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The Sooty Show

Season 20 1981

  • 1981-09-13T23:00:00Z on BBC Television
  • 20m
  • 4h 20m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Children
The Sooty Show is a British children's television series that aired on BBC Television from 1955 until 1967, and on ITV from 1968-1992 It features the glove puppet characters Sooty, Sweep (who first appeared in 1957) and Soo (first appeared in 1964), and follows them in their many mischievous adventures. The show was presented from the 1955 to 1975 by Harry Corbett, and from 1976 to 1992 by his son, Matthew, as he bought the rights for Sooty for £35,000 from his father, and acted as the token human being. In 1981, The Sooty Show changed from a sketch-based format with a studio audience into a more sitcom-based format set in the Sooteries cottage.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1981-09-13T23:00:00Z

20x01 Bob a Job

Season Premiere

20x01 Bob a Job

  • 1981-09-13T23:00:00Z20m

Matthew enters Sooty, Sweep and Soo's bedroom to wake them up and notices how untidy it is! Matthew tells them that he wants the bedroom tidied up before they come downstairs for breakfast. Sweep's idea of tidying is throwing his bones on the floor, while Soo can't decide where to put her clothes and decides to put them away later. Sooty decides to put his stuff on Sweep's bed, which Sweep later moves back.

1981-09-20T23:00:00Z

20x02 Sweep Can't Sleep

20x02 Sweep Can't Sleep

  • 1981-09-20T23:00:00Z20m

Sooty and Soo are up bright and early, having had a good nights sleep, however Sweep is still fast asleep. Soo is busy in the bathroom with different fragrances, leaving Sooty waiting for his bath. By the time Sooty and Soo are downstairs for breakfast, Sweep still isn't up! Matthew goes to get him up, but Sweep is snoring away.

1981-09-27T23:00:00Z

20x03 A Photo for Auntie

20x03 A Photo for Auntie

  • 1981-09-27T23:00:00Z20m

Matthew purchases a camera and wants to take photos of Sooty, Sweep and Soo to post to Auntie Maude.
Matthew at last captures some photos of Sooty, Sweep and Soo but Sweep loosens the films and it is messed up. Soo says the boys can take photos of Matthew which he agrees to.
Matthew, Sooty and Sweep go to the rural area and take some pictures of Matthew. But, Matthew doesn't have a great deal of fortune as he falls of a fence and then has a problem with a bull.

1981-10-04T23:00:00Z

20x04 Safety First

20x04 Safety First

  • 1981-10-04T23:00:00Z20m

Matthew doesn't have a very good start to the day as he trips on a toy car belonging to Sooty and Sweep. He is telling Sooty, Sweep and Soo about all the dangers in the house. But, Matthew has lots of accidents and ends up being run over by a bike.

1981-10-11T23:00:00Z

20x05 Under Canvas

20x05 Under Canvas

  • 1981-10-11T23:00:00Z20m

Sooty, Sweep and Soo in their bedroom, in the kitchen and in the garage make their own camps. Sooty, Sweep and Soo play camps in the house and create a lot of trouble. On pretend journeys they go on safari in Africa, find themselves on a battlefield and even imagine they are camping in a submarine. But their greatest adventure in this show comes in a story where they are told about being under canvas on an island.

1981-10-18T23:00:00Z

20x06 Saving for a Holiday

20x06 Saving for a Holiday

  • 1981-10-18T23:00:00Z20m

Sooty, Sweep and Soo want to save money for their holiday. They save on washing powder and Matthew needs to repair some things to save money, so Sooty lends Matthew a hand and it goes badly wrong!

1981-10-26T00:00:00Z

20x07 Lazy Day

20x07 Lazy Day

  • 1981-10-26T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew decides he will have a peaceful day. He wants to read his newspaper but something keeps on occurring with the newspaper every time he attempts to read it!

1981-11-02T00:00:00Z

20x08 Time for Magic

20x08 Time for Magic

  • 1981-11-02T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew, Sooty, Sweep and Soo send an invitation for the kids to come round the house to watch a magic show.

1981-11-09T00:00:00Z

20x09 Connie Comes to Tea

20x09 Connie Comes to Tea

  • 1981-11-09T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew, Sooty, Sweep and Soo have a special guest coming round to visit them, so Matthew and Sooty choose to bake a cake, but Sweep puts his bone in it!
Connie is the special guest and Sweep makes a banner for her but doesn't spell it right! Connie has a few accidents when she’s there, but all is forgiven. Connie gives out gifts to them, Sooty gets a book Sweep gets a bone Soo gets a pink dress and Matthew gets flowers.

The food at Sooty's house has gone missing. Sherlock Sooty visits Matthew and blames him for pinching the food. Matthew believes it was the window cleaner pinching it.
But in the end it has been an important person sleepwalking, but whom? Sweep turns out to be the culprit. It turns out he has been sleepwalking during the night.

Season Finale

1981-11-23T00:00:00Z

20x11 Unusual Pets

Season Finale

20x11 Unusual Pets

  • 1981-11-23T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew and the gang investigate unusual pets.

1981-11-30T00:00:00Z

20x12 Charity Begins at Home

20x12 Charity Begins at Home

  • 1981-11-30T00:00:00Z20m

Chaos breaks out when Sooty, Sweep and Soo decide to launch a charity drive.

Matthew, Sooty, Sweep and Soo are slightly upset as they can't go to a Christmas Pantomime due to terrible weather conditions, so they choose to have their own Pantomime of Little Red Riding Hood and invite all of their friends. However, Matthew keeps changing the script.

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