THE Chuckle Brothers were "overwhelmed" at their heroes' welcome from Bestival crowds.

Thousands crammed into the Big Top on Saturday to catch a glimpse of Paul and Barry.

People of all ages welcomed them - many donning masks sporting the brothers' image and shouting hysterically as they walked on the stage in leather jackets.

They performance of their hit "to me, to you bruth" featuring Tinchy Stryder - although the rapper - who they say grew up with their shows - was unable to join them onstage.

They also split up the crowd to attempt a world record attempt of a "to me, to you" game with each side of the audience taking it in turns to shout out the first and last half of the phrase.

Speaking to the Daily Echo afterwards Paul said: "It was an overwhelming reaction. It was superb and a great experience.

"We couldn't believe that the Big Top had filled up with thousands of people and 15 rows deep of people outside the tent. It was the largest gigs of our career."

The veteran performers said they were working on an online version of their Chuckle Vision show.