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{{Short description|British television sitcom}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multiple camera]]
| picture_format = [[4:3]] ([[576i]])
| audio_format =
| runtime = 29 mins approx.
| creator =
| developer =
| producer =
| executive_producer =
| starring = [[Karl Howman]] [[Gary Waldhorn]] [[Mike Walling]] [[Howard Lew Lewis]] [[Jackie Lye]]
| opentheme = "Because of You" [[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
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| country = United Kingdom
| location =
| language = English
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1986|9|1|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1991|4|7|df=y}}
| num_series = 5
| num_episodes = 40
| list_episodes =
| related =
| director = [[Mandie Fletcher]] John B. Hobbs [[Harold Snoad]]
}}

'''''Brush Strokes''''' is a British television [[sitcom]], broadcast on [[BBC]] television from 1986 to 1991. Written by [[Esmonde and Larbey]] and set in [[south London]], it depicted the (mostly) amorous adventures of a wisecracking house painter, Jacko ([[Karl Howman]]). There were 40 episodes spread over five series.

==Premise==
Jacko ([[Karl Howman]]) works as a house painter alongside his brother-in-law, Eric ([[Mike Walling]]), who was married to Jacko's sister Jean ([[Nicky Croydon]]). He lives with his sister and brother-in-law. Jacko also shares an anti-authority humour. In this case the butt of his humour is his boss, Lionel Bainbridge.

[[Gary Waldhorn]] played Lionel, and [[Elizabeth Counsell]] played his wife, Veronica, who had a crush on Jacko. The Bainbridges had a daughter called Lesley who is a spoiled daddy's girl, and became Jacko's girlfriend during series one. She was played by two actresses during the life of the show: [[Kim Thomson]] in the first series and [[Erika Hoffman]] from series two onwards. In series one it was hinted that Jacko was somehow indebted to Lionel and working for him after the pair had become involved with some unlawful money-making wheeling-dealing some years prior, for which Jacko almost got caught and was set to stand trial until Lionel used his 'respectable business reputation' to fabricate a story and get him off the hook, leaving Jacko 'indebted' and working for him, against his better wishes, as a result. This history between the pair was several times hinted at during the first series, but was never mentioned from series two onwards.

Jacko is a [[lothario|ladies' man]]. Much of the humour comes from his attempts at picking up women whilst around town on painting jobs – much to the disdain of his sister, his boss, and his boss's secretary.

Jackie Lye played Sandra, the [[secretary]] at work who became Jacko's [[fiancée]] in series two (although the [[wedding]] never happened – but they still went on the honeymoon, because they'd paid for it). Other familiar faces that have appeared in episodes include [[Janine Duvitski]], [[Tracie Bennett]] and [[Pippa Haywood]].

The show is remembered by many for the slow-off-the-mark pub landlord, Elmo Putney ([[Howard Lew Lewis]]) who ran the pub where Jacko and friends took their lunch breaks. Elmo's catch phrase instead of swearing was 'Chisel'.
In later episodes, Jacko unsuccessfully started his own company, "Splosh". Later Elmo leaves for Australia to set up another business in [[Alice Springs]] – which because of its name he thinks must be near a very large body of water. Elmo became a rich man after his dog discovered opals in Australia. Elmo returned and bought Jacko's failing company and turned it into a wine bar, where everything was decorated in pink. Jacko returned to Bainbridge's, where Veronica was now in charge after Lionel's death. Veronica subsequently begins a new romance and remarried in the final series. The end of the series sees Jacko walking down the street and flipping a coin to decide who he should end up with, while Sandra and Lesley wait in the wine bar.

==Episodes==
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| end3 = {{End date|1989|1|16|df=y}}

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| end4 = {{End date|1990|3|29|df=y}}

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| end5 = {{End date|1991|4|7|df=y}}
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===Series 1 (1986)===
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = [[Mandie Fletcher]]
| WrittenBy = [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde, Bob Larbey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|9|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 1| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z6sjw| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|9|8|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 2| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z6sld| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate ={{Start date|1986|9|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 3| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z6smp| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate ={{Start date|1986|9|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 4| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z82h2| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate ={{Start date|1986|9|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 5| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z82jn| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|6|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 6| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00z82ky| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|13|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 7| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0cp| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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| LineColor = FF6052
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|20|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 8| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0f2| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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| LineColor = FF6052
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 9| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0gp| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 10| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0k8| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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| LineColor = FF6052
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|10|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 11| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0nj| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 12| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0qf| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
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| LineColor = FF6052
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1, Episode 13| url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00zy0rv| website=[[BBC Genome Project|BBC Genome]]| access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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}}

===Series 2 (1987)===
{{Episode table|background=#5FA777|overall=5|series=5|director=18|writer=24|airdate=18|country=UK||episodes=
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = [[Mandie Fletcher]]
| WrittenBy = [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde, Bob Larbey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|10|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 1| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/1/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|10|19|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 2| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/2/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|10|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 3| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/3/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|11|2|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 4| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/4/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|11|9|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 5| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/5/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|11|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 6| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/6/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Mandie Fletcher
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|11|23|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 2, Episode 7| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/2/7/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 5FA777
}}
}}

===Series 3 (1988–1989)===
{{Episode table|background=#E48400|overall=5|series=5|director=18|writer=24|airdate=18|country=UK||episodes=
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = [[Harold Snoad]]
| WrittenBy = [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde, Bob Larbey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|11|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 1| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/1/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Harold Snoad
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|12|5|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 2| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/2/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Harold Snoad
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|12|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 3| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/3/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Harold Snoad
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|12|19|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 4| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/4/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Harold Snoad
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|1|9|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 5| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/5/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = Harold Snoad
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|1|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 3, Episode 6| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/3/6/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E48400
}}
}}

