Sooty puppet's name. He would later be joined by other puppet glove characters, including Sweep (a dog who communicates by a saxophone reed type squeak), Soo (a shy and sweetly spoken panda), Kipper (a cat), Butch (another dog who occasionally plays the part of a villain), Ramsbottom (a snake), 'Enry the Robot, Cousin Scampi (another bear, who is Sooty's cousin), Miki (another cat - this time Brazilian) and Maggie Mouse. Like Sooty, Scampi appears to talk only in a very light whisper which can be heard only when someone puts their ear close to his mouth. Matthew Corbett, the son of
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