THE nation’s best known comedy siblings are boldly going where they’ve never been before... at least for a while.

The Chuckle Brothers are heading back to the Cliffs Pavilion, six months after last year’s panto stint, with their new show, Chuckle Trek – the Lost Generation.

Once again the pair have got their fingers on the pulse by spoofing the new Star Trek film, which, despite only being released last month, has been the subject of their show since the tour began in February.

“The Chuckle Brothers are keeping up with the times,” claims Barry Elliott, the smaller of the veteran double act.

“We are doing this one on Star Trek because it’s out at the moment.

“We enjoy spoofing the films because it gives you an idea to work with straight away, but also because it’s something different each year.”

Their previous shows have included Indiana Chuckles and The Kingdom of the Mythical Sulk, and Barry Potty and his Smarter Brother Paul in the Chamber of Horrors.

But their latest adventure, which lands at the Westcliff venue this Sunday, sees the two entertainers travel to the final frontier in order to save Earth from a nation of rogue robots.

“Paul and I, who play ourselves, get aboard the Starship Exercise,” says the 64-year-old.

“There’s Captain James T Burke, Spotty the engineer and even Dark Waders, from Star Wars, makes an appearance.

“There are little bits from Doctor Who and Star Wars in it, to make it a bit different.

“We come out on top in the end of course, but we have a lot of laughs along the way.

“There are loads of special effects and we seem to get beamed up a lot,” says Barry.

“It’s very good working with robots and we actually build one from scratch that comes to life.

“I think that’s the most ridiculous thing that happens in the show, apart from getting the adults up on stage.”

Yet despite using three of science fiction’s greatest works as the inspiration for the show, Barry says he and Paul, 61, are indifferent to the genre.

“We’re not really sci-fi fans,” he admits.

“But we just know all the films back to back.

“We get a basic idea and then put sketches into it – that’s how we write.”

The Rotherham-born brothers picked up the special award at the Children’s BAFTA Awards in November, in recognition of their outstanding creative contribution.

Perhaps just as flattering was the campaign launched by men’s magazine Loaded a year earlier, that called for the duo to be knighted, and which has continued on the social networking site, Facebook.

“It’s great to hear something like that, and it would be great if it came off,” says Barry.

“It just feels really good that someone appreciates you.”

Now, 22 years after the BBC children’s show ChuckleVision hit TV screens across the land, and the “to me, to you” catchphrase was first etched into the minds of a generation of youngsters, the pair are still going strong.

“We are so proud of what we have achieved over the years and I don’t think we ever plan to stop,” declares Barry.

“If we stopped we would probably fade away.

“Usually in showbiz, people go on till they drop dead.

“We have no plans to retire and we’ll keep going until one of us actually goes.”