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The Sooty Show

TV series / 1955

The Sooty Show

Episode directors Trevor HillJohn Woods

ComedyKids

★ 6.4/10Audience rating

The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.

The story

The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1955 · 36 episodes Season details

Jan. 16, 1955

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Season 2 Season 2 1956 · 19 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 1956

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Season 3 Season 3 1957 · 19 episodes Season details

Sept. 29, 1957

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Season 4 Season 4 1958 · 17 episodes Season details

Oct. 12, 1958

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Season 5 Season 5 1959 · 19 episodes Season details

Oct. 11, 1959

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Season 6 Season 6 1960 · 18 episodes Season details

Oct. 9, 1960

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Season 7 Season 7 1961 · 12 episodes Season details

Oct. 1, 1961

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Season 8 Season 8 1962 · 8 episodes Season details

Sept. 30, 1962

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Season 9 Season 9 1963 · 21 episodes Season details

July 14, 1963

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Season 10 Season 10 1964 · 12 episodes Season details

Aug. 23, 1964

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Season 11 Season 11 1965 · 13 episodes Season details

Oct. 3, 1965

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Season 12 Season 12 1966 · 13 episodes Season details

Oct. 9, 1966

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Season 13 Season 13 1967 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1967

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Season 14 Season 14 1968 · 14 episodes Season details

July 30, 1968

The Sooty Show now moves to ITV.

Season 15 Season 15 1969 · 14 episodes Season details

Aug. 6, 1969

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Season 16 Season 16 1970 · 14 episodes Season details

April 27, 1970

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Season 17 Season 17 1970 · 18 episodes Season details

Sept. 4, 1970

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Season 18 Season 18 1971 · 13 episodes Season details

Jan. 6, 1971

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Season 19 Season 19 1971 · 13 episodes Season details

July 14, 1971

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Season 20 Season 20 1972 · 11 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1972

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Season 21 Season 21 1972 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 12, 1972

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Season 22 Season 22 1973 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 25, 1973

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Season 23 Season 23 1974 · 13 episodes Season details

March 6, 1974

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Season 24 Season 24 1974 · 14 episodes Season details

Dec. 25, 1974

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Season 25 Season 25 1975 · 14 episodes Season details

Sept. 24, 1975

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Season 26 Season 26 1976 · 13 episodes Season details

Oct. 6, 1976

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Season 27 Season 27 1977 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 6, 1977

Matthew Corbett now takes over the bulk of the work on the show.

Harry Corbett has a segment in each episode where he remembers classic moments.

Season 28 Season 28 1978 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 20, 1978

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Season 29 Season 29 1980 · 9 episodes Season details

Feb. 6, 1980

Each episode of this season has part of a serialized adventure story shown around the midway point, 'The Case of the Black Hand' stars Sooty as Sherlock Holmes tracking down 'The Master criminal'.

This is the last Season to have the "filmed on a stage in front of a studio audience" format. From this point on the show becomes sitcom like with the episodes set at 'Sooteries cottage'.

Season 30 Season 30 1981 · 7 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1981

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Season 31 Season 31 1981 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 14, 1981

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Season 32 Season 32 1983 · 13 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1983

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Season 33 Season 33 1983 · 20 episodes Season details

Oct. 14, 1983

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Season 34 Season 34 1985 · 14 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1985

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Season 35 Season 35 1986 · 13 episodes Season details

April 8, 1986

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Season 36 Season 36 1987 · 13 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1987

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Season 37 Season 37 1988 · 13 episodes Season details

Jan. 7, 1988

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Season 38 Season 38 1988 · 14 episodes Season details

Sept. 6, 1988

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Season 39 Season 39 1989 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 5, 1989

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Season 40 Season 40 1990 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 3, 1990

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Season 41 Season 41 1991 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 23, 1991

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Season 42 Season 42 1992 · 13 episodes Season details

Sept. 7, 1992

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Special episodes

Specials 2011 · 12 episodes Season details

Nov. 1, 2011

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Cast

Harry CorbettSelf Marjorie CorbettSoo (voice) Matthew CorbettSelf Brenda LongmanSoo (voice) · Fortune Teller · Self Connie CreightonSelf Bob ToddThe Master Villain Freddie DaviesSelf Gerry MarsdenSelf Ali BongoSelf Roy HuddSelf Wally WhytonHimself Deryck GuylerSelf

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Derek FranksSelf Mike WintersSelf Bernie WintersSelf Alan RandallSelf Arthur AskeySelf Peter ButterworthSelf George ChisholmSelf Jack DouglasSelf Rolf HarrisSelf Bernard CribbinsHimself Dora BryanHerself Rosemary SquiresHerself Mel HarveyHimself Rod BurtonSelf Jane TuckerSelf Bernard BresslawHimself Geoff CapesHimself Duncan GoodhewSelf Roger WalkerSimon Smartypants · Himself Frank ThorntonDr. Hugh · Mr Wolfe Mike ReidBanana Briggs Shirley AbicairHerself Tom HarrisonNarrator Lionel BlairHimself Jack TrippHimself Gladys MillsHerself Davy KayeHimself Peter GlazeHimself Clifford HenryHimself Jimmy JewelHimself Nigel PegramHimself William LundiganHimself Roger FlossHimself Ivor EmmanuelHimself Billy GlassHimself Johnny HackettHimself Janet BrownHerself Eric DelaneyHimself Mick ConnorsShag Conners Bob DixsonHimself Alan ShaxonHimself Charmian DoreHerself Karl JohnsonHimself Julian LittmanHimself Ed StewartHimself Ken GoodwinHimself Billy DaintyHimself Denise CoffeyHimself Geoffrey HayesHimself Roy SkeltonZippy / George (voice) Stanley BatesBungle Annette MasonHerself Ivor WynneHimself Larry ParkerHimself Sylvia Marion Dash-LeeHerself Bryan BurdenHimself Shahid MalikHimself Billy McCombHimself Paul FoxHimself Clive WebbHimself Dawson ChanceHerself Terry HallHimself Richard LockwoodThe Vicar Peter JagoWindow Cleaner Bonnie LangfordHerself Steve SteenHimself Jim SweeneyHimself Percy EdwardsHimself

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