The Sooty Show

8 Reviews

1955

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.

Storyline

Released

1955-01-16

Episode Runtime

15 min

Language

English

Status

Ended

Genre

Comedy Kids

Production

Thames Television, BBC

Directors

Harry Corbett

CASTS

Marjorie Corbett

Soo (voice)

Matthew Corbett

Self

Brenda Longman

Soo (voice)

Connie Creighton

Self

Bob Todd

The Master Villain

Freddie Davies

Self

Gerry Marsden

Self

Ali Bongo

Self

Roy Hudd

Self

Wally Whyton

Himself

Deryck Guyler

Self

Derek Franks

Self

Mike Winters

Self

Bernie Winters

Self

Alan Randall

Self

Arthur Askey

Self

Peter Butterworth

Self

George Chisholm

Self

Jack Douglas

Self

Rolf Harris

Self

Bernard Cribbins

Himself

Dora Bryan

Herself

Rosemary Squires

Herself

Mel Harvey

Himself

Rod Burton

Self

Jane Tucker

Self

Bernard Bresslaw

Himself

Geoff Capes

Himself

Duncan Goodhew

Self

Roger Walker

Himself

Frank Thornton

Dr. Hugh

Mike Reid

Banana Briggs

Shirley Abicair

Herself

Tom Harrison

Narrator

Lionel Blair

Himself

Jack Tripp

Himself

Gladys Mills

Herself

Davy Kaye

Himself

Peter Glaze

Himself

Clifford Henry

Himself

Jimmy Jewel

Himself

Nigel Pegram

Himself

William Lundigan

Himself

Roger Floss

Himself

Ivor Emmanuel

Himself

Billy Glass

Himself

Johnny Hackett

Himself

Janet Brown

Herself

Eric Delaney

Himself

Mick Connors

Shag Conners

Bob Dixson

Himself

Alan Shaxon

Himself

Charmian Dore

Herself

Karl Johnson

Himself

Julian Littman

Himself

Ed Stewart

Himself

Ken Goodwin

Himself

Billy Dainty

Himself

Denise Coffey

Himself

Geoffrey Hayes

Himself

Roy Skelton

Zippy / George (voice)

Stanley Bates

Bungle

Annette Mason

Herself

Ivor Wynne

Himself

Larry Parker

Himself

Sylvia Marion Dash-Lee

Herself

Bryan Burden

Himself

Shahid Malik

Himself

Billy McComb

Himself

Paul Fox

Himself

Clive Webb

Himself

Dawson Chance

Herself

Terry Hall

Himself

Bonnie Langford

Herself

Steve Steen

Himself

Jim Sweeney

Himself

Percy Edwards

Himself

Mark Chamberlain

Himself

Richard Cadell

Himself

Bernie Clifton

Himself

Alvin Stardust

Himself

Spike Milligan

Himself

Duncan Trillo

Himself

Paul Goddard

Himself

June Whitfield

Aunty

Anna Karen

Mrs Woodhead

Terri Carol

Herself

Nicko McBrain

Himself

Dennis Taylor

Himself

Derek Deadman

Himself

Tommy Boyd

Himself

Jeannette Charles

The Queen

Nicky Slater

Herself

Aiden J. Harvey

Himself

Freddy Marks

Self

Joe Brown

Self

Johnny More

Self

Seasons

Specials

2011

12 Episodes

Season 0 of The Sooty Show premiered on 2011-11-01.

Season 1

1955

36 Episodes

Season 1 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1955-01-16.

Season 2

1956

19 Episodes

Season 2 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1956-10-07.

Season 3

1957

19 Episodes

Season 3 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1957-09-29.

Season 4

1958

17 Episodes

Season 4 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1958-10-12.

Season 5

1959

19 Episodes

Season 5 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1959-10-11.

Season 6

1960

18 Episodes

Season 6 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1960-10-09.

Season 7

1961

12 Episodes

Season 7 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1961-10-01.

Season 8

1962

8 Episodes

Season 8 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1962-09-30.

Season 9

1963

21 Episodes

Season 9 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1963-07-14.

Season 10

1964

12 Episodes

Season 10 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1964-08-23.

Season 11

1965

13 Episodes

Season 11 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1965-10-03.

Season 12

1966

13 Episodes

Season 12 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1966-10-09.

Season 13

1967

13 Episodes

Season 13 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1967-09-10.

Season 14

1968

14 Episodes

The Sooty Show now moves to ITV.

Season 15

1969

14 Episodes

Season 15 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1969-08-06.

Season 16

1970

14 Episodes

Season 16 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1970-04-27.

Season 17

1970

18 Episodes

Season 17 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1970-09-04.

Season 18

1971

13 Episodes

Season 18 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1971-01-06.

Season 19

1971

13 Episodes

Season 19 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1971-07-14.

Season 20

1972

11 Episodes

Season 20 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1972-01-04.

Season 21

1972

13 Episodes

Season 21 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1972-09-12.

Season 22

1973

13 Episodes

Season 22 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1973-09-25.

Season 23

1974

13 Episodes

Season 23 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1974-03-06.

Season 24

1974

14 Episodes

Season 24 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1974-12-25.

Season 25

1975

14 Episodes

Season 25 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1975-09-24.

Season 26

1976

13 Episodes

Season 26 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1976-10-06.

Season 27

1977

13 Episodes

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

1978

13 Episodes

Season 28 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1978-09-20.

Season 29

1980

9 Episodes

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

1981

7 Episodes

Season 30 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1981-01-05.

Season 31

1981

13 Episodes

Season 31 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1981-09-14.

Season 32

1983

13 Episodes

Season 32 of The Sooty Show premiered on 1983-01-05.