Chuckle Brothers had wanted to perform for as long as possible. His funeral was held on 17 August at the Rotherham United stadium and was attended by a number of show business friends; a large number of fans waited outside to pay their respects. Chuckle Brothers 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
Chuckle Brothers one of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government's planned free schools, a taxpayer-funded school independent of the local authority, should be established in Rotherham. In January 2011, it was announced that Barry had planned to incorporate a 100-pupil free school named "Rotherham Central Free School" in his hometown of Rotherham. His son's partner was to serve as the head teacher of the school. By February 2012, no premises, staff or pupils for the school had been confirmed, despite announcing an intention on opening in September of that year. In February 2014, the Chuckle Brothers attended the trial of Dave Lee Travis.