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Like&subscribe 🙏👍🥳💖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.[6]

Teletubbies

Created by
Anne Wood
Andrew Davenport
Developed by
Ragdoll Productions (original series)
Darrall Macqueen (revival series)[1]
Written by
Andrew Davenport
Catherine Williams
Directed by
David G Hillier
Vic Finch
Nigel P Harris
Bob Jacobs
Martin Scott
Paul Gawith
Nicky Hinkley
Jack Jameson
Richard Bradley
Dermot Canterbury
Iwan Watson
Matt Rene
Starring
Original series:
Dave Thompson
Simon Shelton
John Simmit
Nikky Smedley
Pui Fan Lee
Mark Dean
Jess Smith
Robin Stevens
Toyah Willcox
Revival series:
Jeremiah Krage
Nick Kellington
Rebecca Hyland
Rachelle Beinart
Olly Taylor
Berry Smith
Victoria Jane
Luisa Guerreiro
Voices of
Original series:
Toyah Willcox
Penelope Keith
John Simmit
Gary Stevenson
Alex Hogg
Alex Pascall
Rudolph Walker
Eric Sykes
Mark Heenehan
Sandra Dickinson (US)
John Schwab (US)
Toni Barry (US)
Rachael Lillis (US)
Dena Davis (US)
Revival series:
Jane Horrocks
Jim Broadbent
Fearne Cotton
Antonia Thomas
Teresa Gallagher
Rob Rackstraw
David Walliams
Rochelle Humes[2]
Ralph Reay
Narrated by
Original series:
Tim Whitnall[3]
Toyah Willcox (titles and credits only)
Rolf Saxon (US)
Revival series:
Daniel Rigby[4]
Antonia Thomas (titles and credits only)
Tituss Burgess (US version of 2015 reboot)
Opening theme
"Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!'"
Composers
Andrew McCrorie-Shand (original series)
Robert Hartley
BBC Philharmonic
Richie Webb
Matt Katz (revival series)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
9
No. of episodes
485 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Anne Wood
David G Hillier
Vic Finch (original series)
Maddy Darrall
Billy Macqueen (revival series)
Production locations
Wimpstone, England (1997–2001)[5]
Twickenham Studios, West London, England (2015–18)
Running time
Original series:
25 minutes (series 1-5)
Revival series:
15 minutes (series 6-10)
Production companies
Original series:
Ragdoll Productions
BBC
Revival series:
DHX Media
Darrall Macqueen
Ingenious
Release
Original network
Original series:
BBC Two (on the CBBC programming block)
Revival series:
CBeebies
Original release
31 March 1997 – 12 October 2018
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.[7][8] 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.[9] By October 2000, the franchise generated over £1 billion ($1.6 billion) in merchandise sales.[10]

Though the original run ended in 2001,[11] a rebooted series was green-lit in 2014.[12] The reboot premiered on CBeebies in the United Kingdom and on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.[13] The reboot ran for 120 episodes, with the last episode airing on the Nick Jr. Channel on 17 August 2018.[14]

The original series returned to the United States on 25 May 2016, when every episode was added to the Noggin streaming service,[15] inclu