Teletubbies
| Teletubbies | |
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| Created by |
Anne Wood Andrew Davenport |
| Developed by |
Ragdoll Productions Darrall Macqueen Ltd |
| Starring |
Original series: Dave Thompson Simon Shelton John Simmit Nikky Smedley Pui Fan Lee Revival series: Nick Kellington Rebecca Hyland Jeremiah Krage Rachelle Beinart |
| Voices of |
Original series: Toyah Willcox Eric Sykes Mark Heenehan Revival series: Jane Horrocks Jim Broadbent Fearne Cotton |
| Narrated by |
Tim Whitnall Daniel Rigby |
| Opening theme | "Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!'" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 425 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David G. Hiller Vic Finch |
| Location(s) | Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Distributor |
Pinewood Studios DHX Media Viacom International |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBeebies |
| Picture format | |
| Original release |
Original series: 31 March 1997 – 16 February 2001 Revival series: 9 November 2015 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Teletubbies is a British pre-school children's television series created by Ragdoll Productions' Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport. The programme focuses on four multi-coloured aliens known as "Teletubbies," named for the television screens implanted in their abdomens. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely-shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to young children.
Particularly notable for its high production values, the series rapidly became a commercial success in Britain and abroad. It won multiple BAFTA awards and was nominated for two Daytime Emmys throughout its run. A single based on the show's theme song reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1997 and remained in the Top 75 for 32 weeks, selling over a million copies.
Though production on the first 365 episodes had been announced cancelled in 2002, sixty new episodes were ordered in 2014. They are currently aired on CBeebies in the United Kingdom and on Nick Jr. in the United States. Re-runs of the original 1997 - 2001 series continue to be shown on relevant television channels worldwide, some 16 years after the original run's conclusion.
The programme takes place in a grassy, floral landscape populated by rabbits with bird calls audible in the background. The main shelter of the four Teletubbies is an earth house known as the "Tubbytronic Superdome" implanted in the ground and accessed through a hole at the top or an especially large semicircular door at the dome's foot. The creatures co-exist with a number of strange contraptions such as the Noo-noo, the group's anthropomorphic blue vacuum cleaner, and the Voice Trumpets. The show's colourful, psychedelic setting was designed specifically to appeal to the attention spans of infants and unlock different sections of the mind while also educating young children of transitions that can be expected in life.
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