Teletubbies (1997)

Cast

Dave Thompson, Simon Shelton, John Simmit, Nikky Smedley, Pui Fan Lee

Genre

children's television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

5 seasons, 369 episodes

Rated

C

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 168 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four colorful characters with TV screens on their bellies play and explore a sunny grassy landscape. They speak in nonsense sounds and interact with childlike wonder.

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What happens

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 mostly 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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