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The brothers start a newspaper delivery service, and they keep coming across a mean man..
First episode in the new “sitcom” format, that would stay for the rest of the series
28 – 3.2
9 December 1989
"Parks and Wreck-reations"
The brothers are park keepers, and make a mess of the place!
29 – 3.3
16 December 1989
"Stop That World...!"
The brothers are tasked with looking after Uncle Henry‘s mansion, and end up chasing his metal globe..
30 – 3.4
23 December 1989
"Home Helpless"
Still at Uncle Henry‘s, Paul keeps pranking Barry, before Barry frightens him back!
31 – 3.5
30 December 1989
"Shipshape-less"
The brothers go sailing on the Good Ship Saucy Sal, and end up sinking the river!
32 – 3.6
6 January 1990
"Window Wind-Ups"
The brothers are window cleaners, and Barry has the sneezes..
33 – 3.7
13 January 1990
"Trouble in Store"
The brothers try to clean up a store before opening time, and end up making more mess!
A deleted scene appears in the intro
34 – 3.8
20 January 1990
"Poster Pranks"
The brothers try to plaster up a billboard
35 – 3.9
27 January 1990
"On the Move...."
The brothers are removal men, and make mistakes when the number plate flips upside down..
36 – 3.10
3 February 1990
"Car Carnage"
The brothers are car cleaners, but when they‘re done, the car falls apart!
37 – 3.11
10 February 1990
"Hotel Hostilities"
The brothers work at a hotel, and when the entertainment doesn‘t show up, the brothers take over!
A deleted scene appears in the intro
38 – 3.12
17 February 1990
"Cabbies and Chips"
The brothers look after Maxie the Taxi‘s shop
First mention of Dan the Van
39 – 3.13
24 February 1990
"Cycle Crazy"
The brothers enter a bicycle race..
Episode 11, "Hotel Hostilities", was the first appearance of "No Slacking", a character played by Paul and Barry's real life brother Jimmy Patton of the Patton Brothers.
This series was released onto DVD in April 2017.[6][7]
The brothers have to fix a water fountain for Mrs. Blenkinsop
41 – 4.2
28 September 1991
"Cafe Chuckles"
The brothers learn a royal visitor is coming to their cafe..
42 – 4.3
5 October 1991
"The Perils of Porters"
The brothers work at a hospital
43 – 4.4
12 October 1991
"Telephone Traumas"
The brothers have to fix a telephone
44 – 4.5
19 October 1991
"Goofy Golfers"
The brothers play golf
45 – 4.6
26 October 1991
"Market Forces"
Paul decides to become a custamonger
46 – 4.7
2 November 1991
"The Great Outdoors"
Paul and Barry are tent testers, so go camping to check them out
47 – 4.8
9 November 1991
"Bowl-derdash"
After checking the difference between cricket bowling and ten—pin bowling, the brothers volunteer as cricket players
48 – 4.9
16 November 1991
"Careless Caretakers"
The brothers take care of Dan the Van‘s office
49 – 4.10
23 November 1991
"Carpet Capers"
Back at Mrs. Blenkinsop‘s, the brothers fit a new carpet
50 – 4.11
30 November 1991
"Shore Thing"
The brothers build a beach hut
51 – 4.12
7 December 1991
"In the Doghouse"
The brothers look after Uncle Henry‘s dogs
52 – 4.13
14 December 1991
"On the Trail"
The brothers look for Lefeet‘s lost treasure
53 – 4.14
21 December 1991
"Oddball Inventors"
Paul makes different inventions
54 – 4.15
28 December 1991
"Movie Moguls"
The brothers turn a bingo house into what it once was: a cinema
Episode 3, "The Perils of Porters" was the first appearance of the updated theme tune in the closing credits, the updated theme tune would then make its first appearance in the opening titles of Episode 8, "Bowl-Derdash". "Goofy Golfers", "Plumb Crazy" and "Bowl—Derdash" all appeared on VHS under the name "Goofy Golfers" in 1993.
