After hours of testing I think I see what the problem is, which could of course be me!
I can get the bracketing working via the remote, in M, Av and P modes, for instance, if I switch off the camera each time!
If I don't switch off the camera the second and subsequent bracket sequences have exposure times all over the place.
I appreciate this may mean I have CHDK set up incorrectly, but, bluntly, I don't know where!
Cheers
Garry