Series One (1993)
| Title | Original airdate |
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| "1. Moving In" | 6 September 1993 (1993-09-06) |
| Matthew introduces us to the new shop in Manchester that he, Sooty, Sweep, Soo and little cousin Scampi have just moved into. Sooty is a little bit homesick so Matthew allows him to push a custard pie into his face to cheer Sooty up. Then Scampi wants to be cheered up as well by squirting Matthew with his water pistol. Matthew is horrified when Sooty's first order of stock turns out to be 3,000 empty cardboard boxes. They set off by tram to collect their new transport which turns out to be a gleaming new camper van for Sooty and Sweep and an old fashioned push bike for Matthew! Matthew is so worn out after cycling home that he jumps into bed, relieved to hear that Scampi has sold a large item for £20, only to discover that it is his bed that must have been sold because it has been replaced by a pile of empty cardboard boxes. | |
| "2. Scrap Idea" | 13 September 1993 (1993-09-13) |
| Matthew reckons that there is real money in scrap metal so Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Scampi set about removing anything metal from the house. Matthew finds out and tells them to replace it all. Their first customer arrives, Mo from the market, who wants to buy the very things that they have removed. Sooty is more than happy to supply her with them but Matthew refuses. Mo then sells Sooty a mini metal detector and he and Sweep set off in search of scrap metal. They detect a metal pipe and use the camper to pull it out of the ground, thereby dragging a bath, a cooker, etc., that were attached to it out of the nearby houses. Matthew is fed up when he receives the bill to replace them all. He has also been out and bought a whole load of scrap metal but decides that they won't be beaten by scrap metal but instead they are the ones who will do the beating and Matthew uses it as drums while they all perform a song "Junk is Funky". | |
| "3. Splashing Out" | 20 September 1993 (1993-09-20) |
| Matthew explains that the loud banging sound is just the plumbing. Scampi goes up to the loft to feed the mice and stops the banging by turning off what he later discovers to be the main stopcock which comes off in his hand and starts a number of leaks. Water is trickling into a bucket in the shop when Mo arrives. She proceeds to sell them her plumbing tools and brings down the ceiling by poking at it with an old umbrella getting soaking in the process. Matthew goes for a walk to get away from it but ends up getting splashed by a car going through a large puddle, getting drenched by a garden sprinkler in the park and finally falling into the pond. Meanwhile Sweep, acting as Sooty's plumber mate, manages to get water pouring out of all the pipes in the loft before Sooty waves his magic wand and restores everything back to normal – that is until three jets of water suddenly rise up from the shop counter some time later. Shahid Malik arrives, tames all three, creates a water fountain and £25 to pay for it, then disappears. They are delighted – that is until Scampi produces a water bill for exactly £25. | |
| "4. Comforters (aka New Friends)" | 27 September 1993 (1993-09-27) |
| Sooty and Sweep have got Soo's comforter called "Squaffy" and won't give it back. When Soo and Scampi go to look for it, Scampi not only finds "Squaffy" but Sweep's "Mr Puppy" as well. Matthew teases Sweep by offering him another piece of cloth instead which turns out to be Sooty's "Softy Smoother". Matthew shows Sooty how to polish the camper but Sooty shakes the bottle of polish so hard that it goes all over Matthew and his duster. Soo comes out with a replacement duster which turns out to be Mathew's "Doff" but Sweep rushes off with it. They have all been reunited with their respective comforters when Rod, Jane and Freddy arrive. Freddy and Jane both say that they used to have comforters and the three of them sing a song called "Southern Comforter". Then Soo gives them a knitted cuddly Sooty, Sweep and Soo that she and Scampi have made. Later Soo produces a knitted Rod, Jane and Freddy that she has also made which they all use as comforters. | |
| "5. Buddy Jolly" | 4 October 1993 (1993-10-04) |
