Sooty - TV Series

TV Series

• The Sooty Show (1955–1992),
• Sooty & Co. (1993–1998)
• Sooty Heights (1999–2000)
• Sooty (2001–2004)
• Sooty (2011–present)

The Sooty Show was first aired on the BBC in 1955 until 1967 where it was cancelled by the BBC and was changed to Thames Television and aired on ITV from then until the end of the TV series in 1992. In 1957, Sooty was joined by Sweep, and in 1964, Soo was introduced as Sooty's girlfriend. The latest series, simply titled Sooty, began on 5 September 2011 on the CITV Channel.

There were also three spin-off series.

• Learn With Sooty (1989–1991)
• Sooty's Amazing Adventures (1996–1997)
• Sooty's Magic (2000–2002)

Sooty's Amazing Adventures was an animated cartoon series that aired from 1996-1997. It featured Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Scampi living in an old theatre by the coast. It was produced by award winning animation company Cosgrove Hall Films. The show gave Sweep and Scampi actual voices, but kept Sooty mute.

Learn with Sooty was a straight-to-video series developed to make learning fun and introduce the basic skills that children really need to understand. There were eight videos produced; Start to Read, Have Fun with Numbers, Simple Science, Be Safe, Start to Read 2, A to Z of Animals, Down on the Farm and Have Fun with Numbers 2. In 1995, three of the videos (Start to Read, Have Fun with Numbers and Be Safe) were re-released with new packaging.

Sooty's Magic was also a straight-to-video series that taught basic magic tricks for children to learn and practice themselves, with each release ending with a magic show presented by Sooty and Richard Cadell. The videos were supported by a range of Sooty's Magic toys. Three videos were released between 2000 and 2002; Sooty's Magic Show, Sooty's Magic Club and Sooty's Magic Birthday Party. Due to Hit Entertainment's takeover of Gullane Entertainment at the time, the final video, Sooty's Magic Birthday Party, never received a wide release, with only those who pre-ordered the video receiving their copy.