Patton Brothers appeared alongside many British pantomime favourites such as Barbara Windsor, Ronnie Corbett, the Chuckle Brothers (their real life siblings) and John Inman. In September 2015, Jimmy became engaged to a 25-year-old ChuckleVision fan he had met via Facebook, a relationship with a 59-year age gap between the two. The couple married on 15 April 2017. Patton Brothers The Patton Brothers, Jimmy Elliott (born 20 August 1931), and Brian Elliott (born 4 September 1934), are the two older brothers of Barry and Paul Elliott, the Chuckle Brothers. They began their career as a double act in 1954. Jimmy Elliott started his
Chuckle Brothers 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. In 1985, the brothers launched a pre-school programme on the BBC entitled "Chuckle Hounds", in which they performed routines with no dialogue, while dressed up in giant dog costumes. Their success in children's television came in 1987, with the launch of their iconic children's show, "ChuckleVision", in which their real-life siblings Jimmy and Brian Patton made occasional appearances. The show proved a ratings hit with children,