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- One episode scared children so much that it had to be banned. The episode in question, ‘See Saw’, contained a lion and a bear made of moving cutouts that somehow manage to be incredibly creepy.
- The Teletubbies were given the keys to New York City in 2007. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the Teletubbies visited NYC, receiving the above honour as well as having the actors’ identities revealed for the first time: John Simmit as Dipsy, CBeebies presenter Pui Fan Lee as Po; dancer Nicky Smedley as Laa Laa; and the late Simon Shelton as Tinky Winky.
- The Teletubbies’ home has been flooded. Advertisement. Following the show’s enormous success, the owner of the land where the exterior shots of Teletubbies’ home were shot, Rosemary Harding, got so fed up with trespassers that she flooded the Wimpstone, Warwickshire site where Teletubbyland sat.
- Tubby Custard is actually just mashed potato. The Teletubbies’ snack of choice is a combination of mashed potato, red and yellow acrylic paint – not for consumption.
- Even today, with no publicity or new shows for 14 years, the Teletubbies YouTube channel attracts 65 million views each month.
- Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport jointly created the show. In December 2013 they sold the rights to the Teletubbies name and their production company Ragdoll to a Canadian company, DHX Media, for £17.4 million.
- Both the new and the old Teletubbies are enormous. Po is six feet tall, Dipsy eight feet, Laa-Laa eight feet, six inches and Tinky Winky ten feet.
- Between 1997 and 2001, the Teletubbies appeared in 365 episodes. The programme was sold to 120 territories and translated into 45 languages. More than 33 million DVDs have been sold.
The Teletubbies rush to the Tiddlytubbies’ gate to see them – and sometimes open the gate and step inside the playroom to take part in “Tiddlytubbies’ Playtime” or stay very quiet and watch the Tiddlytubbies fall asleep on their musical roundy-round bed for “Tiddlytubbies Sleepybyes”.
- Tinky Winky. Tinky Winky is purple, the biggest Teletubby and almost always goes first! He is gentle, soft and a dreamer. He can be a little indecisive but is also very thoughtful.
- Dipsy. Dipsy is green, fun, loves dancing and bouncing on his bottom! He is funky and groovy, always doing dance moves with his arms. His signature move is an excited wiggle dance and he sometimes ends this by plonking himself onto his bottom.
- Laa-Laa. Laa-Laa is yellow, a performer and she loves to sing and dance! She is a bundle of good, fun energy. Her signature move is a light-footed twirl. Laa-Laa’s favorite thing is her orange ball – she loves bouncing, patting and boinging it.
- Po. Po is red, cute and little! Her signature moves are a karate-style hand pose and a star jump. Her favorite thing is going super fast on the scooter! When Po stands, she has her arms behind her back and sticks her tummy out.
- They Were Racially Diverse, Inside and out.
- They Look Like Aliens But Were Inspired by Astronauts.
- They’Re A Lot Taller Than They look.
- The Rabbits in Teletubbyland Were Also Massive.
- It Was The BBC’s Biggest Brand.
- They Sued Wal-Mart.
- Some Pediatricians Protested.
- Taylor Swift Was A Fan.
- There Were A Lot of Episodes.
- They Are Platinum Recording Artists.
When the Teletubbies sat down with Today to reveal their true identities, fans learned that the actors inside the costumes were as diverse as the characters themselves, and each one added a bit of his or her own culture to the character they portrayed. John Simmit blended reggae into Dipsy’s babytalk, while Pui Fan Lee incorporated Cantonese into P...
Teletubbies co-creator Andrew Davenport told The Guardianthat when writing the show, he was inspired by the moon landings and the physical appearance of the astronauts. “It struck me as funny that, at this pinnacle of human achievement, the figures that emerged in bulky spacesuits from landing capsules are like toddlers, with oversized heads and fo...
Because the Teletubbies only appear on the show in their fake world, there is nothing to compare them to besides each other. Wagner revealedin the short film that in costume, Tinky-Winky is almost nine feet tall.
Teletubbies co-creator Anne Wood revealed in an interview with The Guardianthat those cute and fluffy rabbits that appear in the show are not your average pet bunnies. “They needed to be big to fit in with the scale,” Wood said. There was also a problem with their health. “The only suitable ones we could find had been bred on the continent to be ea...
According to the BBC'S annual report for 1998/1999, Teletubbies was its leading brand with over $46 million in revenue. At the time, they were seen by children in 120 countries and territories and aired in 20 languages.
Because the Teletubbies brand was so big, it had to be protected. In 1999, they sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for selling blatant knockoffs called Bubbly Chubbies. “It's not flattery. It's just illegal," Kenn Viselman, the chief executive of the company that marketed the Teletubbies in the United States, told the Los Angeles Times. A spokesperson said ...
In 1999, the German Association of Pediatricians argued that Teletubbies was bad for children because it (and other shows like it) caused “uncontrollable television consumption in later years.” The doctors also questioned the educational value of the show.
This past Halloween, Taylor Swift Instagrammed a throwback photo of a Teletubbies costume she wore as a child. The photo is black-and-white, but Swift said that she was Laa-Laa and none of the other kids got it. “When you dress as the yellow teletubby for Halloween, but it's before Teletubbiesgot huge so all the kids at school ask you why you're dr...
According to IMDb, there were 365 episodes of Teletubbies produced. They aired in the UK on BBC2 between March 31, 1997 and February 16, 2001, and on PBS in the U.S. And there will be more episodes: In 2015, a Teletubbies reboot was announced. The series has also been kept alive in pop culture thanks to numerous references in everything from Family...
On December 1, 1997, the Fab Four dropped a single called “Teletubbies Say ‘Eh-Oh'.” In the week before Christmas, the song had already reached number one on the BillboardUK Singles Chart, selling 1.2 million copies and earning a double platinum certification. It remained in the top 75 for 29 weeks.
Oct 19, 2015 · How does it feel to be narrating and singing the theme tune for the new Teletubbies? Teletubbies is a national institution and it was a privilege to be asked to be their voice.
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The Teletubbies, portrayed by costumed actors, are soft round humanoids of toddlerlike proportions, with simple smiling faces, uniquely shaped aerial antennas on their heads, tummy-mounted silver television screens, and age-appropriate waddles.
