A Sooty glove puppet, brought home by a stagehand on the top children’s TV show as a gift for his son, has been sold at auction for more than £1,000. Brian Kent, who built sets for The Sooty Show in ...

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. Sooty, who turned ...

A family's vintage Sooty puppet which was once used on TV by Harry Corbett has gone on sale for £1,200 at auction. Corbett had previously gifted the cute yellow bear to a friend's daughter in 1978 ...

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 ...

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An original Sooty puppet that's been "sitting in a box for 40 years" is going up for auction. It could fetch more than £1,000 when it goes under the hammer. Tina Stewart decided to sell the item after ...

Sooty very nearly didn’t become friends with his sidekick Soo after the BBC feared the introduction of a female character would ‘sex up’ the children’s show. Creator Harry Corbett sparked a major ...

SOOTY has been a favourite on children's TV since he made his debut in 1952. Here's everything you need to know about the puppet bear and his career so far. In 2018 Sooty is celebrating his 70th ...

The traditional blackface Zwarte Piet is disappearing fast from the Sinterklaas celebrations and sooty Piets now have the upper hand, according to research by the AD. The paper asked Sinterklaas ...