Sooty Show presenter Matthew Corbett almost died as he battled the deadly coronavirus inside intensive care. The 71-year-old puppeteer, who hosted the classic children's show for two decades, revealed ...

SOOTY has been a favourite on children’s TV since he made his debut in 1952. Here’s everything you need to know about the puppet bear and his career so far. In 2018 Sooty is celebrating his 70th ...

The Sooty puppet used by Matthew Corbett in his last stage show was sold for £700 yesterday. The hand puppet was used during The House That Sooty Built show at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre in 1997. It ...

MATTHEW Corbett, best known for presenting the Sooty Show for over 20 years, has revealed he almost died of coronavirus and spent 10 days in intensive care. The legendary puppeteer – whose real name ...

Matthew Corbett, is an English television personality, writer and puppeteer, best known for presenting The Sooty Show and later Sooty and Co. Matthew was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire, on ...

One day he turned around and said to me, 'If I can’t work with Sooty again there’s no point in carrying on living' ‘She’d always be saying, “Harry-boy would have done it this way,” recalls Matthew.

Children’s TV star Matthew Corbett says he was close to death as he spent 10 days in intensive care with coronavirus. The Sooty star, 72, said it was ‘touch and go’ as he fought the deadly virus in ...

Sooty Show presenter Matthew Corbett still has the same haircut, decades after leaving the iconic kids' TV programme. The puppeteer, who hosted the classic children's show for two decades, had dark ...

The Sooty puppet used by Matthew Corbett in his last stage show has been sold for £650 at an auction in Dorset. Sooty was sold at Duke's Auctioneers in Dorchester to raise money for the charity ...