The Sooty Show

Sooty waves his magic wand and one by one he makes all his friends appear! In the first part of the adventure film, 'The Case of the Black Hand Sherlock Sooty goes in search of a master criminal (played by Bob Todd). The guest is musician Alan Randall.

Matthew has taken a job as a school teacher, but his attempts at teaching Sooty and the gang flower arranging are hindered by Ramsbottom who keeps eating the flowers! The guest is juggler Paul Fox and in The Case of the Black Hand, the porridge goes splat as Matthew finds out!

Colin the Computer is making badges, but when Sweep gets involved things go wrong! The guest is magician Clive Webb and in the Case of the Black Hand, Sherlock Sooty wonders if the Black Hand is posing as a policeman?

Sooty performs some magic, while later the gang find an antique snuff box. Also in this episode is the 4th part of The Case of the Black Hand, while clown Yuri and his assistant Tonya are the guests.

Sooty performs a trick using a magic cabinet, while later the gang are preparing for Sooty's Disco by choosing a song which turns into chaos! Sherlock Sooty also continues his search for The Black Hand and the guest is Presto the Magic Rabbit assisted by Mel Harvey.

The gang are up to the usual mischief during an art class, while the special guest is ventriloquist Dawson Chance with his sleepy tortoise Cuddles. Also featured is the 6th part of adventure film, The Case of the Black Hand.

Sooty sets sail in his boat but unfortunately poor Sweep misses the boat! Later Sooty has to deal with an Octopus. The guest is magician Mr Crisco and part 7 of The Case of the Black Hand is also featured.

In this final episode of the 1980 series we visit Sooty's garden where he performs magic tricks with the flowers. The guest is ventriloquist Terry Hall with Lenny the Lion and also featured are the final parts to the adventure film, The Case of the Black Hand.

Sooty, Sweep and Soo decide to wake Matthew with a Christmas song, with Matthew annoyed they are waking him so early. It also doesn't help that they want to have their Christmas party at 6 am in the morning! Matthew remembers the previous Christmas when he ended up with an exploded Christmas pudding on his face!