“Sooty” was christened after Corbett was asked to blacken the ears and nose of his yellow puppet, after which his wife remarked that he looked “a little sooty”. In the 1970s, as assistant head of ...

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 ...