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{{Short description|BBC television series}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox television | image = CVtitle.png | caption = ''ChuckleVision'' title card (series 3 to 21) | alt_name = | genre = [[Physical comedy]] | creator = [[Chuckle Brothers|The Chuckle Brothers]] | writer = John Sayle <br> Rory Clark <br> [[Chuckle Brothers]] <br> and others | director = Martin Hughes, et al. | starring = [[Chuckle Brothers|The Chuckle Brothers]] | theme_music_composer = Dave Cooke | opentheme = "ChuckleVision" | composer = Dave Cooke | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = English | num_episodes = 292 | list_episodes = List of ChuckleVision episodes | producer = Martin Hughes | location = Rotherham, England (series 3β21) | runtime = 20 minutes (1987β1989, 1991β2001)<br>15 minutes (1989β1990, 2002β2009)<br>30 minutes (2008) | company = BBC | network = [[BBC One]] (1987β2009)<br/>[[CBBC]] (2002β2009) | first_aired = {{Start date|1987|9|26|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2009|12|18|df=y}} | related = ''[[To Me... To You...]]'' (1996β1998)<br>''[[Chuckle Time]]'' (2018) | num_series = 21 }} '''''ChuckleVision''''' is a British [[Children's television series|children's]] [[Television comedy|comedy]] television series created by Martin Hughes and the [[Chuckle Brothers]] for the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/comedy/guide/articles/c/chucklevision_7771425.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128182642/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/chucklevision_7771425.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2004|title=BBC β Comedy Guide β Chucklevision|date=28 November 2004|access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> 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]]). 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 greatest children's TV shows of all time |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/the-50-greatest-childrens-tv-shows-of-all-time/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> Further in August 2019, it was voted the best CBBC show of all time by readers of ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last= Powell| first= Emma| title= Paul Chuckle "thrilled" as Chucklevision voted greatest CBBC series of all time| url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-28/paul-chuckle-thrilled-as-chucklevision-voted-greatest-cbbc-series-of-all-time/| work=[[Radio Times]]| date=28 August 2019| access-date= 30 August 2019}}</ref>
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