The Sooty Show Sweep Hand Puppet

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Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp.232–235. ISBN 1903111277. During Matthew Corbett's reign, seven stage shows were performed repetitively. For the first half of the tours, Matthew and Connie Creighton would present, and during the second half, while Matthew was busy writing and filming the TV shows, Connie and Spencer K. Gibbens would present. Outside the UK, the show was also given international broadcasts in other countries: these included ABC in Australia; TVNZ in New Zealand; and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. Television history [ edit ] Harry Corbett era [ edit ] Sweep made his debut in 1957 and has remained a part of the franchise since his first appearance.

Since his retirement, Matthew has made infrequent appearances on TV including on the Sooty franchise. Sure enough, there was an episode of The Sooty Show filmed in Heaton Park in 1992 so our memories did not deceive us.Wink Taylor, Alex Skerratt and Richard Cadell are writing the film. Matthew Corbett will appear in the movie, Cadell has confirmed.

The Sooty Show proved a success with children's television, due to the popularity of Sooty, spawning additional sequels including Sooty & Co. in 1993, as well as several stage shows, and a spin-off educational series titled Learn With Sooty. The programme itself was later made available on VHS and DVD, featuring episodes from primarily the 1980s to 1990s. He also wrote a number of scripts, appeared as an extra and composed some of the music for the show. Read More Related Articles On Tuesday April 9th, 2013, Sweep along with Sooty and Soo appeared as the judging panel in one episode of "The Matt Lucas Awards" Season 2. It was on this show that Sweep gave us his excruciating impression of Pavarotti, which he had previously dreamed of doing in the Sooty & Co. episode "Stars in Their Eyes" on the 1990's talent show with the same name. He and his wife Sallie moved to a retirement village near Horsham, West Sussex, after his battle with coronavirus.

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The Sooty Show was created by Harry Corbett, a children's entertainer and magician, following the popularity of his puppet character Sooty on children's television and the decision by BBC Television to commission him for several episodes featuring the character. Corbett hosted several episodes for the BBC, originally under the title of Sooty, before later renaming it to the title that would be use throughout its broadcast history, along with creating additional characters that would become key elements to the children's media franchise sharing the character's name. In 1967, Corbett fell into disagreement with BBC producers over the presentation of the programme, and with the decision by Paul Fox, BBC1 controller at that time, to cancel the programme, he signed a deal with ITV to move The Sooty Show to their channel. [3] Production was handled by Thames Television shortly after its return in 1968, with Corbett presenting the programme until he was forced to retire in 1975, with his son Matthew Corbett presenting the programme until its conclusion in 1992, when Thames lost its franchise. Butlins presents Sooty, Sweep and Soo live on stage" at travelbulletin.co.uk". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Probably his most unusual characteristic is his method of communication. It consists of a loud high pitched squeak that gains its inflection from normal speech and its rhythm from the syllables in each word. The rest of the cast could understand Sweep perfectly, and would indirectly translate for the viewer. BBC Radio 1 – The Chris Moyles Show, Friday – Chris' Birthday Show, Sooty and Sweep surprise Chris!". BBC. 18 February 2011.

The rest of the cast, namely Soo and the presenter, could understand Sweep perfectly, and would (albeit indirectly) translate for the viewer. [5] [6] The sound of Sweep's voice was achieved using a saxophone reed. [7] Versions of the puppet later sold as toys had an integral squeaker connected to an air bulb that was squeezed by hand. They come from the estate of the late Peter Jago (1946-2016), who first worked with the show in 1976 as stage manager, going on to become production manager and then one of the main puppeteers. Production on the new format of the television programme was aided by Connie Creighton, who had worked alongside Matthew's father and was given a co-star role on several episodes, [4] while following his mother's retirement from her role, the voice of Soo was cast to Brenda Longman; Sweep's handler was also replaced, with Brian Sanford replacing Matthew's brother. Episodes of the programme mostly were aimed at comedic value, but elements of education were included in some stories; a spin-off educational series generated for pre-school audiences, titled Learn With Sooty, was later released between 1989 and 1991. Although Matthew had dropped several characters from the show's old format, some returned in a guest capacity, while a new one was introduced in 1990 called Little Cousin Scampi – a character that Matthew devised as being part of Sooty's family, and who communicated in the same manner as Sooty. It doesn't sound like high entertainment but children's TV in the 1950s was in its infancy – and usually much worse. Marjorie Corbett (1964–1981) – The first voice of Soo, whom her husband Harry had created as a talking female panda. She remained a part of the show until after the first series of the format change. According to Brenda Longman, who took over the voice of Soo, the reason Marjorie was replaced was because her heavy smoking caused her to be short of breath. It was also felt that she made Soo sound too old.As can be seen from his long association with the show, Peter Jago was held in high esteem by those he worked with. By maintaining his working materials so well over the years, he has left a legacy which will allow fans to hold onto their childhood memories.”

In 1955, a magician from Bradford made his TV debut with an amber teddy bear glove puppet called Sooty.Original hand puppets used in The Sooty Show are part of a collection of props from the classic children's TV programme expected to fetch thousands at auction. By maintain his working materials so well over the years, Peter has left a legacy which will allow fans to hold onto their childhood memories."