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15 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 1
20 mins
The Chuckle Brothers set up a pest control business and their first customer is Mrs. Wilson. She has a case of woodworm in her tallboy which the brothers attempt to flush out, but they are hindered in their work by the interventions of the man from next door. He is the archetypal nosey neighbour and as much of a pest as the woodworm.

Episode 2
20 mins
The Chuckle Brothers go into business looking after people's pets and, when Chester Merriment asks them to mind his pet Tiddles, they assume that a little cat will be plain sailing. However, Tiddles turns out to be an independently-minded gorilla who gives the brothers the slip and is pursued by a hunter before being safely retrieved.

Episode 3
20 mins
The Chuckle Brothers are engaged to erect a marquee in the grounds of Her Ladyship's mansion, which they do surprisingly well. However, they destroy a statue of her which is due for unveiling and get a replacement from the garden centre which is thoroughly grotesque. But for once it is someone other than the siblings who brings the house down.

Episode 4
20 mins
Whilst working as cleaners at a scientific research laboratory run by No Slacking, the Chuckle Brothers have a mishap with a substance that makes them think that they have become invisible - erroneously, as it happens - but this is still enough for them to create havoc before they realise what has actually happened and things get back to normal.

Episode 5
20 mins
On their way to Rotherham Football Ground the Chuckle Brothers meet two former players and accidentally end up with their invitation cards to play in a veterans match. Inevitably the brothers are mistaken for the famous footballers and have to get onto the pitch where at least they score a goal - an own goal.

Episode 6
20 mins
Barry and Paul are brush salesmen for No Slacking and come to the house of Dr. Bonkers, Mad Scientist. It is a mess and Paul thinks they should tidy it up but then they discover the 'creature' lying on the slab. Dr. Bonkers needs a brain to bring it to life, or, as second best, whatever passes for a brain in Paul's head. Barry rings their boss to come and help, and the upshot is a monster who abhors slacking.

Episode 7
20 mins
A tramp is thrown off a train at the station run by the Chuckle Brothers and he cons them into believing he is their long lost brother Trevor. Barry is annoyed when Paul gives him the best bed and food and 'Trevor' disrupts the passengers by playing golf on the platform. Posing another long lost relative, he finds out that the man is a fraud, and the brothers put him in a mail sack and back onto the train.

Episode 8
20 mins
Having taken their only pound coin from their piggy bank Paul and Barry decide to buy a lottery ticket but the coin gets stuck to a jogger's trainer, which is carried off by a dog and lands in a car going to a wedding, where the brothers disrupt the wedding photograph and the trainer is tied to the bridal car. By the time the coin is retrieved the shop selling lottery tickets is closed and the pound accidentally falls into a charity box.
Episode 9
20 mins
Paul and Barry get locked in a D.I.Y shop with a security guard hunting them down.
Episode 10
20 mins
Paul and Barry enrol at a charm school for men training to be butlers - and coincidentally it is run by Mrs. Butler. After the usual mishaps they eventually graduate and get work at a stately home where a dinner and speech are being held. Needless to say everything ends up in chaos as usual.
Episode 11
20 mins
Barry enters his Mangle Worzel in the County Fayre.
Episode 12
20 mins
Paul and Barry think the job description advert reads 'a little light housekeeping' but it's actually ' a little lighthouse keeping'. No Slacking the keeper is not happy to have them on board but when they cause him to fall down and hurt his foot he needs their assistance, even if they switch the light off by mistake. When he restores it they have to stay up all night to make sure it is all right. And the lighthouse is haunted.
Episode 13
20 mins
Taking their own toilet Barry and Paul arrive at Dan the Van's Spanish apartment to fix the plumbing. They soak the downstairs neighbour when they water Dan's flowers and he gets another soaking when they try to flush Leonard, Dan's pet lemming, out of the newly installed toilet. With Leonard safely back in his cage, they pedal home to Rotherham.
Episode 14
20 mins
After reading Barry's diary and a misunderstanding with a plane pilot Paul thinks he has only days to live.
Episode 15
20 mins