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Matthew is looking after a valuable statue of Buddha for a friend which Sweep names Buddy Jolly because he thinks it looks so miserable. Buddy Jolly then disappears from his box where they find a note from Sweep saying that he has hidden it somewhere safe. In his attempts to find Buddy Jolly Matthew gets caught by all of Sweep's booby traps including having his fingers caught in mouse traps, getting handcuffed to the shop counter and getting covered in flour. Mo comes in to buy a radio and hears a newsflash about a criminal on the run with bad dandruff and wearing handcuffs. Matthew matches the description perfectly so Mo hits him over the head with a frying pan. Matthew decides to hold auditions for a guard dog and we see a variety of dogs being put through their paces by their young owners. Sweep is offended that other dogs are being considered but in the end Matthew does give him the job of guarding Buddy Jolly. Unfortunately Sweep falls asleep and Buddy Jolly is taken during the night. Fortunately, it turns out that Soo and Scampi have taken it and returned it to Matthew's friend. |
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| "6. Staff Training" | 11 October 1993 (1993-10-11) |
| Sooty "helps" Matthew with his paperwork which results in all the papers being shredded. Matthew is worried about Sooty, Sweep,Soo and Scampi's attitude to the public and has arranged for Connie Creighton to come and give them some staff training. When they eventually let her in, Connie tries hard to teach them but instead ends up choking on a hot pepper joke sweet, getting covered in jam and being squirted by water on several occasions. Connie then attempts ti demonstrate how the customer is always right when Mo arrives but when it turns out that all Mo wants is change for her fiver, Connie refuses, and ends up squirting Mo with the water pistol. Later on Matthew says that Mo and Connie did end up as the best of friends and that Connie's saying is one that they should all try and remember and they all sing a song "The Customer's Always Right". | |
| "7. Bubble Trouble" | 18 October 1993 (1993-10-18) |
| Matthew investigates some bubbles in the water butt. The "monster from the deep" that he ends up doing battle with turns out to be Sooty in his scuba diving gear. Meanwhile, Sweep is doing battle with a bathroom full of bubbles that he has created from a bath full of water and soap with the aid of an air compressor. The Matthew gives them some balloons to play with. Sweep fills his with water and starts playing with them in the bedroom. Matthew says that he wants them out of there so Sweep throws them out of the window and they all land on Matthew in the yard below showering him with water as they burst. Sweep is upset at what he has done so Sooty cheers him up by creating hundreds of magical bubbles and balloons and they all sing a song about them. | |
| "8. Canal Capers" | 25 October 1993 (1993-10-25) |
| Matthew has organised a weekend away on his own in a narrow boat but he turns out not to be the "Captain Organisation" that he thinks he is. He has to come back twice because he has forgotten his keys and then his mobile phone. The Sooty and Sweep have to come out to his rescue three times. Firstly to bring some fuel for the boat then to return the boat keys which Matthew had left on the camper roof, and finally to help him open the lock gates with the aid of the camper. Sooty and Sweep then go off to explore the area while Mattthew has a little snooze after his excursions. Suddenly a pirate ship comes towards him with Butch at the helm, firing canons and gobs from his splat gun, eventually ramming Matthew's boat and threatening to make him walk the plank. Sooty arrives, dressed as a ship's captain, and splats Butch. Even though it turns out that Matthew dreamt the whole thing, he declares Sooty the hero of the day and says that Sooty can choose how he would like to spend the rest of the day. Sooty chooses to be where there is water, a pier, ice cream and sand to dig in and Matthew obliges with sand at the back of a lorry at Wigan Pier. | |
| "9. Clocks Galore" | 1 November 1993 (1993-11-01) |
| None of the clocks at Sooty & Co work, so Sooty mends a watch using his magic oofle dust, which impresses Matthew so much that he wants Sooty to mend his old watch, but Sooty runs out of magic oofle dust leaving Matthew's watch ruined. Shahid Malik arrives at Sooty & Co and makes a beautiful carriage clock appear by magic and he also mends Matthew's old watch too using magic. Matthew sends Sooty and Sweep to collect 100 clocks he's ordered, but they bring back 100 chicks and it turns out Matthew misunderstood about the clocks. Matthew and Soo sing "Oh Think Of The Good Times". | |
