Richard Cadell and Sooty appeared on the BBC gameshow, Pointless Celebrities, in 2017, where they read out a selection of questions on children's television, including, "Which member of the Royal Family did Sooty squirt in 1955?" (Prince Philip). After this, Sooty squirted the host, Alexander Armstrong, with his water pistol. Sweep, also white not grey, who walks on all fours like a normal dog, but can stand as a biped to play the bugle and so on. 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.

He and his wife Sallie moved to a retirement village near Horsham, West Sussex, after his battle with coronavirus. Sooty and Matthew Corbett appeared on a Christmas edition of Noel Edmonds' comedy show Telly Addicts in 1993 when they put questions to the team which consisted of Craig Charles, Philippa Forrester, Diane Bull and Gary Olsen. Sooty, Sweep and Soo were the guest judges on the fifth episode of the second series of The Matt Lucas Awards, a TV programme originally shown on BBC One on Tuesday, 9 April 2013. After the expiry of the license at Brean, Cadells Limited announced in February 2022 to sign a new deal with Crealy Theme Park & Resort to open a Sooty-focused theme park area in May 2022. [13] Stage show history [ edit ] 1984 – 1998 [ edit ]Brewer, Susan (2010). "9. Traditional toys that granny knew too". Collecting Classic Girls' Toys. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-84468-068-9. Since his retirement, Matthew has made infrequent appearances on TV including on the Sooty franchise. Tryhorn, Chris (4 October 2007). "Hit Entertainment has put the rights to kids' TV puppet Sooty up for sale". The Guardian.

Sooty, along with Sweep & Soo made an appearance in the music video for the official Children in Need charity single with the 'All-star Animated Band' produced by Peter Kay in November 2009. Sooty and Matthew Corbett appeared in a special episode of Thames Television's other mainstay of children's programming, Rainbow. The episode, "The VIP" was broadcast in 1990 and saw them performing a magic show for Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey. Richard Cadell on saving Sooty, brand longevity and stage shows". Licensing.biz . Retrieved 5 April 2021. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

In 1956, Philips Records released a 78 r.p.m. record P.B.528. It contains (side 1) "Sooty" (by Corbett) performed by Marie Benson and also featuring Harry Corbett and Sooty with instrumental accompaniment, and (side 2) "Mr Dumpling" (by Heathcote) performed by Marie Benson with instrumental accompaniment. Sooty gets an iPod, a laptop and gender equality". The Guardian. 8 July 2011 . Retrieved 13 July 2011. On 20 June 2014 the Radio Times confirmed that Sooty: The Movie was in production. [15] It was set to go in production in 2016. [16] [ bettersourceneeded] Bobby Davro hosted a Sooty parody sketch called "Sooty in Soho" on his sketch show in 1989, which saw him doing an impression of Matthew and depicting Sooty and Sweep owning a brothel. The sketch was interrupted by the real Matthew Corbett showing up and assuring the audience that the Sooty which Davro had was an imposter. He then produced the real Sooty, who promptly squirted both Davro and Matthew with his water pistol. Japanese buy Sooty for pounds 1.4m". The Independent. 24 May 1996. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.