"Teletubbies" (1997) TV series 1997-2001

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Creator:

Andrew Davenport
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Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

6 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

Based on a true story.

Plot:

In this television show for babies, the four colourful Teletubbies coo and play in idyllic Teletubbyland...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Meadow | Pinwheel | Telephone | Sun

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

John Simmit	...	Dipsy (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Nikky Smedley	...	Laa-Laa (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Pui Fan Lee	...	Po (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Tim Whitnall	...	Narrator / ... (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Eric Sykes	...	Additional Voice / ... (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Toyah Willcox	...	Additional Voices (226 episodes, 1997-2001)
Jessica Smith	...	Sun Baby (213 episodes, 1997-1999)
Mark Heenehan	...	Tinky-Winky / ... (186 episodes, 1997-2001)

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Series Directed by
Paul Gawith		(6 episodes, 1998-2001)
Vic Finch		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Andrew Davenport		(2 episodes, 1999-2000)
David Hiller		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Andrew Davenport		(12 episodes, 1998-2001)
Anne Wood		(12 episodes, 1998-2001)

Series Produced by
Mary Pyke	....	line producer (9 episodes, 1998-2001)
Anne Wood	....	producer (9 episodes, 1998-2001)
Andrew Davenport	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes, 1999-2000)
Sue James	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes, 1999-2000)

Series Original Music by
Andrew McCrorie-Shand		(7 episodes, 1999-2001)

Series Film Editing by
Lee Phillips		(331 episodes, 1997-2001)
David Barry		(320 episodes, 1997-2001)
Simon Cruse		(6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Jonathan Birkett		(5 episodes, 1999-2001)
Gordon Burton		(5 episodes)
John Cryer		(3 episodes, 1998-2000)
Michael Holliday		(2 episodes, 2001)

Series Production Design by
Julian Fullalove		(335 episodes, 1997-2001)
Robert Berk		(10 episodes, 1998-2001)

Series Costume Design by
Niki Lyons		(8 episodes, 1998-2000)

Series Production Management
Edwin Wyatt	....	post-production manager / production manager (214 episodes, 1997-2000)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Siobhan O'Donnell	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1999-2001)
Alan Conley	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 2000-2001)

Series Art Department
John West	....	scenic artist (1 episode, 1997)

Series Sound Department
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr recordist (330 episodes, 1997-2001)
Chris Downes	....	sound dubbing mixer (330 episodes, 1997-2001)
Timothy Vine	....	dubbing mixer (13 episodes, 1998-2001)
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	dubbing mixer (10 episodes, 1998-2001)
Brendan Nicholson	....	dubbing mixer (4 episodes, 1999)

Series Stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Finan	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Sheila Dunn	....	animator (1 episode)
Craig Zerouni	....	animator (1 episode)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beth Ferdinando	....	wardrobe supervisor (13 episodes, 1998-2001)

Series Editorial Department
Ros Cook	....	post-production coordinator (7 episodes, 1999-2001)
Lynne Hawkins	....	post-production coordinator (6 episodes, 1999-2001)
Annette Cunningham	....	post-production coordinator (3 episodes, 1998-2000)

Series Music Department
Andrew McCrorie-Shand	....	musical director (3 episodes, 1998-1999)

Series Other crew
Sue James	....	head of production (9 episodes, 1999-2001)
Elke-Louise Crump	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Nicky Hinkley	....	choreographer (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
Sue Pethybridge	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Wendy Hardie	....	location director (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
Lesley Hutchison	....	location director (2 episodes, 2000)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Ragdoll Productions

Distributors

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1998) (USA) (all media)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (1999) (Australia) (TV)
• Best Film Ltd. (2004) (Poland) (DVD)
• Bontonfilm (2004) (Czech Republic) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1997-) (UK) (TV)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003-2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1999-2005) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Canal+ (2000) (France) (TV)
• Canal+ (1999) (Poland) (TV)
• DNC Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Evangelische Omroep (EO) (1998-????) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Jetix (1999) (Spain) (TV)
• Manga Films (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (2004) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• PBS Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• PBS Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures (2003) (Portugal) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Rede Globo de Televisão (1999) (Brazil) (TV)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (DVD)
• SF Norge A/S (2003) (Norway) (DVD)
• TV2 Norge (1998) (Norway) (TV)
• Teleac/NOT (1998-????) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (1998-????) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Tiglon (200?) (Turkey) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures France (UPF) (2001) (France) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2001) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services and rentals

Runtime:

28 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Welsh

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Norway:A | Denmark:A | Mexico:AA | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:Btl | Germany:o.Al. | Finland:S | France:U | UK:Uc | Australia:G | Canada:G | USA:TV-Y

Filming Locations:

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

"Teletubby Land" was a farmer's field in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The set only had temporary planning permission, so once the show ended production in 2001, the set had to be turned back into a flat field.

Quotes:

Narrator: Teletubbies love each other very much.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Six Feet Under: Someone Else's Eyes (#2.9)" (2002)

This is the most frighteningly disturbing show on television.

The Teletubbies is a UK show about four stubby aliens who live on a giant miniature golf course. They walk around the course doing simpletonic tasks and eating alien toast. Their only means of communication is nonsensical jabbering and slight English-sounding words. Every once in a while a talking shower head rises out of the turf and gives them instructions to please the sun which is really a giant baby's head inside of a sun. Then a giant pinwheel beams messages directly into their cerebral cortexes and their abdominal area becomes a projector. Their stomachs usually show small films about children going on adventures, or less exciting things. One time it showed five kids jumping. Just jumping, for five minutes.

If none of this makes sense, watch the show, it probably won't make any more sense, but it might.