| "10. Sooty's Bun Fight" | 8 November 1993 (1993-11-08) |
| Matthew is sad because the shop isn't making enough profit and he wants to buy something that will sell like hot cakes. Sweep thinks his old bone will sell, but Matthew doesn't agree. Sooty's bought lots of cream buns and thinks they'll sell like hot cakes, but Matthew doesn't agree. Mo buys 16 cream buns and Matthews really happy and asks Sooty where he got the cream buns from and he got them from the joke shop, so Matthew wants Sooty to get him some more. Mo comes into the shop with cream all over her face and wants her money back as one of the cakes went bang just when she was going to bite it. Matthew wonders why this has happened, but Mo shows him a label on the bottom of the cakes saying they're joke exploding buns. Matthew, Sooty and Sweep hear one of the buns ticking and Sweep finds out which one it is and goes to get rid of it and puts it under a blanket, but it explodes and he gets covered in feathers. Another bun starts ticking so Sooty goes to get rid of it in the bath, but it explodes and he gets covered in cream. A third bun starts ticking so Soo goes to get rid of it and puts it in the waste paper basket, putting a plant over it, but it explodes and she gets the plant and cream all over her. A fourth bun starts ticking so Scampi goes to get rid of it in the dustbin, but it explodes and he gets covered in cream. Matthew finds another ticking bun so puts it in a box to cover it up, but realizes it says soot on the box and then he gets covered in cream and soot. Matthew thinks that if any more buns start ticking they should throw them away as far as possible, but more start ticking so everyone goes to get rid of them. Scampi says he has something to show Matthew and puts lots of ticking cream buns near him and he ends up getting covered in cream, so gets angry and asks Sooty and Sweep to get rid of the rest of the buns, while he cleans himself up. Sooty and Sweep takes the bus in their camper van and throw them out of the window to get rid of them, but a dog ends up getting covered up in cream eating one and a little girl riding a bike gets covered in cream as well. Sooty's camper van gets a flat tire so he and Sweep throw the remaining ticking buns into a river, but end up getting covered in water and come home unhappy. Matthew, Soo and Scampi have organized a picnic for them of their favourite foods to cheer them up, but Sooty wants to know if his custard pie is real, so Matthew tricks him and pushes his face into the pie, but then Sooty puts the pie in Matthews face. | |
| "11. World Of Fun" | 15 November 1993 (1993-11-15) |
| Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Little Cousin Scampi are deciding which theme park they want to go to, but Matthew tells them they can't visit any of them because the shop isn't doing very well. Soo and Sooty put the best silverware, crockery and cutlery on the table, which impress Mathew, but he's not very happy when he finds he has plasticine models as his breakfast. Soo says because they can't afford to go to a theme park then they can't any food either. Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Little Cousin Scampi make a theme park of their own called Sooty & Cos World Of Fun, but Matthew doesn't think it will work. Soo shows Matthew around Sooty & Cos World Of Fun showing him different Sooty merchandise and Sooty shows him props used on the TV show. Sweep shows Matthew an exhibition of Sausages and a display of bones. Matthew sees the Magical Musical Water Fountain, but it turns out to be fake. Then he takes part in a comedy routine, which little Cousin Scampi has organized, but he ends up getting a custard pie in his face. Sooty and Sweep take Matthew for a ride in their camper van and they see lots of kids in the park. The kids want to go on the camper van ride and they end up making £20 from their camper van trips. Matthews really happy and buys 5 tickets for the theme park of everyone's choice. | |
| "12. A Magical Voice" | 22 November 1993 (1993-11-22) |
