The Sooty Show
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / ITV1
- 1952 - 1992
- 481 episodes (44 series)
Long-running childrens' comedy series starring Harry Corbett, Matthew Corbett, Sooty, Sweep and Soo.
Press clippings
The surprisingly turbulent history of Sooty
Flying pizza, a fake pregnancy and other tales from the world's longest-running kids' TV show.
Douglas McPherson, The Telegraph, 11th May 2022100 BBC TV gamechangers
The Sooty Show, Goodness Gracious Me and Hancock's Half Hour have been named amongst 23 comedy titles in a BFI list of the 100 most important television programmes from the BBC, as the broadcaster marks its 100th anniversary.
British Film Institute, 28th April 2022Sooty at 70: Magic, water pistols & enduring popularity
When Harry Corbett bought a bear glove puppet on Blackpool's North Pier in 1948 to entertain his children, he could surely not have realised he was teaming up with a future TV icon.
Chris Long, BBC, 21st July 2018BBC Sooty row over 'sexing up' revealed
The idea to introduce a female puppet to Sooty's children's TV show in the 1960s was so controversial that the BBC director general had to intervene, a new documentary has revealed.
BBC News, 30th September 2016