TV bosses in talks to bring back iconic kids show ChuckleVision as an animated series

ChuckleVision could well be set to be a grand return to screens in the form of a new animated series.

The slapstick comedy duo – brothers Paul and Barry Elliott – starred in the BBC kids TV show between 1987 and 2009.

And the show could be making a comeback very soon as children’s TV producers are reportedly in talks with broadcasters, including the BBC, to make 26 new animated episodes.

Comedian Paul, 74, will be voicing his own character, while another actor will play his late brother Barry, who passed away in 2018 aged 73. 

It is also said that some of the original scriptwriters will be involved in the upcoming project.

Paul, who alongside his brother was famed for the catchphrase ‘To me, to you’, initially crowdfunded for a pilot episode of the cartoon back in 2018.

He told The Sun at the time: ‘I have missed Barry terribly. Now it will be like working with him again. I can’t wait to be able to say “To me, to you” again.’

Good times: The slapstick comedy duo – brothers Paul and Barry Elliott – starred in the BBC kids TV show between 1987 and 2009

While Kevin Neale, boss of producers Kidation said of the project: ‘The brand is so well known you don’t need a pilot. We’re in talks with the BBC.’

MailOnline have contacted the BBC for comment. 

It comes after Paul revealed he once saw the ghost of his late brother Barry backstage before a show, with Paul saying said his beloved older brother sent him a message from the beyond the grave as he prepared to perform alone. 

As the duo’s ChuckleVision theme tune began to play during a pantomime Paul was in, Paul told The Sun he saw his brother ‘winking’ and ‘nodding’ to give him the confidence to take to the stage on his own.    

Involved: Comedian Paul, 74, will be voicing his own character, while another actor will play his late brother Barry, who passed away in 2018 aged 73

Comedy superstars: Their children’s TV show ChuckleVision ran for 22 years before ending in 2009 (pictured in 1999)

He recalled: ‘I remember standing in the wings, waiting for my entrance and the music playing.

‘Barry would be on the other side, where he would come on and he wasn’t there.

‘But I swear I could see him to the side of the stage, and he’s nodding and winking at me. It gave me confidence to walk on stage and the audience lifted me beautifully.’

Barry died from lung cancer in 2018, with the TV and theatre star becoming unwell while filming a new TV series called Chuckle Time.

At the time Paul paid a touching tribute, saying: ‘I’ve not just lost my brother, I’ve lost my theatrical partner of many, many years and my very best friend.’  

Spooky: It comes after Paul revealed that once he saw the ghost of his late brother, and comedy partner, Barry Chuckle (left) backstage before a show (pictured together in 2014)