| Sooty and Sweep are bouncing round the bedroom on their pogo sticks and Soo tries to stop them and tells them Matthew has a cold, but Sooty thinks he's laying it on a bit thick. Matthews rings his bell for Soo to come and tells her that his cold is better, but that he's lost his voice. Soo tells Sooty about Matthew and he tries to search for his voice, but misunderstands what Soo means and they go and see him. Matthew thinks he can use his computer to speak, but Soo doesn't think it's a good idea. Sweep's singing in the bath, but he doesn't like his own voice and Soo wants to stuff a sock in his mouth to stop his singing. Sooty and Little Cousin Scampi build a voice box and they hope it will be more successful in getting Matthews voice back then his medicine. Sweep starts crying because he doesn't like his voice and Soo gives him a few voice lessons. Sooty and Little Cousin Scampi finish adding everything to their voice box and go to try it out on Matthew. He takes a deep breathe in the facemask and his voice returns to normal. Sweep decides to have a go, but ends up talking with Soo's voice and Soo ends up talking with Sweep's voice. A man comes in the shop and shows everyone some different voices he's selling, which work by sniffing different tubes with different voices in and Sooty starts talking using one of them and starts telling Matthew what's on his mind. Matthew wakes up and realizes he has had a weird dream, but his voice is back again, so he's happy. | |
| "13. Sooty's Magic Solutions (aka Phobias)" | 29 November 1993 (1993-11-29) |
| Sooty and Sweep scare Soo with a toy spider, but Matthew finds out everyone else has a phobia. Mo's scared of mice, Sweeps scared of the dark and Matthew's scared of birds. Sooty helps cure them by doing some hypnosis, but not everything goes to plan. | |
| "14. Soo To The Rescue" | 6 December 1993 (1993-12-06) |
| Soo convinces Matthew they can sell anything if they advertise it, so Sooty and Little Cousin Scampi make a video, Sweep makes a banner and Soo does a radio commercial, but not everything goes to plan. Sooty and Matthew go to the local shopping centre to try and attract customers to Sooty & Co, but they don't have much luck either. Then Soo comes up with a great idea to make money for the shop. | |
| "15. Camping Out" | 13 December 1993 (1993-12-13) |
| Matthew tells Sooty about a scary stories book that Soo lent him and Sooty says they wouldn't frighten him because he's brave. Matthew doesn't believe him and tells about one of the stories called 'The Blob That' Craws and says that a huge blob of jelly slithers along like a great big slug and eats people and it makes a scraping noise when it attacks people. Sooty gets scared as he starts hearing a scraping noise, but it's only Matthew scraping a ruler on the desk. Sweep tells Soo that he's not frightened by scary stories and she tells him about 'The Blob That Crawls' and says that it taps people around the head with a feeding probe before it eats them, and Sweep feels something touch his head and runs away, but it's only little Cousin Scampi holding a drinking straw. Soo finds it funny that Sooty and Sweep aren't as brave as they make themselves out to be. Matthew asks why Sooty and Sweep haven't spent one night sleeping in the camper van and Soo thinks its because they're too frightened too, but Sweep says they're not and they've both decided to spend tonight in the Camper van. Soo bets that they wont, but Sooty and Sweep say they will. Sooty and Sweep decide which beds they want to sleep in, but Sweep keeps changing his mind. Matthew tells them to watch out for the 'Blob That Crawls'. Sooty gives Scampi his water pistol, a bag of jelly babies and his old boy scout compass and Sweep give him his favourite bone, a fruit drink and his precious binoculars. They say goodbye to Scampi and go to say goodbye to Soo who tells them they should take things that they need so Sooty and Sweep take everything back that they gave to Scampi before. They both have some lunch before they go and then study some maps, but Matthew thinks that they're too frightened to spent the night in the camper van, but they head off, but can't find a good place to park for the night so end up going back home again. Matthew can't believe it and Soo's not happy as no one said where Sooty and Sweep actually had to spend the night. And they'll only lose the bet if they leave the camper. Little Cousin Scampi plays a tape recording backwards which frightens them both and then they both go back inside. Matthew tells them that Little Cousin Scampi and Soo played a trick on them and that it wasn't the 'Blob That Crawls'. |
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