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 ...

Children's television favourite Sooty is to move to a new home after the rights to a large library of programmes featuring the puppet were sold. The glove-puppet bear and his friends, Sweep the dog ...

After 15 years, and about 200 programmes, dear old Auntie is showing signs of disenchantment with the puppet’s creator Harry Corbett Sooty the puppet, his friend Sweep the mongrel, Ramsbotham the ...

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 ...

He's the naughty yellow bear who celebrates his 60th birthday in 2008. He is, of course, Sooty! He's been a kids' favourite for six decades but did you know about his Bradford origins? We've been ...

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 ...

Richard Cadell has suggested Sooty and Sweep couldn't have worked on the BBC. The 54-year-old star - who took over from creator Harry Corbett's son Matthew following his retirement in 1998 and bought ...

The yellow bear with a talent for magic tricks is celebrating his 70th birthday SOOTY has been a favourite on children’s TV since he made his debut in 1952. Here’s everything you need to know about ...

Six-year-old Kyle Stewart and Sooty Show owner Richard Cadell, with the original Sooty puppet which had been "sitting in a box for 40 years".

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 ...

Sooty is feeling very excited about his 70th birthday party tomorrow. Sweep and Soo will be there, of course, with lashings of pop, jelly and ice cream for all their friends. “What’s that, ...