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Teletubbies

November 2023

  • Jane Horrocks.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Jane Horrocks

    Now is your chance to find out how to sing like Julie Garland, deal with being Edina Monsoon’s PA and play a critically acclaimed chicken

April 2023

  • Laa-Laa, Tinky-Winky, Dipsy and Po in Netflix’s Teletubbies.

    They had us at eh oh: the surprise staying power of Teletubbies

    The children’s TV favourite is having an unexpected cultural renaissance. Why are designers, artists and activists taking inspiration from Po and co?

November 2022

  • Jay Will and Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Tulsa King to Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? The seven best shows to stream this week

    Sylvester Stallone goes on a one-man crime wave in Oklahoma, and you’ll lap up this gloriously eccentric documentary about the American dream. Plus: new Teletubbies!

September 2022

  • Laa-Laa, Tinky Winky, Po and Dipsy

    ‘Eh-oh!’: Teletubbies to return on Netflix as series reboots for streaming

    Comeback of the children’s show, narrated by actor Tituss Burgess, will premiere in November

February 2022

  • (From left) Teletubbies, Balamory, Hey Duggee, Bluey and Gigglebiz

    ‘Absolutely breathtaking TV’: 20 years of CBeebies, from surreal Teletubbies to the beauty of Bluey

    For two decades, the BBC channel has delighted preschoolers and won the teary gratitude of exhausted parents. But which are its best shows?

August 2021

  • Clockwise from top left … Captain Saru; meerkat Aleksandr; the Prince of Wales; Wendy from Bob the Builder; Dipsy the teletubby.

    ‘They wanted my meerkat to sound like a Russian Alan Sugar’ – meet TV’s secret superstars

    They are TV’s unsung heroes, adored yet unrecognised. But do voice artists and mask-wearers ever crave fame? From the man behind the meerkats to Star Trek’s prosthetic-laden Captain Saru, we find out

February 2021

  • Bill Titcombe

    Other lives
    Bill Titcombe obituary

    Other Lives: Cartoonist who drew scores of characters for magazines, including Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry

May 2018

  • The Teletubbies

    Teletubbies has vital lessons for toddlers

  • Catherine Shoard

    Is children’s TV raising a crop of raving narcissists?

    Catherine Shoard

January 2018

  • Tinky Winky

    Teletubbies' Tinky Winky actor Simon Barnes dies aged 52

    Tributes paid to actor who played purple Teletubby who always carried a handbag

April 2017

  • Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi

    Are these TV's best-ever putdowns? Not without Malcolm Tucker they're not

    A new list purports to rank the greatest ever insults on television. With no quotes from The Thick of It, it’s as useful as a marzipan dildo

March 2017

  • TELETUBBIES<br>Picture Shows: (l-r) Twinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po TX:BBC-2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings COPYRIGHTED IMAGE FROM BBC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Over the hills and far away Teletubbies come out to play.

    Teletubbies turn 20: how four blinking toddlers became a true TV phenomenon

    Two decades ago on this momentous day, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po bounded into our lives – and soon turned into the most copied kids’ show ever

July 2016

  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia …

    How to ...
    The 10 best and worst box sets for exhausted new parents

    Watch anything on Walter Presents (it’s subtitled so you can follow the dialogue) or Game of Thrones, but avoid Wallander or anything by Aaron Sorkin …

May 2016

  • CBeebies characters composite image

    The long read
    The clean, green and slightly bonkers world of CBeebies

    The Long Read: CBeebies isn’t just a channel,
    it’s a culture – and as a new parent you have little choice
    but to surrender to it

December 2015

  • Teletubbies

    Man with a pram
    I’m doing proper dad stuff with my son – watching TV

    This is just what I imagined when my wife told me she was pregnant

October 2015

  • ‘It’s like they’ve never been away …’ Teletubbies 2015

    The Teletubbies are back: ‘It’s still about love, and wibbly-wobbly bottoms’

    Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po were a toddler TV phenomenon, scoring a No 1 single, £1bn in merchandise sales – and an unlikely following among students and clubbers. With the finishing touches being added to the first new episodes since 2001, one diehard fan went along for a group hug

April 2015

  • Stuart Heritage

    Why the Teletubbies reboot is a welcome return to Laa-Laa land

    Stuart Heritage
    The psychedelic, handbag-toting quartet are back – to the delight of gormless, nostalgic millennials everywhere. But the real reason to celebrate is that the show understands children perfectly

January 2014

  • Revolutionaries? Teletubbies (from left) Twinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po.

    Pass notes
    Will the Teletubbies bring down the North Korean government?

  • Teletubbies

    Media Monkey
    North Korea: will Kim Jong-un say 'eh-oh' to BBC shows?

September 2013

  • Teletubbies

    Teletubbies owner bought by Canadian firm DHX Media

    BBC Worldwide joint venture Ragdoll Worldwide, which also owns In The Night Garden, sells for £17.4m. By Mark Sweney
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