After selling their caravan, the brothers set a new security system for their place of business, the Mill..
71 – 6.2
15 January 1994
"Gala Performance"
The brothers become theatre agents, and have to put on a performance..
72 – 6.3
22 January 1994
"Pizza the Action"
The brothers become Pizza delivery men..
73 – 6.4
29 January 1994
"Mystery Tour"
The brothers become tour guides, but when they get lost, they make a tour of their own..
74 – 6.5
5 February 1994
"The Bells"
The brothers make bells and try to get them to the church..
75 – 6.6
12 February 1994
"Party Planners"
The brothers set up a surprise party..
76 – 6.7
19 February 1994
"Men in White Coats"
Because the brothers are wearing white coats, people think they‘re barbers, ice cream men and others, when all they want to do is get to a job interview!
77 – 6.8
26 February 1994
"Mind Over Marrow"
The brothers fill potholes..
78 – 6.9
5 March 1994
"Headline News"
The brothers start a newspaper business..
79 – 6.10
12 March 1994
"Time Travellers"
While trying to fix No Slacking‘s watch, the brothers accidentally travel through time!
80 – 6.11
19 March 1994
"Treasures of the Deep"
The brothers try finding treasure at the bottom of a park lake, but end up running into an angry warden..
81 – 6.12
26 March 1994
"Airport Assistance"
The brothers attempt to help Mrs. Snow get to her private jet.. before realizing who she really is..
82 – 6.13
2 April 1994
"Grand Hotel"
The brothers turn the Mill into a hotel..
83 – 6.14
9 April 1994
"Chucklemart"
The brothers run a Store..
84 – 6.15
16 April 1994
"Record Breakers"
The brothers attempt to break records, and you won‘t believe which one they DO break!
The brothers attempt to buy cartons of milk after Barry spills them all..
86 – 7.2
14 January 1995
"The Hunt for Chalky White"
The brothers look for Chalky White, a character from the local newspaper competition..
87 – 7.3
21 January 1995
"Not in Our Back Yard"
The brothers, who start attempting to build a birdhouse, protest against the council, which wants to destroy the Mill..
88 – 7.4
28 January 1995
"Another Fine Ness" (or "Loch Ness")
The brothers compete against the McChuckles to find Nessie..
89 – 7.5
4 February 1995
"Power Play"
The brothers need electricity in their Mill..
90 – 7.6
11 February 1995
"Health Farm"
The brothers sign up for a health hotel, but end up wanting to escape!
91 – 7.7
18 February 1995
"A Clean Sweep"
The brothers attempt to clean a chimney..
92 – 7.8
25 February 1995
"The Missing Piece"
The brothers need to find a missing puzzle piece..
93 – 7.9
4 March 1995
"The Barge"
The brothers help No Slacking with his Barge..
94 – 7.10
11 March 1995
"Pick Your Own"
The brothers look after their friend‘s fruit farm..
95 – 7.11
18 March 1995
"The Final Frontier"
Paul makes a rocket for Barry to go to space..
96 – 7.12
25 March 1995
"My Lucky Number’s Nine"
Barry‘s good luck comes with the number 9..
97 – 7.13
1 April 1995
"Clueless Chuckles"
The brothers attempt to solve a murder mystery..
98 – 7.14
8 April 1995
"What’s Cooking"
The brothers get in the baking business..
99 – 7.15
15 April 1995
"Monkery Business"
The brothers become monks..
Episode 2, "The Hunt for Chalky White" was the first appearance of "Getoutofit" played by Paul and Barry's real life brother Brian Patton of the Patton Brothers.
The brothers help a bride to get to her wedding, whilst also being a Mexican mariachi..
146 – 11.2
23 December 1998
"Garden Pests"
The brothers work at a greenhouse..
147 – 11.3
6 January 1999
"Matchstick Men"
After breaking No Slacking‘s matchstick boat, the brothers attempt to fix it, and disguise it as Paul having an illness, before they learn that No Slacking is a perfectionist..
