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Teletubbies(TV show/series, 1997-2001)

25min per episode | Genres: Kids & Family, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 365 episodes

TeletubbiesRating: 2.1/5 (with 71 votes)
Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on their bellies. 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 toddlers. 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. By October 2000, the franchise generated over £1 billion ($1.6 billion) in merchandise sales. Though the original run ended in 2001, a rebooted series was green-lit in 2014. The reboot premiered on CBeebies in the United Kingdom and on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States. The reboot ran for 120 episodes, with the last episode airing on the Nick Jr. Channel on 17 August 2018. The original series returned to the United States on 25 May 2016, when every episode was added to the Noggin streaming ser... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Teletubbies

Japan Prize (NHK)

About Teletubbies

Pre-school fun, fantasy and education with colourful rotund characters Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po in a magical land called Teletubbyland.

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Teletubbies Seasons and Episodes

12/12/1997Season 5 - 31 episodes
#331 | 01/01/2001Trikes
Po rides into Home Hill on her scooter and Dipsy comes down the slide in his hat. Dipsy and Po have a big hug and the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch children have fun riding their trikes. Po is riding her scooter and the other Teletubbies want to have a go. Dipsy thinks the scooter is too slow, Tinky Winky thinks the scooter is too fast, and Laa-Laa thinks the scooter is too wobbly.
#332 | 01/02/2001Our Story
The Teletubbies pop up and run off to watch some children tell a story with their drawings. Laa Laa goes for a walk, and as she walks she sings a song about what she sees, she sings about a tree, a rabbit, and a cloud. When she sees the Teletubbies she sings her song to them.
#333 | 01/03/2001Jabadao
The Teletubbies meet up and say 'Eh-oh!' and walk away in different ways They come back and the Magic Windmill spins. The Teletubbies watch some children play with Jabadao's in the wind. It is very windy in Teletubbyland. The wind blows Tinky Winky's bag, Dipsy's hat, Laa-Laa's ball, and Po off her scooter. The Teletubbies go indoors, but the wind follows them inside and blows on the Tubby Toast and Tubby Blankets.
#334 | 01/04/2001Silvie's Fish Pond
Dipsy and Laa Laa hold hands and say 'Eh-oh' before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch Silvie doing stuff with a fish pond. Dipsy accidentally drops his hat in a puddle making it all wet, but the Baby Sun soon helps to dry it out.
#335 | 01/05/2001Bluebells
The Teletubbies pop up over some Hills and say Eh-Oh to each other, the Windmill spins and they watch some children look at Bluebells.
#336 | 01/08/2001Asian Storyteller (The Fox)
Po looks for the other Teletubbies but she can't find them, so she shouts Big Hug and they all have a Big Hug. The Teletubbies listen to an Asian Storyteller about a cunning fox.
#337 | 01/09/2001Paddling by the Sea
The Teletubbies go run around a say hello and the windmill starts spinning. They started to say "Uh Oh!" and they rushed off. The Teletubbies watch a group of children playing in the sea. Then in Teletubbyland, the Teletubbies jump inside the Home Hill, and the Magic Windmill announces that the three ships are sailing through Teletubbyland.
#338 | 01/10/2001Stretching Words
The Teletubbies watch some children having fun with a man nicknamed "Stickman" who asks for the names of words and asks the children to stretch words and sounds longer. "Stickman" also joins in.
#339 | 01/11/2001Monkeys
Noo-Noo is making slurping noises before the Teletubbies enter the house and bounce funnily before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies see some children in South Africa watching monkeys. The Teletubbies do the Bumping dance then they eat some very bouncy Tubby Toast and become very bouncy too.
#340 | 01/12/2001Obstacle Course
The Teletubbies walk one by one and then they meet before the Magic Windmill spins and they watch some children on an obstacle course. The Teletubbies bounce up and down up on their seats then go on their own course to bed.
#341 | 01/15/2001Animal Plates
Some voice trumpets rise and make funny animal noises. The Teletubbies laugh as they copy the noises. The Teletubbies then watch some children making animal pictures by piercing polystyrene plates with pencils
#342 | 01/16/2001Rumble Tumble Fun
The Teletubbies walk in a single file and they say 'eh-oh' and they all fall down one by one before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch some children playing on a huge pile of cushions. A bouncy cushion then appears in Teletubbyland, and they all take turns to bounce.
#343 | 01/17/2001Bird Bath
Dipsy and Laa Laa have tubby toast, then they fall over. The Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies see some children who are watching birds in a bird bath. Dipsy and Laa Laa go in and out of their home before the Magic Windmill spins again and The Magic Tree appears.
#344 | 01/18/2001Indian Dancing
Po fetches the other Teletubbies to watch some girls perform an Indian dance. Dipsy then dances a very special dance. Laa Laa comes down the path with Po. Dipsy showed Laa Laa and Po his special dance while Laa Laa and Po played on the control panels. Dipsy danced his special dance down on the path. Meanwhile, the other Teletubbies thought that Dipsy's dance was very special.
#345 | 01/19/2001Sitting and Standing
The Teletubbies play a sitting and standing game outside before watching a group of people sitting and standing. Later, Po is on her scooter and she moves Dipsy's hat out of the way. Dipsy accidentally sits on his hat.
#346 | 01/22/2001My Pretend Friend
Laa-Laa comes out of the Home Hill, does a little dance and calls the other Teletubbies for a Big Hug. They stop to watch two little girls making a pretend friend out of old clothes. The Teletubbies dance a bendy dance and watch The Tap Dancing Teddy Bear on the carousel
#347 | 01/23/2001Cricket
