Soo (puppet) Soo (puppet) Soo is a British glove puppet and TV character from the show Sooty and first appeared in 1964 as the girlfriend of Sooty. They still remain boyfriend and girlfriend today. In many episodes they kiss. Soo is a calm and collected female panda who acts as the foil for both Sooty and Sweep, and usually wears a red skirt. The original voice artist and puppeteer for Soo was Harry Corbett's wife, Marjorie Corbett, who voiced Soo until 1980. Brenda Longman took over in 1981 until 2001, when the then new owners of Sooty Hit Entertainment, overhauled the series
Sooty Cadell, who is a lifelong enthusiast of Sooty, said it was a dream come true to be able to own the rights to Sooty. In March 2000, the rights to Sooty were sold on to The Britt Allcroft Company who later renamed themselves Gullane Entertainment. Under the ownership of Gullane, Sooty Heights was replaced with "Sooty", which was similar to the former, but set in a refurbished hotel (now named Hotel Sooty) and Vicki Lee Taylor replaced Liana Bridges. Repeats of "Sooty Heights" and "Sooty" were shown on the CITV channel between 2006 and 2010. In October 2002, Gullane Entertainment