148 – 11.4
13 January 1999
"One Man and His Barry"
Paul disguises Barry as a sheepdog for a competition, but it backfires when Barry gets kidnapped!
149 – 11.5
20 January 1999
"Brothers in Law"
After a waterworks incident, the brothers are mistaken for bank robbers!
150 – 11.6
27 January 1999
"Brazil Nuts"
After their kite blows them to the jungle, the brothers find a cursed idol..
151 – 11.7
3 February 1999
"Chairmen Chuckles"
The brothers attempt to ferry people for Dan the Van‘s sedan chair business..
152 – 11.8
10 February 1999
"Stargazing"
The brothers attempt to find a new star..
153 – 11.9
17 February 1999
"All at Sea"
The brothers disguise a bus as a yacht..
154 – 11.10
24 February 1999
"Getting the Bird"
The brothers work in a pet shop..
155 – 11.11
3 March 1999
"Chuckle and Hide"
The brothers make a new sweet, but when people eat it, it leaves a new effect on them..
156 – 11.12
10 March 1999
"Mountain Excitement"
Paul tries to conquer a mountain..
157 – 11.13
17 March 1999
"Optical Illusions"
The brothers work at an optician‘s, and end up at a TV studio!
158 – 11.14
24 March 1999
"In the Soup"
The brothers attempt to make a soup recipe..
Special – 11.X
26 March 1999
"Comic Relief Special"
The brothers attempt to: A) perform and B) make a music video for their song, "Silly Me, Silly You"
After the manager takes Paul‘s traffic lollipop, the brothers look for it in a textile factory..
First episode of ChuckleVision in widescreen
176 – 13.2
20 December 2000
"Dim Waiters"
When they learn that the groom is planning to marry just for the money, the brothers attempt to stop Dan the Van‘s niece from getting married..
177 – 13.3
3 January 2001
"Wrong Number"
The brothers run a telephone company, but keep running into a mean engineer..
178 – 13.4
10 January 2001
"Fowl Play"
The brothers attempt to stop Getoutofit stealing chickens..
179 – 13.5
17 January 2001
"Prize Exhibits"
The brothers attempt to swap potatoes in a fruit and veg museum..
180 – 13.6
24 January 2001
"Cousins at War"
The brothers challenge their cousins to a game of golf.
181 – 13.7
31 January 2001
"Lets Get Quizzical"
After finding out that Barry knows a lot, Paul enters him into a quiz show..
182 – 13.8
7 February 2001
"Knights to Remember"
The brothers attempt to retrieve the staff of Ronald off a dragon..
183 – 13.9
14 February 2001
"Buzz Off"
The brothers attempt to find a shady businessman (that is, of course, if they find the right one!) , who wants to turn a castle into a theme park..
184 – 13.10
21 February 2001
"Hairs Apparent"
The brothers run a barbershop..
185 – 13.11
28 February 2001
"Grounds for Complaint"
The brothers have to run a veg shop, as well as a cricket ground!
186 – 13.12
7 March 2001
"Lost and Floundering"
The brothers run a lost and found, and need to find Mr. Ramsbottom‘s scooter!
187 – 13.13
14 March 2001
"Ghillie Me, Ghillie You"
The brothers attempt to become ghillies..
188 – 13.14
21 March 2001
"Send in the Clones"
While stopping two thieves, Barry accidentally clones himself!
189 – 13.15
28 March 2001
"Silence Is Golden"^
The brothers work at a hospital, where noise is strictly forbidden!
^This episode is the only silent ChuckleVision episode in the entire series. These episodes were originally twenty minutes long, however in 2005 the BBC edited them down to 15 minutes.
The brothers have to put Dan the Van‘s Gran‘s ruby in a safe..
191 – 14.2
9 January 2002
"Trouble at Mill"
After losing Dan the Van‘s Gran‘s ruby, the brothers go to a place they remember..
192 – 14.3
16 January 2002
"Flat and Apartmental"
The Mill didn’t have the ruby, so the brothers look in Carrington Smythe‘s (pronounced Smith) flat..
