Sooty Heights
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Sooty Heights is a British children's television series that aired on ITV
from 27 September 27 1999 until 11 December 2000. It replaced Sooty & Co that was presented by Mathew Corbett from 1993–1998. Corbett retired after selling the rights to Sooty.
Sooty Heights sees the return of the famous TV puppet, along with friends Sweep, Soo, and Scampi, as they attempt to run a hotel. The presenters of the show are Richard Cadell
and Liana Bridges
, who co-star with Matthew Corbett in the sixth and final series of Sooty & Co.
On Monday 7 January 2008, Sooty Heights received its first repeat run on the CITV Channel. It ran until Friday 8 February and was aired again from April to May. Then, one last time for 2008 in December. The repeats were often shown at 3 pm. In the week before Christmas in 2009, both Christmas specials (last episodes of Series 1 & 2) were repeated.
In 2001, Sooty Heights was renamed as Sooty
. The show was still set in the same hotel, although redecorated. The hotel (but not the show) was then renamed again as "Hotel Sooty".
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
from 27 September 27 1999 until 11 December 2000. It replaced Sooty & Co that was presented by Mathew Corbett from 1993–1998. Corbett retired after selling the rights to Sooty.
Sooty Heights sees the return of the famous TV puppet, along with friends Sweep, Soo, and Scampi, as they attempt to run a hotel. The presenters of the show are Richard Cadell
Richard Cadell
Richard Cadell is an entertainment entrepreneur and magician, best known for being the hand of Sooty since 1999. He also owns and runs "the largest amusement park in the South West of England", Fun City, Brean and also works as a consultant for TV productions....
and Liana Bridges
Liana Bridges
Liana Bridges is an actress, best known for co-presenting Sooty & Co. with Matthew Corbett and Richard Cadell in 1998, and Sooty Heights with Richard Cadell from 1999-2000....
, who co-star with Matthew Corbett in the sixth and final series of Sooty & Co.
On Monday 7 January 2008, Sooty Heights received its first repeat run on the CITV Channel. It ran until Friday 8 February and was aired again from April to May. Then, one last time for 2008 in December. The repeats were often shown at 3 pm. In the week before Christmas in 2009, both Christmas specials (last episodes of Series 1 & 2) were repeated.
In 2001, Sooty Heights was renamed as Sooty
Sooty (TV series)
Sooty is a British children's television series that aired on ITV from 5 November 2001 - 6 January 2004 for three series. It replaces Sooty Heights, although the setting is much the same...
. The show was still set in the same hotel, although redecorated. The hotel (but not the show) was then renamed again as "Hotel Sooty".
Characters
- SootySootySooty is a British glove puppet bear and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The children's television show which bears his name has continued in various forms since the 1950s and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the...
- a mute yellow bear who is the protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of the show. He owns a magic wand whose power is invoked using the words "Izzy wizzy, let's get busy". - SweepSweep (puppet)Sweep is a British puppet and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and other countries.Sweep is a grey, glove puppet dog with long black ears who joined The Sooty Show in 1957, as a friend to fellow puppet Sooty...
- a dim-witted grey dog with a penchant for bones and sausages. He wears red wellingtons and communicates using bizarre squeaks. - SooSoo (puppet)Soo is a British puppet and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. Soo was first featured on The Sooty Show as the girlfriend of the main puppet character Sooty in 1964....
- a calm and collected female panda who acts as the foilFoil (literature)In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of another character....
for both Sooty and Sweep. Usually wears a red skirt. Voiced by Brenda Longman. - Little Cousin Scampi - Sooty's cousin, who is very cheeky and a serial troublemaker. He wears a navy blue school uniform and, like Sooty, is mute.
Series 1: 1999
- 1. Desperately Seeking Squeaky (27 September 1999)
- 2. The Hottest Place in Town (4 October 1999)
- 3. Water, Water Everywhere (11 October 1999)
- 4. The Best of Health (18 October 1999)
- 5. Hidden Treasure (25 October 1999)
- 6. Friends and Romans (1 November 1999)
- 7. Battle of the Bands (8 November 1999)
- 8. The Great Supremo (15 November 1999)
- 9. Jumble (22 November 1999)
- 10.Fast Food (29 November 1999)
- 11.Bumps in the Night (6 December 1999)
- 12.Double-O-Sooty (13 December 1999)
- 13.A Christmas Carrot (20 December 1999)
Series 2: 2000
- 1. To Care is to Share (18 September 2000)
- 2. Guard Dog Wanted (25 September 2000)
- 3. Vets and Pets (2 October 2000)
- 4. Manic Organic (9 October 2000)
- 5. Undercover Sooty (16 October 2000) (Stock footage From JumbleJumbleJumble is a word puzzle with a clue, a drawing illustrating the clue, and a set of words, each of which is “jumbled” by permuting its letters to make an anagram. A solver reconstructs the words, then arranges letters at marked positions in the words to spell the answer to the clue...
and Battle Of The BandsBattle of the BandsBattle of Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of "best band". The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination. The winning band usually receives a prize in addition to bragging rights. Traditionally, battles of...
is used) - 6. Vote for Soo (23 October 2000)
- 7. Too Many Cooks (30 October 2000)
- 8. A Sense of Business (6 November 2000)
- 9. Dog Brain of Britain (13 November 2000)
- 10.The Hounds of Music (20 November 2000)
- 11.You Must Be Joking! (27 November 2000)
- 12.The Quest (4 December 2000)
- 13.Sooty and the Beanstalk (11 December 2000)
Trivia
- Presenter Richard Cadell appeared, when he was just a teenager, as a guest magician on The Sooty ShowThe Sooty ShowThe Sooty Show is a British children's television series that aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 when the BBC eventually cancelled The Sooty Show after Paul Fox, the controller of BBC1 at the time, cleared out some of the long running shows. After it was cancelled from the BBC that year, The Sooty...
, presented by Matthew Corbett, in the episode "Sooty's Christmas Special". - The frontage shots of the Sooty Heights Hotel were filmed in DentonDenton, Greater ManchesterDenton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is five miles to the east of Manchester city centre, and has a population of 26,866....
, just outside Greater Manchester and a number of miles away from the intended location of the previous series.