Series synopsis
Teletubbies is a British kids sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on PBS Kids on March 31, 1997. It ended on February 16, 2001. It was created by Anne Wood, Andrew Davenport. It stars Pui Fan Lee, John Simmit, Nikky Smedley and Dave Thompson.
Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po as they learn lots of new, exciting things about the real world. Perfect for curious little minds!
Premise
Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po as they learn lots of new, exciting things about the real world. Perfect for curious little minds!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Pui Fan Lee as Po (voice)
- John Simmit as Dipsy (voice)
- Nikky Smedley as Laa-Laa (voice)
- Dave Thompson as Tinky-Winky (voice)
- Simon Shelton as Tinky-Winky (voice)
- Jessica Smith as Sun Baby
- Jessica Smith as Sun Baby (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 14 seasons with 388 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 19 | August 20, 2013 | |
| Season 1 | 118 | March 31, 1997 | December 31, 1997 |
| Season 2 | 126 | January 1, 1998 | December 31, 1998 |
| Season 3 | 56 | January 1, 1999 | December 17, 1999 |
| Season 4 | 34 | July 31, 2000 | December 22, 2000 |
| Season 5 | 35 | January 1, 2001 | February 16, 2001 |
| Season 6 | 0 | June 22, 1998 | July 17, 1998 |
| Season 7 | 0 | August 31, 1998 | October 23, 1998 |
| Season 8 | 0 | December 14, 1998 | January 8, 1999 |
| Season 9 | 0 | March 15, 1999 | March 26, 1999 |
| Season 10 | 0 | August 2, 1999 | August 27, 1999 |
| Season 11 | 0 | November 22, 1999 | December 17, 1999 |
| Season 12 | 0 | July 31, 2000 | August 25, 2000 |
| Season 13 | 0 | December 11, 2000 | January 11, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Time for Teletubbies Join in the fun with the Teletubbies in these two magical episodes: Big Hug: Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po have fun dancing the calypso and giving lots of big hugs because the Teletubbies love each other very much! Busy Day: One day in Teletubbyland, the Teletubbies were very busy, playing special games and making Tubby custard, but the custard machine would not stop. Uh oh! Much too much Tubby custard! |
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| 2 |
Big Hug Big Hug: Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po have fun dancing the calypso and giving lots of big hugs because the Teletubbies love each other very much! |
March 22, 1999 |
| 3 |
Busy Day Busy Day: One day in Teletubbyland, the Teletubbies were very busy, playing special games and making Tubby custard, but the custard machine would not stop. Uh oh! Much too much Tubby custard! |
September 10, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ned's Bicycle We are introduced to the Teletubbies as they ride down the slide inside Home Hill. They enjoy Tubby Toast until the Magic Windmill spins. Following this, the characters watch a boy named Ned and his father getting ready for a bicycle trip. Po finds a flag and leads Tinky Winky on a march across Teletubbyland. Dipsy and Laa-Laa see the flag and join in. The Magic Windmill spins again and the Teletubbies go to watch a Magical Event. The Teletubbies gasp in excitement as an animal parade march through Teletubbyland. |
March 31, 1997 |
| 2 |
Our Pig Winnie The Teletubbies watch a group of siblings named Matthew, James, and Mark talk about their pig, Winnie. Following this, the Teletubbies perform a jumping dance. They play a game called "This Little Teletubby," in which Dipsy goes for a walk, the other three stay at Home, Tinky Winky has Tubby Custard, Laa-Laa and Po have no custard, and Dipsy runs home. |
April 1, 1997 |
| 3 |
The Grand Old Duke of York The Teletubbies join in a game when a Voice Trumpet sings "The Grand Old Duke of York". The magic windmill brings a musical transmission featuring King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. After watching the performance, the Teletubbies do the stamping and stepping dance. A drum appears in Teletubbyland shortly afterward. Po beats the drum, causing strange things to occur. After the special drum disappears, the magic windmill starts spinning. The Teletubbies watch a Puppet Man singing inside his house |
April 2, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Colours – Pink The Teletubbies march up and down the hill and then they watch some children explore the colour pink. Po makes Tubby Custard which is pink too. She gets a Tubby Custard bowl, uses a Tubby Custard tap and turns on the Tubby Custard and the Tubby Cusard enter her bowl. Finally, when Po gets a bowl of Tubby Custard, she sees and hears Tinky-Winky coming around her. She shows him her bowl of Tubby Custard. Tinky Winky wants some Tubby Custard too, but he doesn't know how to make it. When Po tells him he needs a bowl, Tinky Winky gets it too but accidentally makes a mess around Home Hill. She was so surprised when he was accidentally spreading Tubby Custard all over her. He accidentally spreads it on the Noo-Noo as well. Just then, Laa-Laa comes in to play with her ball when she sees Tubby Custard splattering all over her ball. The Noo-Noo tidies up the mess and around himself, too. |