193 – 14.4
23 January 2002
"On the Hoof"
Carrington Smythe (pronounced Smith) didn’t have it, so they get to MI7..
194 – 14.5
30 January 2002
"Out of This World"
After the brothers get chased by the instructor, they‘re tasked with finding Professor Rex Frimley..
195 – 14.6
6 February 2002
"All Clued Up"
After the Professor got kidnapped by Maddy, the brothers read his diary, and retrace his steps..
196 – 14.7
13 February 2002
"Chips That Pass in the Night"
The professor invented a chip for a weather machine, which needs Dan the Van‘s Gran‘s ruby to power it. They attempt to find the chip in a movie theater‘s ice cream tray..
197 – 14.8
20 February 2002
"Mission Implausible"
The brothers learn that MCC Ugly‘s medallion also powers the weather machine, but the life of a rapper is difficult, as the brothers learn..
198 – 14.9
27 February 2002
"Barry the Spider"
After Maddy stole all the components of the weather machine, the brothers go to the professor‘s lab, and whilst there, Paul switches Barry‘s brain with that of a cat and his body with that of a spider..
199 – 14.10
6 March 2002
"The Hidden Genius"
The brothers look for the professor in a shopping Centre (they also meet Maddy there)..
200 – 14.11
13 March 2002
"Run Robot Run"
After finding the professor, the brothers, alongside No Slacking, are chased by a robot..
201 – 14.12
20 March 2002
"Do As You Are Bid"
Dan the Van will give the brothers a decoy ruby, but only if they sell his antique lamp..
202 – 14.13
27 March 2002
"That Ol' Chuckle Magic"
Dan gives the brothers the decoy ruby, and they use it in their plan, but it backfires when both are lost!
203 – 14.14
3 April 2002
"The Men From the Monastery"
The brothers join the monastery, in hopes of finding Maddy..
204 – 14.15
10 April 2002
"A Change in the Weather"
It‘s a race against time as the brothers learn the ruby Dan gave (and Maddy has) was the real one, and have to stop her before she activates the weather machine!
The brothers work for Santa, and meet a troublemaker elf!
206 – 15.2
24 December 2002
"Christmas Chuckle"
A twist on the "Christmas Carol" story by Charles Dickens..
These two episodes were supposed to be shown back to back as a double bill on Christmas Eve 2002. Due to a mix up, "Messy Xmas" was shown twice by mistake. The CBBC Channel later played the double bill with the episodes in the correct order.[citation needed]
The brothers need to help Douglas remember that he’s Scottish, not Australian..
236 – 17.2
13 January 2005
"A Job Well Done"
In a sequel of sorts to “No Getting Away”, the brothers need to fix everyday house problems..
237 – 17.3
20 January 2005
"Who’s Minding the Store?"
The brothers get back stock from someone which they think is stealing it..
238 – 17.4
27 January 2005
"Funny Money"
Bob Beans Chuckle wants money from Richie Chuckle. There’s just one problem: he’s already given it to the brothers!
239 – 17.5
3 February 2005
"The Chuckle and the Pea"
When a pea falls on the floor in Lettice the Van’s house, it’ll be a birthday the brothers won’t forget!
240 – 17.6
10 February 2005
"The Vengeful Viking"
Whilst taking a country walk, Paul accidentally wakes up Magnus the Viking, who leads him on a chase!
241 – 17.7
17 February 2005
"Grande Fromage"
The brothers try to catch a mouse in Monseiur Fromage’s cheese shop..
242 – 17.8
24 February 2005
"Pride and Prejudice"
After Paul goes cuckoo over walls, Barry tries to get to the roots to the situation..
243 – 17.9
3 March 2005
"Highway Robbery"
The brothers keep mistaking the highway woman for their friend, the Countess..
244 – 17.10
10 March 2005
"Smugglers"
The brothers have to smuggle some goods for No Slacking, without being caught by Getoutofit!
