Sooty & Co.

*Sooty & Co.*
Sooty & Co.
Genre	Comedy, adventure
Created by	Matthew Corbett
Starring	Matthew Corbett; Brenda Longman; Richard Cadell (1998); Liana Bridges (1998);
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	90 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	20 minutes
Production companies	Sooty Films; Granada Television;
Original release
Network	ITV (Children's ITV)
Release	6 September 1993 –; 14 December 1998
Related
	The Sooty Show (1955–1992); Sooty Heights (1999–2000);

Sooty & Co. is a British children's television series, created and presented by Matthew Corbett, produced by Granada Television, and aired on the Children's ITV block on ITV from 6 September 1993 to 14 December 1998. It is the sequel to the children's programme The Sooty Show, which had concluded in 1992, retaining the sitcom format, and focuses on the misadventures of Sooty, Sweep, Soo, Little Cousin Scampi, and Matthew as they try to run a bric a brac shop in Manchester. Episodes were mainly filmed at Granada's main studio in Manchester and around the city, though some episodes were filmed outside of Manchester, including within Scotland, Ireland, and Spain.

The programme was the last major children's show for Corbett to front before he retired in 1998, having sold the rights to Sooty and the other characters to his successors Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges, guest stars during a number of episodes in the final series. Following its conclusion, Sooty & Co. was succeeded by a new Sooty TV series, entitled Sooty Heights, in 1999.