Soo (puppet)

Soo (left) with Sooty

Soo is a British puppet and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. Soo was first featured on The Sooty Show as the girlfriend of the main puppet character Sooty in 1964.

Soo is a calm and collected female panda who acts as the foil for both Sooty and Sweep. Soo usually wears a red skirt. In the 1990s series Sooty & Co. Soo was voiced by Brenda Longman. The original voice artist and puppeteer for Soo was Harry Corbett's wife, Marjorie Corbett, who did the voice for Soo up until Brenda Longman took over in 1981.

Other appearances

In December 2007 Soo appeared on, and won, a puppet special of the Weakest Link hosted by Anne Robinson which was originally broadcast on Friday, 28 December 2007 at 18:00GMT on BBC1. She raised £11,500 for her chosen charity, the World Wide Fund for Nature, after defeating Roland Rat thanks to sudden death.

On 30 September 2008, Brenda Longman, assisted by Soo, appeared on BBC One's Bargain Hunt, buying antiques at London's Portobello Road Market and then selling them at Bellmans Auction House in Sussex.

On 31 March 2010, Soo appeared in a music video with Sugarbabes called "Soogarbabes".