245 – 17.11
17 March 2005
"The Real Purple Pimple"
The gang have to save Sir Percy from Robespierre, and Paul has a plan..
246 – 17.12
24 March 2005
"The Lift"
When the brothers get stuck in a lift, it’s No Slacking’s worst nightmare!
247 – 17.13
31 March 2005
"The Diva"
The brothers become personal assistants to a pop star, and have to protect her on the red carpet..
248 – 17.14
7 April 2005
"Let Them Beat Cake"
After Paul gets framed, the brothers are on the case for the REAL cake smasher..
249 – 17.15
14 April 2005
"One’s Bitten, Two’s Shy"
After Barry accidentally gets bitten from Uncle Harry’s old teeth, he becomes a werefox. Which is bad timing, because Auntie Petal is hunting for, you guessed it, a werefox!
Barry meets a fairy godmother. Paul thinks he’s seeing things, but he has no time, he has to get ready for the ball!
251 – 18.2
7 March 2006
"Off the Cuff"
The brothers are chased by a construction worker, which would be easy, except for the fact that they’re chained together!
252 – 18.3
8 March 2006
"Skipshape"
The brothers are hired to look after a skip. Said skip keeps destroying No Slacking’s garden. Also going on: the brothers are going to a Rotherham game..
253 – 18.4
9 March 2006
"Don’t Lose Your Rag"
Paul enters Barry into another game show: this time, he can’t get upset..
254 – 18.5
10 March 2006
"Alien Antics"
After they steal the brother’s tomatoes, Paul and Barry chase after an alien on a U.F.O!
255 – 18.6
13 March 2006
"Sushi and Sumo"
With food poisoned wrestlers and important businessmen, Paul and Barry find it hard to run a sushi restaurant!
256 – 18.7
14 March 2006
"Oompah Oompah"
Paul and Barry are invited to Austria to judge a music festival. Piece of cake; that is, of course, if they weren’t threatened with death!
257 – 18.8
15 March 2006
"Pretty Polly"
The brothers need to quickly replace a parrot when the first one flies away!
258 – 18.9
16 March 2006
"Tennis Menace"
The brothers are competing in a tennis competition, so that the little old lady won’t get kicked out..
259 – 18.10
17 March 2006
"Hippy Isle"
The brothers are sent to an island full of hippies.. far out, dude!
260 – 18.11
20 March 2006
"Caterpillar Crisis"
The brothers think Mrs. Bradstock has a man-eating caterpillar somewhere in her house!
261 – 18.12
21 March 2006
"Chuck Bodgers"
The brothers, after being frozen for 3 billion years, have to stop Ping the Pitiful from destroying Earth!
262 – 18.13
22 March 2006
"The Picnic"
The brothers battle with Getoutofit for a good picnic spot..
263 – 18.14
23 March 2006
"Cable Fable"
The brothers are stuck in a cable car with a yeti and the angry driver!
264 – 18.15
24 March 2006
"In A Pickle"
The brothers battle against Worthington Knott for Old Mother Chuckle’s pickle recipe..
The brothers go back in time to retrieve a second chalice, since the first one was stolen by Simon Chortle..
281 – 20.2
29 January 2008
"I Scream Men"
Chuckle Ices compete against Slackino‘s to see who will stay and sell more ice cream..
282 – 20.3
30 January 2008
"Super Heroes, Super Zeroes"
The brothers set up a Beetleman convention. Besides the fact that Barry enjoys it and Paul doesn’t, they find a super—fan who doesn‘t take too kindly to them..
283 – 20.4
31 January 2008
"Jumping Jackpot"
It‘s a race against time as the brothers look for a lottery ticket..
284 – 20.5
1 February 2008
"Galloping Grandads"
The brothers take their grandparents‘ places, while No Slacking looks for the real ones..
285 – 20.6
4 February 2008
"Raven Mad"
The brothers make sure that the Crown Jewels are safely protected and the ravens stay at the tower, but need to face Daring Derek..
