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| - He is best known for presenting The Sooty Show for almost twenty-five years, having taken over from his father Harry Corbett in the 1970s, and passing the mantle to Richard Cadell in 1999. During his time as the show's leading man, he created the character of Little Cousin Scampi in the 1990s.
- Young Peter Corbett inherited the show illegally in late '76 from his father, Harry after rigging a bet and winning the show. The first thing he did when embarking upon his career as a puppeteer, actor and Sooty's Bitch was change his first name to Matthew, as he was ashamed of his fathers terrible reign over the show as he had wanted to talk about the war all the time as sweep urinated in his coffee and punched himself in the arm, weeping like a girl. In appoxamatly 1976 or the years prior, just after the great Void of the West shut its foul jaws Matthew, now sporting a wonderous patch of ginger fluff upon his chin met Sooty, Sue the Chinese Panda (although she was educated in England) and Sweep. Soon they were on national television and Matthew was taking it like a man from Sooty.
- Corbett was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered. He kept his surname, but when choosing his new first name he was told it must be a name that is long, and so he chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has always remained as Matthew Corbett. On Sooty's 60th birthday in 2008, he said that the bear was "in, or should I say on, the right hands". On November 26th, 2010 Matthew was declared a television icon by Digital Spy.
- Corbett was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 1960s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered at drama school. He kept his surname, and chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has always remained as Matthew Corbett. He appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons as a character called Jones and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show Rainbow, where he sang and performed and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt and Jane, later better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy.
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| - He is best known for presenting The Sooty Show for almost twenty-five years, having taken over from his father Harry Corbett in the 1970s, and passing the mantle to Richard Cadell in 1999. During his time as the show's leading man, he created the character of Little Cousin Scampi in the 1990s.
- Corbett was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 1960s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered at drama school. He kept his surname, and chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has always remained as Matthew Corbett. He appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons as a character called Jones and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show Rainbow, where he sang and performed and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt and Jane, later better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy. In 1976 Corbett left Rainbow to take over The Sooty Show from his father, Harry Corbett, on his retirement (he made a special guest appearance on Rainbow with Sooty in the episode "The VIP"). Matthew Corbett himself retired in 1998 after 22 years, and hand picked Richard Cadell to replace him. Corbett appears in This Is Your Life, Telly Addicts, and Light Lunch,
- Young Peter Corbett inherited the show illegally in late '76 from his father, Harry after rigging a bet and winning the show. The first thing he did when embarking upon his career as a puppeteer, actor and Sooty's Bitch was change his first name to Matthew, as he was ashamed of his fathers terrible reign over the show as he had wanted to talk about the war all the time as sweep urinated in his coffee and punched himself in the arm, weeping like a girl. In appoxamatly 1976 or the years prior, just after the great Void of the West shut its foul jaws Matthew, now sporting a wonderous patch of ginger fluff upon his chin met Sooty, Sue the Chinese Panda (although she was educated in England) and Sweep. Soon they were on national television and Matthew was taking it like a man from Sooty.
- Corbett was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered. He kept his surname, but when choosing his new first name he was told it must be a name that is long, and so he chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has always remained as Matthew Corbett. He appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show Rainbow, where he sang, performed, and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt, and Jane, later better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy. In 1976 Corbett left Rainbow to take over The Sooty Show from his father, Harry Corbett, on his retirement. He himself retired in 1998 after 22 years, and hand-picked Richard Cadell to replace him, and the show is still going strong. Of late, Matthew Corbett has withdrawn from most public and media attention. The former Sooty Show presenter lives in Lymm with his wife Sallie. Back in 2005, he noted that he would be playing guitar with his friend John Gray around pubs in Manchester. For this, he has gone back to his real name Peter Corbett. In January 2008, Corbett reappeared on television, presenting local interest programme shown on the Granada Television region of ITV, Locks and Quays, featuring a journey from the east coast of England to the west coast along waterways such as the River Humber, Aire and Calder Navigation and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. On Sooty's 60th birthday in 2008, he said that the bear was "in, or should I say on, the right hands". On November 26th, 2010 Matthew was declared a television icon by Digital Spy. Corbett's great uncle was the the famous chip shop chain owner Harry Ramsden, as revealed on his cable canal-based series "Locks and Quays" He returned, as a guest star, in the 2011 episode of Sooty entitled Chocco Chimp. He played himself as a van driver for a company called "Matts Snax". He dresses up as a monkey and steals back the chocolate he had delivered. He also lent his voice as the announcer at the start of the 2012 The Sooty Show DVD. He later appeared in the late 2012 documentary "30 Years of CITV" where he talked about Sooty. He is credited for providing the story for the second series episodes of Sooty, The Black Hand and Balancing Act. He is credited as co-writing the episode The Dance Competition with Wink Taylor. Matthew Corbett will make a cameo appearance in the 2016 feature film the Sooty Movie.
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