Chucklevision

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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; Barry (the smaller) and Paul, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with.

The show often features the character "No Slacking", whose life is usually comprehensively ruined by Paul and Barry. He is played by the pair's older half-brother Jimmy Patton. His character usually appears once or twice every series. 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!".

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. He also tends to make Barry do the hard work and take the credit. 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.

Contents

1 Characters
2 Unseen characters
3 Trivia
4 See also

Characters

Barry(Paul's younger brother),(though in real life Barry is older than Paul) Barry is more sensible than Paul. Barry is often blamed by Paul for all Paul's actions.

Paul(Barry's older brother) Paul seems to be the De Facto leader of the duo but is not as smart as Barry. He often takes credit for Barry's brilliant actions which often leads him into bother.

No Slacking(Paul and Barry's brother in real life but not on the show)He is credited as No Slacking because of his trademark line 'and no slacking!'. He often appears in some episodes, often as a man Paul and Barry are working for or who has something to do with them in one way or another.

Geroutofit(Paul and Barry's brother in real life but not on the show)He is credited as Geroutofit because of his trademark line Geroutofit!'. He often appears in some episodes, but always plays the bad guys.

Sir Carrington Smythe (pronounced smith): A man who appears in the case of the stolen ruby series and later, the magnetic distraction 3-part episode. He is an undercover agent who works for MI12 and later, MI2. He is head of MI7. He helps the chuckle brothers get the ruby back from Maddie.

Unseen characters

Dan the Van: The man who Paul and Barry work for. Although they mess up at times, he never fires them. His first name is Daniel however, we don't find out his second name. We only see him twice, once when he is handing a ruby to Paul, we see his arm sticking out of a car window and the second time, he is all bandaged up.

James: The brothers' cousin who never exits on neither of the scenes, but James sold the headquarters for £500,000.

Oliver Richards: Their uncle who despises who role never seen, but he nevers comes to the headquarters for a visit in case seen by the people who watch Chucklevision.

Trivia

Three early 1990s episodes of the programme were written by Russell T. Davies, who went on to become an award-winning and highly-acclaimed writer of television dramas such as Queer as Folk and the revival series of Doctor Who.

The fourteenth series, broadcast in 2002, saw a landmark. It used a continuous serialised storyline, involving the brothers' hunt for a missing ruby.

The seventeenth series featured the first time one of the brothers appeared without their famous moustache. This time it was Barry.

Paul and Barry also had a game show on CBBC entitled To Me, To You, in which children played games for prizes on an artificial desert island. However, the show was not as popular as Paul and Barry's other show, Chucklevision and was therefore cancelled by the BBC at the turn of the 21st Century.

Chucklevision

Characters

Unseen characters

Trivia

See also