Chuckle Time was cut short following the death of Barry Elliott on 5 August 2018 aged 73, meaning only six were broadcast. The final episode was shown in tribute to the comedian. It is unknown whether further episodes were recorded, as it was later stated that Barry had been forced to pull out of filming part-way through due to illness. Chuckle Time Chuckle Time was a British television series which was broadcast on Channel 5 in 2018. The show was hosted by the comedy duo Barry and Paul Elliott, best known as The Chuckle Brothers. It was based off a similar style
Chuckle Brothers running for twenty-one series over a period of twenty-two years, and giving them a Special Award for Lifetime Achievement at the British Academy Children's Awards in 2008. The final series of the programme was aired in December 2009. The two contributed further to children's entertainment, performing at the "Children's Royal Variety Performance" in May 1992, and launching a children's game show titled "To Me, To You!", which ran between 1996 and 1998 and which took its name from their signature catchphrase. Outside of children's entertainment, the brothers have made appearances in many other television series, both together and separately. In