Puppeteer Richard Cadell, 51, has admitted he feels he has only just been accepted by The Sooty Show fans after replacing the programme’s former host Matthew Corbett, 72, 20 years ago. The British ...

The son of Harry Corbett is putting his father's original Sooty puppets from the 1960s up for sale - with the collection expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction. Dave Corbett - who, along with his ...

Of all the birthday tributes received by Nelson Mandela over the past few days, perhaps the one most likely to bring tears to his eyes was from Sooty. You can see it on YouTube, alongside those from ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A BBC documentary will reveal how a British children's program featuring popular hand puppet Sooty sparked controversy in ...