Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41764 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-04-08
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Special Features
English
Region 0
Dolby Digital English
Dolby Digital

Synopsis
Three adventures for Sooty including 'A Very Special Day', '3 Men In A Boat' and 'Water Sports' which finds Matthew showing-off his water skiing skills, until Sooty, Sweep and Sue show him how it's really done.

Customer Reviews

Sooty finally comes to DVD!
Considering that 'Sooty' is the longest-running children's programme in the world, it seems strange that the naughty bear has only just started to appear on DVD!

This DVD has a running time of 60 minutes and contains three episodes, all of which centre around a 'water' theme... and, as Soo rightly points out to Matthew, we all know what happens when Sooty gets involved with water!!!

1 - A VERY SPECIAL DAY
Matthew has promised to take Sooty, Sweep and Soo on a trip to the seaside. However, with Matthew driving and the others navigating, they don't get very far!

2 - THREE MEN IN A BOAT
Matthew wants to go for a boating trip on the River Thames - alone! But Sooty, Sweep and Soo make plans of their own...

3 - WATER SPORTS
Matthew boasts about how brilliant he is at water-skiing. But the others soon see how bad he is, so Sooty and Sweep show him how it's really done!

These episodes are great entertainment, and should appeal to adults who grew up with the show, as well as children. Sooty's Little Cousin Scampy puts in an appearance in one episode - up to his usual tricks, of course! The funniest bits on this DVD include Matthew's (pathetic) attempts at singing and water-skiing, and Sweep's no-nonsense method of repairing alarm clocks!

I should point out that I have a problem with the scenes of Sooty and Sweep having a 'scrap', and then beating up Little Cousin Scampy (twice!), as it might encourage violent behaviour in children as a means of resolving conflicts. I think parents need to be aware of this.

Finally, my copy strangely has the 'Region 1' symbol on the sleeve and disc, but it plays fine on my Region 2 DVD player, so I guess this must be a misprint. Only one other Sooty DVD is available at the moment ('Sweep Superdog'), which I will definitely be buying. I hope we'll be seeing a lot more of Sooty on DVD in the near future! (Oh, and some 'extras' would be nice next time, please! :)