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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget significantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/{{Flanderization}} to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3, while the rest of the series did not air until the launch of the CITV Channel in 2006.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. What is more, HIT apparently didn't try to export Sooty, as they felt the franchise had [[http://www.toonhound.com/aug2003.htm#sooty "limited international appeal"]]. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working, as HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point, the company was under heavy debt and was under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. HIT began selling properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' up for sale in October 2007.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. What is more, HIT apparently didn't try to export Sooty, as they felt the franchise had [[http://www.toonhound.com/aug2003.htm#sooty "limited international appeal"]]. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working, as HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point, the company was under heavy debt and was under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. HIT began selling properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' up for sale in October 2007.
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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget significantly. significantly, with Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/{{Flanderization}} to the cast, cast including Sooty and Sweep becoming more naughty, Soo becoming more bratty, Richard and Vicki interacting with the puppets a lot less, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3, while the rest of the series did not air until the launch of the CITV Channel in 2006.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, theythemselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. What is more, HIT apparently didn't try to export Sooty, as they felt the franchise had [[http://www.toonhound.com/aug2003.htm#sooty "limited international appeal"]]. According appeal"]] and attempted to sell the joint-venture off to another third-party like Entertainment Rights. When this fell though, according to Richard Cadell, his HIT's attempts to try and "internationalise" Sooty had failed significantly, as he tried to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working, as while HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point, the company was under heavy debt and was under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. HIT began selling properties they didn't seefit fit, had little international appeal, or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them.them for all-three categories. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' up for sale in October 2007. Britt Allcroft would re-acquire ''Mumfie'' in March 2008.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point, the company was under heavy debt and was under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. HIT began selling properties they didn't see
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** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working, as HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
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** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. What is more, HIT apparently didn't try to export Sooty, as they felt the franchise had [[http://www.toonhound.com/aug2003.htm#sooty "limited international appeal"]]. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working, as HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Cadell, made clear in an interview for CITV's 30th-anniversary celebrations.
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Cadell, made clear in an interview for CITV's Creator/{{CITV}}'s 30th-anniversary celebrations.
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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget signicantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/{{Flanderization}} to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3 and cancelled the series.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT were not working, while HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point the company was under heavy debts and under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. The company began a sale of properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007.
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in June 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). He successfully got the franchise out of Seasonal Rot with the production of the direct-to-video movie ''Sooty: The Big Day Out'' in 2009, and produced a new television series in 2011. In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT were not working, while HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this point the company was under heavy debts and under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. The company began a sale of properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007.
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in June 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). He successfully got the franchise out of Seasonal Rot with the production of the direct-to-video movie ''Sooty: The Big Day Out'' in 2009, and produced a new television series in 2011. In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget signicantly.significantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/{{Flanderization}} to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3 and cancelled 3, while the series.
rest of the series did not air until the launch of the CITV Channel in 2006.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working,while as HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely in order to produce an animated series (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud.
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by thispoint point, the company was under heavy debts debt and was under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. The company HIT began a sale of selling properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in October 2007.
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporatefaires, faires and successfully acquired the property from HIT in June 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). He successfully got the franchise out of Seasonal Rot with the production of the direct-to-video movie ''Sooty: The Big Day Out'' in 2009, and produced a new television series in 2011. In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT into bringing the franchise back to its roots were not working,
** The many attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV had failed by the end of 2006, and by this
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate
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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget signicantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/Flanderization to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3 and cancelled the series.
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** At first, the Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget signicantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/Flanderization Main/{{Flanderization}} to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series within only the second episode of Series 3 and cancelled the series.
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* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely, and even going as far as wanting to produce an animated series with Sooty speaking out loud. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many failed attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the property and ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
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* SeasonalRot: When The entirety of the HIT Entertainment acquired ownership was this and a bit of Main/ExecutiveMeddling.
** At first, therights Gullane purchase of the franchise seemed fine, and the 2001 series went off without a hitch despite some minor flaws. But then, bring in Creator/HITEntertainment, who purchased Gullane in 2002. HIT's only interest in the purchase was the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' property, and this led to the company heavily decreasing ''Sooty'''s budget signicantly. Series 2 and 3 featured heavy Main/Flanderization to the cast, repetitive "Three Strikes and You're Out" plotlines that always had the characters apologising at the end of every episode, and the (almost) complete absence of Scampi in favour of having Butch and Miki appearing more. It also led to several long-time cast members, like Brian Sandford and Brenda Longman, the voices of Sweep and Soo, leaving production and being replaced with new puppeteers/voices. The quality decrease was so noticeable that ITV pulled the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, within only the show's budget decreased significantly second episode of Series 3 and cancelled the series.
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed thethen-current series, and showed signs that HIT characters for several live theatrical stage shows, they themselves had trouble with exactly what they wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that do with the character. According to Richard Cadell, his attempts to pressure HIT wanted were not working, while HIT's management was threatening to get rid of him and all humans entirely, and even going as far as wanting entirely in order to produce an animated series with (likely to be CGI animated) that featured Sooty speaking out loud. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After loud.
