Original hand puppets used in The Sooty Show are part of a collection of props from the classic children's TV programme expected to fetch thousands at auction. Sooty, Sweep and Soo puppets will be ...

The Soo, Sooty and Sweep puppets were given to a family by their creator Harry Corbett in the 1970s A complete set of puppets from the children's television show Sooty has sold at auction for £5,000.

Wikipedia describes Sweep as "a grey, glove puppet dog" with a "penchant for bones and sausages". Never has someone so great been so undersold. Sweep was so much more than a mere "glove puppet dog" - ...