You may know Peter Corbett better by his stage name, Matthew Corbett, the much put-upon and endlessly patient housemate of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo. The glove puppet bear, with his bright yellow fur and sooty ears, was created by Peter’s father, Harry Corbett, and first seen on air in 1952. In 1975, Peter took on the mantle from Harry, and enjoyed two decades with the furry trio, before selling the rights in 1996 and eventually retiring in 1998.
In 1994, he bought a canalside cottage in Lymm.
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