** The manyfailed attempts by HIT to produce a new series for ITV in had failed by the end of 2006, HIT had enough and by this point the company was under heavy debts and under the ownership of firm Apax Partners. The company began a sale of properties they didn't see fit or were tired of using, and Sooty was one of them. The company put the joint-venture company that franchise, as well as the Sooty Limited/Bridgefilms venture, which also held the property and rights to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. 2007.
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in June 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the sameyear).year). He successfully got the franchise out of Seasonal Rot with the production of the direct-to-video movie ''Sooty: The Big Day Out'' in 2009, and produced a new television series in 2011. In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
** At first, the
** Meanwhile for HIT, while they licensed the
** The many
** Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in June 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same
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* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many failed attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the property and ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
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* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely.entirely, and even going as far as wanting to produce an animated series with Sooty speaking out loud. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many failed attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the property and ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the property from HIT in 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Caddell, made clear in an interview for CITV's 30th anniversary celebrations.
* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the franchise - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to bring back the franchise out of corporate faires, and acquired the franchise from HIT in 2008, in his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise:
* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the franchise - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to bring back the franchise out of corporate faires, and acquired the franchise from HIT in 2008, in his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise:
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Caddell, Cadell, made clear in an interview for CITV's 30th anniversary 30th-anniversary celebrations.
* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many failed attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held thefranchise property and ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to bring back the franchise get Sooty out of corporate faires, and acquired the franchise property from HIT in 2008, 2008 (while Britt Allcroft purchased back ''Mumfie'' in the same year). In his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise:franchise in regards to HIT's meddling:
* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted in interviews that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many failed attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the
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* DisownedAdaptation / KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Richard Cadell totally '''dispises''' the animated spin-off ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures''. In an interview he had after he purchased the franchise in 2008, he claimed that he destroyed all the master tapes to the series.
-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty...I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty...I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
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* DisownedAdaptation / KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Richard Cadell totally '''dispises''' '''despises''' the animated spin-off ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures''. In an interview he had after he purchased the franchise in 2008, he claimed that he destroyed all the master tapes to the series.
-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty... I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty... I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
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** However, this claim was actually debunked by a fan who knows Richard in real life. The Master Tapes are still intact within the ITV Archives, but will never be shown publically within Cadell's wishes.
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** However, this claim was actually debunked by a fan who knows Richard in real life. The Master Tapes master tapes are still intact within the ITV Archives, archives, but will never be shown publically publicly within Cadell's wishes.
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* SeasonalRot: When HIT Entertainment acquired the rights to the series after purchasing Gullane Entertainment in 2002, the show's budget decreased significantly for the then-current series, and showed signs that HIT wanted to try and take over against Richard's wishes. Cadell has even admitted that HIT wanted to get rid of him and all humans entirely. ITV knew of what was going on and canceled the then-current series in 2004. After many attempts to produce a new series for ITV in 2006, HIT had enough and put the joint-venture company that held the franchise - Bridgefilms, up for sale in 2007. Cadell did every way to bring back the franchise out of corporate faires, and acquired the franchise from HIT in 2008, in his words in an interview after he purchased the franchise:
-->"It became almost a school lesson with not a single joke in the damn thing, and ITV said, ‘Kids aren’t watching it like they used to.’ It was a terribly sad day for Sooty."
-->"It became almost a school lesson with not a single joke in the damn thing, and ITV said, ‘Kids aren’t watching it like they used to.’ It was a terribly sad day for Sooty."
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* DisownedAdaptation / KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When Richard Cadell bought totally '''dispises''' the franchise in 2008, he destroyed the master tapes of the late 90s cartoon version of the franchise animated spin-off ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures'', which now exist only through TV recordings and limited official VHS releases.Adventures''. In an interview he had after he purchased the franchise in 2008, he claimed that he destroyed all the master tapes to the series.
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* ActingForTwo: In the ''Sooty & Co'' era, Brenda Longman voices Soo and also plays Mo, the two often appearing in the same scene.
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* DisownedAdaptation / KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When Richard Cadell bought the franchise in 2008, he destroyed the master tapes of the late 90s cartoon version of the franchise ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures'', thus averting this trope.which now exist only through TV recordings and limited official VHS releases.
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* DisownedAdaptation / KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When Richard Cadell bought the franchise in 2008, he destroyed the master tapes of the late 90s cartoon version of the franchise ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures'', thus averting this trope.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When Richard Cadell bought the franchise in 2008, he destroyed the master tapes of the late 90s cartoon version of the franchise ''Sooty's Amazing Adventures''.Adventures'', thus averting this trope.
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Caddell, made clear in an interview for CITV's 30th anniversary celebrations.
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-->"...they made a cartoon, and it was shocking. It was awful and when I bought the rights to Sooty...I actually got the master tapes of this cartoon series and put it all in a big blue skip and had it burnt. I never wanted it to ever be seen."
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* PromotedFanboy: Richard Caddell, made clear in an interview for CITV's 30th anniversary celebrations.