===Series 4 (1990)===
{{Episode table|background=#77B5FE|overall=5|series=5|director=18|writer=24|airdate=18|country=UK||episodes=
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde, Bob Larbey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|2|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 1| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/1/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 2| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/2/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|8|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 3| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/3/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 4| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/4/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 5| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/5/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 4, Episode 6| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/4/6/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 77B5FE
}}
}}

===Series 5 (1991)===
{{Episode table|background=#E4D00A|overall=5|series=5|director=18|writer=24|airdate=18|country=UK||episodes=
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = [[Esmonde and Larbey|John Esmonde, Bob Larbey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|2|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 1| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/1/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|2|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 2| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/2/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|3|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 3| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/3/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|3|10|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 4| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/4/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|3|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 5| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/5/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|3|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 6| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/6/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|3|31|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 7| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/7/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
{{Episode list
| DirectedBy = John B. Hobbs
| WrittenBy = John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|4|7|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web| title=Series 5, Episode 8| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/episodes/5/8/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = E4D00A
}}
}}

==Music==
The theme song "Because of You" was written and performed by [[Dexys Midnight Runners]]. Released as a single in November 1986, it reached number 13 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Dexys Midnight Runners| url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18199/dexys-midnight-runners/| publisher=Official Charts Company| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

==Other media==
Jacko and Elmo also appeared in the 1989 [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] show on BBC1 as a pair of murderous psychopaths.

Brush Strokes is also repeatedly referred to as a running joke in [[Diane Morgan]]’s 2018 show ''[[Cunk On Britain]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/5475/tv-cunk-britain-bbc2 |title=TV: Cunk On Britain, BBC2 |first=Bruce |last=Dessau |date=31 March 2018 |website=Beyond the Joke}}</ref>

==DVD releases==
''Brush Strokes'' was originally released on VHS and DVD via Universal Playback, a subsidiary of [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]], in August 2004. The sets were listed as the first and second series, when in fact, it consisted only of the complete first series of thirteen episodes. This became a common occurrence with Universal Playback as the same issues are present with their other titles, such as ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. [[Acorn DVD|Acorn Media]] acquired the distribution rights to the series thereafter, releasing in exactly the same format, mistakenly resulting in a complete series of six series instead of the proper five.

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! rowspan="2"|DVD title
! rowspan="2"|Actual series
! colspan="2"|Release date
! rowspan="2"|[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]] rating
|-
! [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
! [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]]
|-
| Series 1 & 2
| One
| 30 August 2004<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes: Complete Series 1 & 2 [Region 2] by Karl Howman| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brush-Strokes-Complete-Region-Howman/dp/B01GWDR2NQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?crid=78LYLXPLUX5A&keywords=brush+strokes+dvd&qid=1641802947&sprefix=%2Caps%2C58&sr=8-9| website=Amazon| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/a|No release}}
| PG<ref name="BBFC">{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes| url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/brush-strokes-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0znzu1nje| website=[[British Board of Film Classification|bbfc.co.uk]]| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Series One
| One {{small|(ep 1–7)}}
| {{N/a|No release}}
| 18 March 2009<ref>{{cite web| title= Brush Strokes The Completes Series 1| url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/brush-strokes-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0znzu1nje| website=[[Booktopia|booktopia.com.au]]| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Series Two
| One {{small|(ep 8–13)}}
| {{N/a|No release}}
| 24 June 2009<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes The Completes Series 2| url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/brush-strokes/dvd/9322225072657.html| website=[[Booktopia|booktopia.com.au]]| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/a}}
|-
| The Complete Series One and Two
| One
| 5 September 2011<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – The Complete Series One & Two| url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/brush-strokes/dvd/9322225071056.html| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| 3 July 2013<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes Series 1 – 2| url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/brush-strokes/dvd/9322225098343.html| website=[[Booktopia|booktopia.com.au]]| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| PG<ref name="BBFC" />
|-
| The Complete Series Three and Four
| Two and Three
| 16 April 2012<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – The Complete Series Three & Four| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/shop/2745/the_complete_series_three_four_dvd/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| 24 October 2012<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – Series 3-4| url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2215862/Brush-Strokes---Series-3-4| website=sanity.com.au| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| PG<ref name="BBFC" />
|-
| The Complete Series Five and Six
| Four and Five
| 19 August 2013<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – The Complete Series Five & Six| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/shop/3283/the_complete_series_five_six_dvd/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| 20 March 2013<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – Series 5-6| url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2221227/Brush-Strokes---Series-5-6| website=sanity.com.au| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| PG<ref name="BBFC" />
|-
| Complete Series One to Six
| One to Five
| 7 October 2013<ref>{{cite web| title=Brush Strokes – Complete Series One To Six| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/brush_strokes/shop/3515/complete_series_one_to_six_dvd/| website=comedy.co.uk| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| {{N/a|No release}}
| PG<ref name="BBFC" />
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BBC programme}}
*{{BBC Online|comedy/guide/articles/b/brushstrokes_1299000451.shtml|''Brush Strokes''}} Comedy Guide
*{{IMDb title|0090404}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|brush_strokes}}
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/brush/index.html ''Brush Strokes''] at British TV Resources

{{Esmonde Larbey}}

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