Series Six (1998)
| Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|
| "70. Sherlock Sooty Rides Again" | 31 August 1998 (1998-08-31) |
| Sherlock Sooty and Sweep start the latest money making scheme with a group of officers which Soo makes Scampi the criminal with Sooty and Sweep the detectors. Once the others think Scampi stole Richard’s notepad, Scampi is locked up inside bars until confessing. They then begin tidying the shop up to get their rewards until Matthew returns. Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges make their first appearances as presenters and the last series of Matthew Corbett's era as a presenter of Sooty. | |
| "71. Estate Agents" | 7 September 1998 (1998-09-07) |
| Matthew looks for houses which he then bumps into the Coronation Street actors to which they are rude to him. | |
| "72. Health Check" | 14 September 1998 (1998-09-14) |
| Sweep's mud addiction gets him into a dilemma when it is true that he is at a health risk. | |
| "73. Moose Loose In The House" | 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21) |
| Sooty and Co are trying to get a new computer working, but can't handle it. Matthew discovers Sweep and Scampi having fun with the covering that the computer came in and gets them into trouble. Matthew goes to the computer shop for help. When Matthew is out, they get a client glancing for extra parts; he suggests helping them with the computer and gets the computer working. While Sooty and Soo are doing that, Sweep and Scampi are busy attempting to grab hold of a mouse. In the end it is caught and the Professor is gone by magic, Matthew arrives back home to discover that the computer is working and that it was his mistake because he never turned it on! | |
| "74. Now You See Him" | 28 September 1998 (1998-09-28) |
| Matthew and Sooty and Co. think there is no such thing as The Invisible Man, so Sooty plays a mind game on Matthew with an invisible vase and Matthew plays a mind game on Scampi with a handkerchief and an invisible thread. Sweep, Scampi and Soo then fool around with Matthew into thinking it were the invisible man by using a magnet to move the mug along the table by itself. Matthew then believes he is invisible but when he drinks a bottle of syrup of figs, he makes a fool of himself by stripping into his underpants and causes him to have abdominal pain. | |
| "75. Birthday Boy" | 5 October 1998 (1998-10-05) |
| It's Sooty's birthday as Liana and Richard plan a surprise birthday party for him. They sing him a special birthday tune 'Many Happy Returns' as Matthew is in a box covered in gunge. | |
| "76. You Did It Sooty" | 6 October 1998 (1998-10-06) |
| It's Sooty's Say You Did It box covered in gunge. | |
| "77. Nothing Will Go Wrong" | 12 October 1998 (1998-10-12) |
| Matthew lets Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges to look after the Sooty and Co. shop. Liana gets trapped in the toilet because the key was broken. As Richard tries to mend the lock, he gets his nosebleed, his head hit whilst lifting a solid lid, and when the phone rings, Richard trips down the stairs which fractures his foot. Then whilst trying to haul a bone out of the lock, it hits him in the broken nose and then Sooty hits him in the head with a hammer instead of the screwdriver. Liana then opens her mouth and when Richard uses a pumper to get the juice into her mouth through the keyhole, it gets her face wet. Matthew arrives back to the shop to discover out what Richard, Liana and others have been up to which he is unhappy with Richard and others for leaving Liana bolted in the toilet. | |
| "78. Horrorscopes" | 19 October 1998 (1998-10-19) |
| "79. Pulling The Wool" | 26 October 1998 (1998-10-26) |
| Sweep claims to have sheepdog blood in his veins. Sooty and the rest keep on tricking him until Mo dumps a couple of sheep on Matthew. They bundle the sheep – and Matthew – into the back of the camper van and head to Wales to give the sheep back to their owner, Farmer Jones. Whilst there Sweep shows that he can round up sheep – with the help of Sooty's magic wand! When they get home, they all sing a song called A Dog is a Man's Best Friend. | |
| "80. Lie Down With Dogs" | 2 November 1998 (1998-11-02) |
| "81. What Can The Matter Be?" | 9 November 1998 (1998-11-09) |
| "82. Nature's Way?" | 16 November 1998 (1998-11-16) |
| "83. Come On You Blues" | 23 November 1998 (1998-11-23) |
| "84. Delgrub" | 30 November 1998 (1998-11-30) |
| Matthew is reading a newspaper headline all about burglaries. Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Scampi are tidying up. Later on, Matthew is disappointed to discover trash everywhere and it keeps appearing. He thinks Sooty & Co. is not being burgled but 'Delgrubed'. Matthew tells us he thinks this because Delgrub is spelt in reverse as Burgled. In the end he makes a decision and decides to get the police but Matthew finds out that it was Mo leaving the trash and the policeman is a relative of Mo's. Matthew is lost on what to say, but everything is fine in the end, the trash is all gone. | |
| "85. Rocky 1 (aka A Prisoner for Heights)" | 7 December 1998 (1998-12-07) |
| At Snowdonia in North Wales, Matthew and Sooty demonstrate different climbing skills. | |
| "86. Final Farewell (aka Matthew Remembers)" | 14 December 1998 (1998-12-14) |
| Everyone is very sad because Matthew is going away soon. Richard and Liana organise a surprise party for him and give him a video with clips from previous shows, famous guests, getting soaked, messy bits, songs etc. Then Gerry Marsden sings for him. Matthew can't resist covering Gerry with custard pies, gunge and water! Matthew goes outside, rather emotional and when Richard and Liana join him he gives them a custard pie in the face each. The final clips are a selection of "bye bye everybody"s from Matthew, Sooty and the gang throughout Sooty and Co's run. |
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