ChuckleVision
ChuckleVision is a British children's comedy television series created by Martin Hughes 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).
| ChuckleVision | |
|---|---|
ChuckleVision title card (series 3 to 21) | |
| Genre | Physical comedy |
| Created by | The Chuckle Brothers |
| Written by | John Sayle Rory Clark Chuckle Brothers and others |
| Directed by | Martin Hughes, et al. |
| Starring | The Chuckle Brothers |
| Theme music composer | Dave Cooke |
| Opening theme | "ChuckleVision" |
| Composer | Dave Cooke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 292 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Martin Hughes |
| Production locations | Rotherham, England (series 3–21) |
| Running time | 20 minutes (1987–1989, 1991–2001) 15 minutes (1989–1990, 2002–2009) 30 minutes (2008) |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One (1987–2009) CBBC (2002–2009) |
| Release | 26 September 1987 – 18 December 2009 |
| Related | |
| To Me... To You... (1996–1998) Chuckle Time (2018) | |
It aired to critical acclaim and notoriety becoming widely known among a large span of generations for their Yorkshire humour and catchphrases such as "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear". It ran for 292 episodes over twenty-two years from 1987 to 2009.
In January 2018 it was voted as one of the greatest children's TV shows of all time by a Radio Times panel of experts. Further in August 2019, it was voted the best CBBC show of all time by readers of Radio Times.