The Teletubbies walk in sideways, then run off to watch a little boy play cricket with his dad. In Teletubbyland, Tinky Winky runs away with Laa-Laa's ball. Laa-Laa chases after him, through the house, over the hills, and behind the trees. Then Tinky Winky sees his bag.
#348 | 01/24/2001Mud Hole
It's time for Tubby Toast. Po and Tinky Winky are so excited that they fall over. They join Dipsy and Laa-Laa to watch two children dig a big mud hole in a backyard. Some mud appears in Teletubbyland, and the Teletubbies play around in it. Laa-Laa has muddy feet and Dipsy has a muddy bottom. They find this very funny!
#349 | 01/25/2001My Home is a Boat
The Teletubbies come out of the house together but they cannot fit. They squeeze back into the house and come out before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch two little girls who live with their mum and dad on a boat, and they show us inside the boat. The Teletubbies leave their house and Tinky Winky and Po go left. Dipsy and Laa-Laa also go right. They walk round the back of the house, through the doors, and out of the front over and over again. The Singing Man in the Pink House event also appears.
#350 | 01/26/2001Grandad's Pigeons
The Teletubbies make raspberry noises before watching a little boy called Connor with his grandfather's pigeons. The Teletubbies come out of their house and they bump into each other before going out to play across Teletubbyland. The Teletubbies then went home again and went out to play again. The Teletubbies went home again and they came out of their home yet again. Teletubbies love each other very much.
#351 | 01/29/2001Action Story
The Teletubbies watch some children pretend to be helicopters and then imagine that they're at the beach. Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, and Laa-Laa look for Po. Dipsy looks for Po in the flowers, and Tinky-Winky looks for Po in the house. Luckily Laa-Laa found Po. She was sleeping under a big tree. So Laa-Laa told Tinky-Winky and Dipsy the story of Po. She said that far far away, over the hills, there was a big tree, and under the tree, Po was lying fast asleep.
#352 | 01/30/2001Rickshaw
The Teletubbies go to do the Walking Dance, then the Teletubbies watch some children riding on a rickshaw pulled by a man on a bicycle. Po rides her Scooter very fast around the House, and then she rides it outside, she zooms past Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Laa Laa and they fall over. Po goes very fast on her Scooter, but when she goes up a hill, her Scooter lifts up off the ground and into the sky. Po flies all over Teletubbyland, she flies over the House, some trees, and the other Teletubbies. After flying over Teletubbyland, Po begins to float down again, but as she floats down she crashes into a big bush and gets stuck.
#353 | 01/31/2001My Dad's a Policeman
Laa Laa and Po walk sideways in one direction, then Dipsy and Tinky Winky walk sideways. The Teletubbies meet up before the Magic Windmill spins. They then watch the father as a policeman showing off his uniform and badge. The Teletubbies are sitting at a table when they hear a funny noise.
#354 | 02/01/2001Dragonflies
In Teletubbyland, Tinky Winky is looking for the other Teletubbies. He can't see any of them so he shouts out "Big Hug!" and all the Teletubbies come running for a big hug. Then the Teletubbies rushed off to watch some children watch dragonflies. Then they do The All Sorts Dance before heading inside the Home Hill. They hear the Magic Windmill spinning and rush outside to see the Magical Event of the Lion and Bear playing their hide-and-seek game in Teletubbyland.
#355 | 02/02/2001African Dance
Tinky Winky and Laa-Laa go in and out of their home (bumping their behinds and their tummies while giving big hugs) before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch The Animal Parade. Afterward, the Magic Windmill stops spinning for some reason, though it is not time for Tubby Bye-Bye. Dipsy and Po go in and out of their home (doing the same thing Tinky-Winky and Laa-Laa did before) before the Magic Windmill starts spinning again and they watch some children dance an African dance.
#356 | 02/05/2001Washing the Goat
The Teletubbies run in different directions and say 'Eh-oh!' before the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch a group of children washing their goat in the river.
#357 | 02/06/2001Floating Boat
Tinky Winky is asleep but he gets woken up by the Magic Windmill spinning. The Teletubbies watch children making a boat as they then put it in a paddling pool to see if it will float. Tinky-Winky's bag falls into a puddle, and as he watches it, the bag floats from side to side and all around the puddle. Tinky Winky feels like floating too, so he dances a floaty dance.
#358 | 02/07/2001Squeezing
Laa-Laa comes through to door and joins the others to watch some children squeezing things. A squeezy tube appears in Teletubbyland. Laa-Laa squeezes the tube and paint comes out onto Tinky Winky's handbag and Dipsy's hat. All the Teletubbies then get very messy!
#359 | 02/08/2001Violin (Spain)
Po is eating her Tubby custard but the Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch a Spanish girl play the violin for her friends. In Teletubbyland they watch Po dance, before joining in.
#360 | 02/09/2001Crazy Golf
The Teletubbies watch a young boy playing Crazy Golf. The Teletubbies play a Hiding Game, behind some trees, then the Windmill starts to spin and the Dancing Bear appears inside the stage, the Teletubbies do the Falling Down Dance.
#361 | 02/12/2001Tabla (India)
The Teletubbies pop up from behind the hill and rush off to see a little Indian boy playing on a drum called a tabla. In Teletubbyland, it's time for Tubby Toast. Po eats Tinky Winky's Tubby Toast and Tinky-Winky eats Po's Tubby Toast. Their game is spoilt when Noo-Noo comes and clears everything away.
09/25/1997Season 4 - 34 episodes
07/09/1997Season 3 - 56 episodes
05/06/1997Season 2 - 126 episodes
03/31/1997Season 1 - 118 episodes
?Specials - 19 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 17 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 03/31/1997
Last episode released on: 02/12/2001
Appearing Characters: Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po
Creator: Anne Wood, Andrew Davenport
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"新天线宝宝"
"Telebajski"
Keywords: educational

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