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Paul Chuckle choked back tears as he recalled helping to save a little girl’s life. 

The actor, 75, appeared on Tuesday’s This Morning and told hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield how his iconic children’s show Chucklevision once helped revive a young fan from a coma.

The slapstick comedy starred Paul and his late brother Barry, who were famous for their ‘to me, to you’ catchphrase, aired from 1987 to 2009 – and was named best children’s BBC TV show ever in 2019.

Recalling the incident, Paul said: ‘We said at the time, if we do nothing else in life we have saved a little girl’s life. 

‘She was a massive fan [of Chucklevision] and she was very ill and she went into a coma and she had been in one for over a week.’

Tears: Paul Chuckle, 45, choked back tears on Tuesday's This Morning  as he recalled helping to save a little girl's life

Tears: Paul Chuckle, 45, choked back tears on Tuesday’s This Morning  as he recalled helping to save a little girl’s life

Comedy duo: Paul told how his iconic children's show Chucklevision once helped revive a young fan from a coma (pictured with late brother Barry, right, in 1990)

Comedy duo: Paul told how his iconic children’s show Chucklevision once helped revive a young fan from a coma (pictured with late brother Barry, right, in 1990) 

He revealed the little girl’s parents had been told that if no improvement was shown within days, doctors would turn off the life support machines. 

‘Doctors said [to the parents] you can talk to her, but we don’t know if she can hear you’.  

Paul went on to say that the fan’s distraught mum decided to tape the show’s theme tune and play it on loop next to her daughter’s bedside.    

‘Then within two minutes the little girl opened her eyes and said “Is [Chucklevision] on mummy?”‘.

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Paul choked back tears telling Holly and Phil: ‘Tears came out my eyes, I’m filling up now.’

Last year Paul revealed he once saw the ghost of his late brother, and comedy partner, Barry backstage before a show

Barry tragically died from cancer in 2018 at the age of 74 – but Paul said his beloved older brother sent him a message from the beyond the grave as he prepared to perform alone.

Speaking to The Sun Paul said that he saw his late brother’s ghost backstage at a pantomime, the first role where he would appear on stage alone.

Recalling: He recalled how the distraught mum recorded the show's theme tune which revived the little girl

Recalling: He recalled how the distraught mum recorded the show’s theme tune which revived the little girl

Emotional: Paul choked back tears telling Holly and Phil: 'Tears came out my eyes, I'm filling up now'

Emotional: Paul choked back tears telling Holly and Phil: ‘Tears came out my eyes, I’m filling up now’

To me to you: The slapstick comedy starred Paul (left) and his late brother Barry (right) who were famous for their 'to me, to you' catchphrase, aired from 1987 to 2009 (pictured together in 2019)

To me to you: The slapstick comedy starred Paul (left) and his late brother Barry (right) who were famous for their ‘to me, to you’ catchphrase, aired from 1987 to 2009 (pictured together in 2019)

As the duo’s ChuckleVision theme tune began to play, Paul says he saw his brother ‘winking’ and ‘nodding’ to give him the confidence to do it alone.    

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’.

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The veteran entertainer, whose real name was Barry Elliot, died from lung cancer in 2018. 

According to The Mirror he was unable attend his older brother Jimmy Elliot’s wedding to Amy Phillips, a 26-year-old fan of ChuckleVision, shortly before his death.

The TV and theatre star became unwell while filming a new TV series called Chuckle Time and his health later deteriorated.

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.’  

ChuckleVision was been named the greatest CBBC series of all time by the Radio Times in 2019.

In a poll of 3,000 people, ChuckleVision was named the greatest,  followed by The Story Of Tracy Beaker and Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow.

Paul said at the time:  ‘Thank you as you have all helped put ChuckleVision where it belongs, at number one!’

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