1987

S1.E1 ∙ Breakfast Telly

Fri, Sep 25, 1987

The brothers decide to start a TV show for kids.

7.2 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Dance

Fri, Oct 02, 1987

The duo try dancing.

6.7 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Sport

Fri, Oct 09, 1987

The brothers try different sports includes football, cricket and tennis.

6.7 /10

S1.E4 ∙ Movies

Fri, Oct 16, 1987

The brothers go to the cinema to watch a movie.

6.7 /10

Most people aim to get fit for the Summer but not Paul and Barry Chuckle - they want to look good for the winter and aim to embark on their own fitness regime with a trip to the gym to indulge in a programme of body-building. However, since they are the notoriously inept Chuckle Brothers then the regime does not exactly go as planned.

6.6 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Halloween

Fri, Oct 30, 1987

Paul is presenting a Halloween special and frightens Barry with the legend of Ghostly Gertie the Phantom Tea Lady before they try to cast a spell but,thanks to Barry,have the wrong ingredients. After visiting Britain's most haunted camp site where they scare each other they return to the studio but flee when they hear the Phantom Tea Lady's trolley approaching.

6.9 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Antiques and Heirlooms

Fri, Nov 06, 1987

The Chuckle Brothers are presenting a television magazine programme in which they demonstrate, in a bare studio, how to look after antiques and paintings. Inevitably their methods fail miserably, such as Barry's attempts to restore and clean a copy of the Mona Lisa,which ends up with the canvas being wiped completely clean.

6.9 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Travel

Fri, Nov 13, 1987

The brothers are going on holiday though,when Paul asks for a map,Barry brings a mop. After a visit to a safari park they plan their foreign trip with Barry supplying potatoes instead of pesetas. They end up in Blackpool but think they are in Paris because of the tower and have trouble communicating with the locals whilst believing the beach to be the Sahara desert.

7.3 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Fashion

Fri, Nov 20, 1987

When Barry announces that he will be making a wardrobe,meaning a suit of clothes, Barry gets the wrong idea and brings on some planks of wood. Nevertheless their efforts to make suits and shirts for their Scottish cousins the McChuckles are a success and they even get a phone call from Kensington Palace,though it is to ask if they can play in goal on Saturday.

7.1 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Magic

Fri, Nov 27, 1987

This week the Chuckle Brothers demonstrate how to perform magic tricks. A mind-reading display and a disappearing rabbit are all very well but Paul aims to make a double decker bus disappear with Barry on board. He manages to succeed - but only because the bus drives off without his realising it.

7 /10