The Sooty Show was a long-running series presented by puppeteer Matthew Corbett and based around the adventures of Sooty, a yellow bear, and best friend Sweep, a grey dog. The series began way back in ...

An original puppet used on a children's TV show in the 1950s has sold for a record price at auction. The Sooty glove puppet had been expected to sell for anything up to £3,000 and auctioneers ...

But that was not the end of it, as Nicko discovered when Iron Maiden began a UK tour in Scotland in November 1988, after his appearance on the Sooty Show. “I could hear the crowd before we went ...