January 1, 1998 |
| 2 |
Living in Flats Laa-Laa dances with her ball and the Teletubbies watch a boy describing why he likes to live in flats. A balloon appears in Teletubbyland and the Teletubbies follow it around until Po catches it and they all take turns to hold it. After they have their turns, all the Teletubbies wanted to hold the balloon, but they let go of it and it flies away into the sky. |
January 2, 1998 |
| 3 |
Urban Walk The Teletubbies play their Through the Arch game. But the Windmill interrupts them, so they go off to watch a little girl and her dad go for a walk. A traffic light appears in Teletubbyland and Po admires the traffic lights changing and has to wait for the traffic lights to change to green. Then Dipsy who's wearing his hat arrives only to have to wait for the traffic lights to change to green. Laa Laa comes along with her ball and wants Dipsy to play with it. Tinky Winky comes along with his handbag and he wants to walk on the red light but can't and has to wait. The light turns green and the Teletubbies go and then the traffic lights disappear. |
January 5, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Catherine's Toy Farm The Teletubbies watch a little girl play with her toy farm. Then the Windmill spins again and the Teletubbies rush off to the Magical Event, some magic clouds appear in the sky and they follow the clouds and sit down on a hill until the clouds turn into a herd of sheep! |
January 1, 1999 |
| 2 |
Ten Little Men Finger Play Inside the house, Dipsy listens to a voice trumpet count to ten. The Teletubbies watch Debbie and some children do a ten little men finger play. The Teletubbies play a game called Ring Around the Roses. After that, they watch The Magic Tree. |
January 4, 1999 |
| 3 |
Harp Tinky-Winky was having fun with the controllers when the windmill was spinning he went outside to fetch Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. Then they watched a girl and her mom playing with a harp twice. After the clip Tinky-Winky discovered a harp in Teletubby Land then Po came by and decided to use the harp then the harp disappeared |
January 5, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mum's Portrait The Teletubbies play games amongst the hills and watch a little girl painting a picture of her Mum. A book appears in Teletubbyland for Tinky Winky to read. The book shows Dipsy Jumping, Laa Laa hopping, Po rolling, and Tinky Winky dancing and everything in the book actually happens. |
July 31, 2000 |
| 2 |
Gold and Silver A Voice Trumpet rises and sings Po a nursery rhyme called I Had a Little Nut Tree. The Teletubbies watch some children making lots of different things using gold and silver. Laa-Laa decides to go for a walk and finds a beautiful golden tree with silver leaves. She fetches Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po to see the gold and silver tree. They all think it's very beautiful. |
August 1, 2000 |
| 3 |
Honky Tonk Piano The Teletubbies pop up behind a hill and then watch a boy and his mom play the piano. A piano appears in Teletubbyland. Tinky Winky and Po have great fun bashing away at the keys, but when they play nicely, they play a lovely tune. |
August 2, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trikes 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. |
January 1, 2001 |
| 2 |
Our 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. |
January 2, 2001 |
| 3 |
Jabadao 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. |
January 3, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennis | June 22, 1998 |
| 2 | Cows and Calves | June 23, 1998 |
| 3 | The Pier | June 24, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colours - Purple | August 31, 1998 |
| 2 | Ballet - Jack in the Box | September 1, 1998 |
| 3 | Spiders | September 2, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colours - Black | December 14, 1998 |
| 2 | Pebbles | December 15, 1998 |
| 3 | Otters | December 16, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruit Tasting | March 15, 1999 |
| 2 | Ice Skating | March 16, 1999 |
| 3 | Sing a Song of Sixpence | March 17, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brennan's Moonwalk | August 2, 1999 |
| 2 | Crawling | August 3, 1999 |
| 3 | Shrimps in the Sand | August 4, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stick Insect | November 22, 1999 |
| 2 | Colours - Brown | November 23, 1999 |
| 3 | Catching Leaves | November 24, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum's Portrait | July 31, 2000 |
| 2 | Gold and Silver | August 1, 2000 |
| 3 | Honky Tonk Piano | August 2, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buying a Sari | December 11, 2000 |
| 2 | Jack and the Beanstalk | December 12, 2000 |
| 3 | Going In and Coming Out | December 13, 2000 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PBS Kids |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 31, 1997 |
| Last aired | February 16, 2001 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 10:00:00 |