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
Soo (puppet) and Sheila Clark became the voice of Soo in "Sooty" from 2001 - 2004. Brenda Longman was brought back to voice Soo in 2007 onwards when Soo appeared on "The Weakest Link" and the latest "Sooty" show from 2011 until 2013. In 1991 Soo along with many other puppets appeared in the 1991 Comic Relief music video "Helping Hand" In December 2007 Soo appeared on, and won, a puppet special of "The Weakest Link" hosted by Anne Robinson which was originally broadcast on 28 December 2007 at 6pm on BBC One, and was the strongest link statistically five times in