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The Sooty Show

Season 26 1988

  • 1988-01-07T00:00:00Z 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

1988-01-07T00:00:00Z

26x01 The Big Surprise

Season Premiere

26x01 The Big Surprise

  • 1988-01-07T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew surprises Sooty, Sweep and Soo with a new bedroom. They have been staying at a friends house and have yet to return. Matthew has got a room which is where he was.

1988-01-14T00:00:00Z

26x02 Sooty's School Trip

26x02 Sooty's School Trip

  • 1988-01-14T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew takes Sooty, Sweep and Soo and their classmates on a trip to the museum. But Matthew is a boring teacher. They are getting ready for a school trip, but Matthew is still in bed and still has to make lunches for them. So, he rushes up and says if he's calm and organised everything will be ok.

1988-01-21T00:00:00Z

26x03 Sooty's Magic Lamp

26x03 Sooty's Magic Lamp

  • 1988-01-21T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew is reading Sooty, Sweep and Soo a story about Aladdin and his magic lamp. They would like to grant Matthew's wishes and so they haven't help him clear out the loft. They find a magic lamp in the attic and it has a genie inside.

1988-01-28T00:00:00Z

26x04 Good Luck, Bad Luck

26x04 Good Luck, Bad Luck

  • 1988-01-28T00:00:00Z20m

Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Matthew all experience lots of good luck and bad luck - Soo finds £5 after seeing two magpies together, whilst poor Matthew ends up spilling tea all over himself, and things begin falling over in his bedroom after he leaves his shoes on the table! Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Matthew are being very superstitious today.

1988-02-04T00:00:00Z

26x05 Return of Superdog

26x05 Return of Superdog

  • 1988-02-04T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew has been reading all about Superman in a comic, and at the same time as this, Sweep has begun displaying unusual feats of strength. Little do they realize that Sweep is really the heroic Superdog, an alien dog from a dying planet who plummeted to Earth, but was unfortunately followed by an evil enemy dog, none other than Butch!

1988-02-11T00:00:00Z

26x06 Cellular Phone

26x06 Cellular Phone

  • 1988-02-11T00:00:00Z20m

Sooty and his pals play with a toy telephone they've made out of two old baked bean cans and a piece of string. Matthew shows Sooty, Sweep and Soo the latest high tech cellular radio phone he has been sent on a free trial and they have fun ringing up a number for horoscopes and one for a recipe line. Then they receive a second cellular phone in the post.

1988-02-18T00:00:00Z

26x07 Make and Do

26x07 Make and Do

  • 1988-02-18T00:00:00Z20m

Sooty, Sweep and Soo are making things. But, Matthew isn't too pleased because they have unraveled lots of toilet rolls and cut out the full washing-up liquid bottle. Matthew tells them they are meant to use them when they are empty. They decide to make things, and later on they get a special visit from a special paper teaser.

1988-02-25T00:00:00Z

26x08 Overnight Away

26x08 Overnight Away

  • 1988-02-25T00:00:00Z20m

Sweep puts bones in Sooty's cupboard but Sooty tricks Sweep by taking the bones away. Matthew decides he's going to spend the night away and packs his suitcase. Sooty starts crying because of an onion in Matthew's suitcase. Matthew decides he'll just take a carrier bag as he has too much stuff and heads out. During the night, they get scared by a noise and a shadow on the wall, but it turns out to be Matthew's carrier bag. Matthew and Soo sing "Home Sweet Home".

1988-03-03T00:00:00Z

26x09 Burglar Box

26x09 Burglar Box

  • 1988-03-03T00:00:00Z20m

When Matthew becomes concerned about home security, Sooty invents a 'Burglar Box' to keep things safe from burglars. Matthew thinks it won't work, but gets outsmarted by the box. Then the Burglar Box gets stolen, and Sooty leads Matthew on a wild goose chase.

1988-03-10T00:00:00Z

26x10 Hidden Talent

26x10 Hidden Talent

  • 1988-03-10T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew and Sweep wants to tell jokes but there is a slight problem as Sweep doesn't know any jokes, so Matthew tries to help Sweep. In the end Soo doesn't want to sing, and Sooty and Sweep decide to play the drums. They all want to enter a local talent contest.

1988-03-17T00:00:00Z

26x11 Arguing

26x11 Arguing

  • 1988-03-17T00:00:00Z20m

Sooty, Sweep and Soo are arguing. Matthew wants them to stop arguing, he asks Sooty if he can help Sooty turns Sweep and Soo into lemons. Soo is trying to read her book in peace but Sweep keeps annoying her by singing loudly all the time.

1988-03-24T00:00:00Z

26x12 Ancestors

26x12 Ancestors

  • 1988-03-24T00:00:00Z20m

Matthew, Sooty, Sweep and Soo look for their ancestors. Sooty goes to a honey farm, Sweep to a butcher and Soo to a Chinese restaurant.

Season Finale

1988-03-30T23:00:00Z

26x13 When I Was A Lad

Season Finale

26x13 When I Was A Lad

  • 1988-03-30T23:00:00Z20m

Matthew is going on about the luxuries in life, and how he could do without them like he did 'When He Was A Lad'. Matthew tells them he will go out and have a better day than Sooty, Sweep and Soo going out with Connie to Chessington World of Adventures. They are in their bedroom, where Sooty is playing a trick on Soo by taking her teddy bear, Bruno.

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