Chances are you grew up watching Sooty, Sweep and Soo. Well, they're still going strong! The gang are celebrating 65 years in showbusiness and have more new shows on the way. Following Harry Corbett's ...

You might think of gentle children’s TV favourite Sooty as a bit of a mild-mannered, wholesome chap – but it seems that he created a bit of an outcry at the BBC back in the day. And why’s that?

04:39, Sun, Jul 22, 2018 Updated: 14:27, Sun, Jul 22, 2018 Magician Harry Corbett bought the original Sooty from a stall on Blackpool’s North Pier as a present for his son Matthew in 1948. The bear ...

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A BBC documentary will reveal how a British children's program featuring popular hand puppet Sooty sparked controversy in the 1960s over the introduction of a female companion. The proposed debut of ...

The first generation of children to laugh at Sooty’s pranks are now drawing their pensions. But 65 years after he was created, the classic glove puppet is still working as hard as ever – and is about ...

The idea of giving Sooty a girlfriend proved so controversial in the Sixties that the BBC’s director general had to insist on a “no touch” rule, according to a new documentary. Creator Harry Corbett ...

The Sooty puppet used by Matthew Corbett in his last stage show will go under the hammer in Dorset later. Duke's Auctioneers is selling Sooty to raise money for the charity Whizz-Kidz, which provides ...

I have read the conclusion to Edward Carey's Iremonger trilogy and am left a bit breathless, which on the whole is a good thing, as this is a sooty, choking, lung-blackening sort of book, and reading ...