#	Original Airdate	Title
205 – 15.1	24-25 December 2002	"Messy Xmas"
206 – 15.2	24-25 December 2002	"Christmas Chuckle"

#	Original Airdate	Title
207 – 15.3	3 January 2003	"Keeping It Under Wraps"
208 – 15.4	10 January 2003	"In A Class Of Their Own"
209 – 15.5	17 January 2003	"Magnetic Distraction – Part 1"
210 – 15.6	24 January 2003	"Magnetic Distraction – Part 2"
211 – 15.7	31 January 2003	"Magnetic Distraction – Part 3"
212 – 15.8	7 February 2003	"On Your Pike"
213 – 15.9	14 February 2003	"Bookshop Chuckles"
214 – 15.10	21 February 2003	"Music Of Time"
215 – 15.11	28 February 2003	"The Purple Pimple - Kidnap"
216 – 15.12	7 March 2003	"The Purple Pimple - Mutiny"
217 – 15.13	14 March 2003	"The Purple Pimple - Escape"
218 – 15.14	21 March 2003	"Storm In A Teashop"
219 – 15.15	28 March 2003	"War Of The Hoses"

Series 16 (2004)

#	Original Airdate	Title
220 – 16.1	9 January 2004	"For Peat’s Sake"
221 – 16.2	16 January 2004	"No Getting Away"
222 – 16.3	23 January 2004	"On The Verge"
223 – 16.4	30 January 2004	"Incredible Shrinking Barry – Part 1"
224 – 16.5	6 February 2004	"Incredible Shrinking Barry – Part 2"
225 – 16.6	13 February 2004	"Which Witch Is Which?"
226 – 16.7	20 February 2004	"Bedlam And Breakfast"
227 – 16.8	27 February 2004	"Mocha Ado About Nothing"
228 – 16.9	5 March 2004	"The Return Of The Purple Pimple"
229 – 16.10	12 March 2004	"The Whole Tooth"
230 – 16.11	19 March 2004	"Cross Country Chuckles"
231 – 16.12	26 March 2004	"Can Of Worms"
232 – 16.13	2 April 2004	"Bringing Home Dan"
233 – 16.14	16 April 2004	"Paul Of The Ring"
234 – 16.15	23 April 2004	"Sherlock Chuckle"

Series 17 (2005)

#	Original Airdate	Title
235 – 17.1	6 January 2005	"Crocodile McChuckle"
236 – 17.2	13 January 2005	"A Job Well Done"
237 – 17.3	20 January 2005	"Who’s Minding The Store?"
238 – 17.4	27 January 2005	"Funny Money"
239 – 17.5	3 February 2005	"The Chuckle And The Pea"
240 – 17.6	10 February 2005	"The Vengeful Viking"
241 – 17.7	17 February 2005	"Grande Fromage"
242 – 17.8	24 February 2005	"Pride And Prejudice"
243 – 17.9	3 March 2005	"Highway Robbery"
244 – 17.10	10 March 2005	"Smugglers"
245 – 17.11	17 March 2005	"The Real Purple Pimple"
246 – 17.12	24 March 2005	"The Lift"
247 – 17.13	31 March 2005	"The Diva"
248 – 17.14	7 April 2005	"Let Them Beat Cake"
249 – 17.15	14 April 2005	"One’s Bitten, Two’s Shy"

Series 18 (2006)

#	Original Airdate	Title
250 – 18.1	6 March 2006	"Barryella"
251 – 18.2	7 March 2006	"Off The Cuff"
252 – 18.3	8 March 2006	"Skipshape"
253 – 18.4	9 March 2006	"Don’t Lose Your Rag"
254 – 18.5	10 March 2006	"Alien Antics"
255 – 18.6	13 March 2006	"Sushi And Sumo"
256 – 18.7	14 March 2006	"Oompah Oompah"
257 – 18.8	15 March 2006	"Pretty Polly"
258 – 18.9	16 March 2006	"Tennis Menace"
259 – 18.10	17 March 2006	"Hippy Isle"
260 – 18.11	20 March 2006	"Caterpillar Crisis"
261 – 18.12	21 March 2006	"Chuck Bodgers"
262 – 18.13	22 March 2006	"The Picnic"
263 – 18.14	23 March 2006	"Cable Fable"
264 – 18.15	24 March 2006	"In A Pickle"

Series 19 (2007)

#	Original Airdate	Title
265 – 19.1	5 February 2007	"Et Tu Chuckle"
266 – 19.2	6 February 2007	"Spook When You’re Spooken To"
267 – 19.3	7 February 2007	"Big Break"
268 – 19.4	8 February 2007	"Henry VIII and his 5th Chuckle"
269 – 19.5	9 February 2007	"Strictly Chuckle"
270 – 19.6	12 February 2007	"Sherwood Chuckle"
271 – 19.7	13 February 2007	"Oil’s Well That Ends Well"
272 – 19.8	14 February 2007	"In-Console-Able"
273 – 19.9	15 February 2007	"Our Latest Model"
274 – 19.10	16 February 2007	"Tomorrow’s News"
275 – 19.11	19 March 2007	"Pandamonium"
276 – 19.12	20 March 2007	"A Case For The Chuckles"
277 – 19.13	21 March 2007	"Driving Ambition"
278 – 19.14	22 March 2007	"Muscling In"
279 – 19.15	23 March 2007	"Hanging Around"

Series 20 (2008)

#	Original Airdate	Title
280 – 20.1	28 January 2008	"Mind Your Manors"
281 – 20.2	29 January 2008	"I Scream Men"
282 – 20.3	30 January 2008	"Super Heroes, Super Zeroes"
283 – 20.4	31 January 2008	"Jumping Jackpot"
284 – 20.5	1 February 2008	"Galloping Grandads"
285 – 20.6	4 February 2008	"Raven Mad"

Christmas Special (2008)

#	Original Airdate	Title
286 – 20.7	21 December 2008	"The Mystery Of Little Under Standing"

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Genre	Family sitcom
Created by	The Chuckle Brothers John Sayle Martin Hughes
Voices of/Starring	Paul and Barry Elliot Jimmy Patton Brian Patton
Narrated by
Counrty of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	286 (as of 21 December 2008)
Running Time)	163x 20 minutes (1990-2001) 122x 15 minutes (1987-1989, 2002- ) 1x 30 minutes(2008)
Original Run	26 September 1987 – present
Language	English