<P> The Chuckle Brothers were an English children's comedy double act comprising Barry David Elliott (24 December 1944--5 August 2018) and Paul Harman Elliott (born 18 October 1947). They were known for their BBC children's programme ChuckleVision, which celebrated its twenty - first series with a 2010 stage tour entitled An Audience with the Chuckle Brothers . The comedy of the Chuckle Brothers usually derived from slapstick, wordplay and other visual gags, and their catchphrases included "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear". </P> <P> The brothers were born in Rotherham to Amy and James Patton Elliott, in 1944 and 1947 . Their father was a Gang Show performer whose stage name was Gene Patton; he worked with the 18 - year - old Peter Sellers in 1943 in The No. 10 Gang and gave performances in London, Orkney and the Hebrides, Iceland, the Far East, India, and Burma . Their two older brothers, Jimmy and Brian, are known professionally as the Patton Brothers and have appeared in ChuckleVision, Jimmy as the nameless character known colloquially as "No Slacking", and Brian as another unnamed character known as "Getoutofit". </P> <P> The Chuckle Brothers won the television talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1967, followed by success on New Faces in 1974 . In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the two brothers began their television careers as a double act, making their debut in April 1979 on the BBC comedy series Lennie and Jerry, hosted by Lennie Bennett and Jerry Stevens . They made two appearances on the game show 3 - 2 - 1, hosted by Ted Rogers, in January 1980 and April 1982, and appeared on the long - running BBC programme, The Good Old Days, in June 1980 . In August 1983, the Brothers appeared on The Freddie Starr Showcase alongside the comedian Freddie Starr . </P> <P> Their primary work was mainly focused on children's television, beginning initially on Christmas Day in 1980 with them taking part in a televised children's show, A Merry Morning, in which the brothers entertained around 250 children from the Leeds area in Yeadon Town Hall . </P>

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