Paul and Barry Chuckle
So far, 2008 has been a highly successful year for the Chuckle Brothers Paul and Barry, having just completed a very successful tour of “Indiana Chuckle and the Kingdom of the Mythical Sulk”.
From
Rotherham, are real-life brothers and are the youngest
in a showbiz family of eight. They were literally ‘born
in a suitcase’ and started entertaining from a very
early age, putting on shows for friends and neighbours
in the back garden of their home in Rotherham, South
Yorkshire, where they grew up. They have worked in
practically every field of entertainment from pantomime,
summer season, clubs, cabaret, television, touring
revues, circus and even an ice-show. They had made many
‘one-off’ appearances, and even won NEW FACES, on the
original series back in 1974. But it was in 1985 that
they finally got their big break with the BBC, recording
thirteen episodes with those two loveable canine
characters THE CHUCKLEHOUNDS for Children’s TV. This
series is still shown throughout the world and
is enjoyed by millions. Then in 1987, CHUCKLEVISION came
to our screens - and to prove how popular this series
has been, the fifteenth series has just been
re-commissioned! Although it is transmitted during
children’s viewing hours, the boys aim the humour and
story-lines at everyone - from two to ninety two year
olds, and the fan letters prove this has been successful
as they come from tots, teenagers, mums, dads and
grannies. It regularly pulls in over three million
viewers, and is screened thirty weeks a year.
In 1996 the Chuckle Brothers hit ‘on the road’. Their Sprint tour “Live & In Trouble’’ attracted capacity audiences at 5 theatres and their ‘’Summer Roadshow’’ hit Scarborough, Torquay and Weymouth. In May 1996 the boys recorded a brand new game show entitled ‘’TO ME TO YOU!’’ for BBC1 -echoing their famous catch-phrase. The Chuckle Brothers then starred in Britain’s biggest Pantomime ‘’Mother Goose’’ at the Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham for the 1996/97 Christmas Season.
In March of ‘97 the Chuckles recorded another series of ‘’TO ME TO YOU’’, followed by another sell out nationwide tour which ran into their Summer Season tour of Blackpool, Llandudno, Scarborough and Skegness. Following that - September, October and November saw the boys record their 1998 series of CHUCKLEVISION, which was nominated by Children’s BAFTA for best Children’s television series. The boys appeared in Pantomime at Sheffield for the 1997/98 Christmas Season. They loved every minute of their appearance in ‘’Dick Whittington’’ for two reasons, one they are Yorkshire men and two, the were able to go home and spend the Season with their families instead of being in hotel rooms!
Paul and Barry completed a Spring tour entitled ‘’The Adventures of The Chuckle Brothers’’ which lead them straight into their Summer Season at Blackpool, Skegness, Scarborough and Great Yarmouth. In between these sell out theatre dates, they recorded a Christmas celebrity special of ‘’TO ME TO YOU’’ for the BBC.