Sooty's Amazing Adventures

Episodes of the series

Setting and location

The gang live in an old run down theatre in an unknown/unnamed English coastal town. The four embark on their adventures through a trapdoor located on the theatre's main stage which would take them to various places and times. However more often than not the trapdoor fails to send them to their desired location.

Characters

Sooty A quiet and smart bear who is the undisputed leader of the gang. Sooty being a mute finds communication difficult but often gets what he is trying to say across to the rest of the cast. He wears a pair of bright red overalls with 2 yellow buttons and usually saves his friends with his trusty magic wand which he is only permitted to use once per adventure.

Sweep Now being able to speak with a rather groany voice rather than the 'squeak' he is so well known for. Sweep is not the brainiest of the bunch and often thinks of nothing else than food which often involves 'sausages'. A rather cowardly canine he never usually hangs around when danger is near. He is voiced by Rob Rackstraw. He is a Dog with a red nose. He wears a green and blue dungarees, green Underpants and a red collar.

Soo A female panda with an attitude who does not stand for any of the mischief the other two usually get themselves into. Soo could be seen as the sensible one who whips the others into some kind of organisation. She wears a blue dress with yellow flower on it and White Underpants. She is voiced by Susie Blake.

Little Cousin Scampi The smallest and youngest of the gang, and Sooty's little cousin too. If mischief has been aroused it is most probably this little bear who has orchestrated it. Appears in a schoolboy outfit. He is voiced by Jimmy Hibbert.

Other characters

Apart from the many friends the gang make on their adventures, the only recurring character in the series, is a well spoken aged Persian cat named 'Catarina' whose seldom stands for nonsense and often criticises the gang for their conduct.

Survival (Archive status)

In 2014, it was revealed (in an interview with Richard Cadell himself), That when the current Sooty presenter/rights holder had acquired the rights to Sooty in 2008, he received lots and lots of archived Sooty material in the process. This included all the master tapes to the Sooty's Amazing Adventures series, which he actually destroyed out of not liking it and not wanting anyone to see it.

However, in 1997 and 1999, two VHS tapes were produced, named Things That Go Mcsqueak in the Night, and Alas, Poor Sooty, both featuring 4 episodes each. They are very hard to find, but the full tapes have since been uploaded to YouTube. Also, YouTube user The Sooteries Channel has uploaded the original broadcasts of 6 episodes of the series, three of which, A Knight At The Theatre, The Big Picture, and Close Encounters of the Furred Kind, were not featured on any of the videos, and are the only known surviving recordings of the episodes so far. The Sooteries Channel has also stated on his Facebook page that he is also working with long time Sooty fans, who may have taped the series, to find the remaining six lost episodes.

Cadell has since been approached by many other outside sources with the idea (and also attempt) of producing a CGI reboot of Sooty, but he does not want such a series to be made.