The Sooty Show

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 6am in the morning! Matthew remembers the previous Christmas when he ended up with an exploded Christmas pudding on his face!

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!

These are the special magic words that bring Sooty's magic wand to life and are the cue to the fantastic live action show on this fabolus DVD! Join Sooty and his friends Sweep and Soo - accompanied, of course, by Matthew Corbett - as the ever popular trio perform a wealth of tricks

A behind the scenes look at how Sooty is brought to life

It's Christmas time at Sooty's house and Matthew is fast asleep in bed...or is he?

Sooty, Sweep and Soo, guided by Matthew Corbett, introduce the basic skills that children really need to understand. Start to read explains the importance of knowing how to read, with many examples and exercises which show this to be true.

Sweep does not know how to count, so everyone does some counting.

The gang are making science experiments that are very simple.

Everyone learns all about common dangers.

Matthew, Sooty, Sweep, and Soo go through every letter of the alphabet of animals, by using Sooty's Magic transporter.

After watching the first Start to Read a lot, the gang make story's, write thank you cards and more.

Matthew and Sooty visit Thorpe Farm and learn lots of interesting facts about all sorts of different farm animals, while Sweep and Soo learn about farm animals at home through songs, nursery rhymes and words in this educational video.

Matthew teaches Sooty, Sweep and Soo and they learn the times tables by using different coloured blocks and beads and through singing the "Times Table" song. Also, they do something on the blackboard, and learn with the kids of Frogmore County Infant School.