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{{Short description|British children's television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image              = Teletubbies Logo.png
| caption            =
| creator            = [[Anne Wood]]<br />[[Andrew Davenport]]
| developer          = [[Ragdoll Productions]] (original series)<br />[[Darrall Macqueen]] (revival series)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/nickelodeon-takes-teletubbies-reboot/|title=Nickelodeon takes Teletubbies reboot|publisher=C21 Media|date=6 November 2015|last=Franks|first=Nico|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref>
| writer             = [[Andrew Davenport]]<br>Catherine Williams
| director           = David G Hillier<br>Vic Finch<br>Nigel P Harris<br>Bob Jacobs<br>Martin Scott<br>Paul Gawith<br>Nicky Hinkley<br>Jack Jameson<br>Richard Bradley<br>Dermot Canterbury<br>Iwan Watson<br>Matt Rene
| starring           = '''Original series:'''<br />[[Dave Thompson (comedian)|Dave Thompson]]<br />[[Simon Shelton]]<br />[[John Simmit]]<br />Nikky Smedley<br />[[Pui Fan Lee]]<br />Mark Dean<br />Jess Smith<br />[[Robin Stevens (puppeteer)|Robin Stevens]]<br />[[Toyah Willcox]]<br />'''Revival series:'''<br />[[Jeremiah Krage]]<br />[[Nick Kellington]]<br />Rebecca Hyland<br />Rachelle Beinart<br />Olly Taylor<br />Berry Smith<br />Victoria Jane<br />Luisa Guerreiro
| voices             = '''Original series:'''<br />[[Toyah Willcox]]<br />[[Penelope Keith]]<br />[[John Simmit]]<br />Gary Stevenson<br />Alex Hogg<br />[[Alex Pascall]]<br />[[Rudolph Walker]]<br />[[Eric Sykes]]<br />Mark Heenehan<br />[[Sandra Dickinson]] (US)<br />[[John Schwab]] (US)<br />[[Toni Barry]] (US)<br />[[Rachael Lillis]] (US)<br />Dena Davis (US)<br />'''Revival series:'''<br />[[Jane Horrocks]]<br />[[Jim Broadbent]]<br />[[Fearne Cotton]]<br />[[Antonia Thomas]]<br />[[Teresa Gallagher]]<br />[[Rob Rackstraw]]<br />[[David Walliams]]<br />[[Rochelle Humes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/teletubbies2|title=It's time for series two of Teletubbies!|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref><br />Ralph Reay
| narrated           = '''Original series:'''<br />[[Tim Whitnall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32201894|title=Teletubbies voices revealed for new series|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=7 April 2015|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><br />Toyah Willcox (titles and credits only)<br />[[Rolf Saxon]] (US)<br />'''Revival series:'''<br />[[Daniel Rigby]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-16/from-bt-adverts-and-teletubbies-to-undercover---the-screen-journey-of-daniel-rigby|title=From BT adverts and Teletubbies to Undercover – the screen journey of Daniel Rigby|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|date=16 June 2015|last=Fullerton|first=Huw|access-date=27 May 2016|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127204747/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-16/from-bt-adverts-and-teletubbies-to-undercover---the-screen-journey-of-daniel-rigby|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />[[Antonia Thomas]] (titles and credits only)<br />[[Tituss Burgess]] (US version of 2015 reboot)
| opentheme          = "[[Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!"|Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!']]"
| composer           = Andrew McCrorie-Shand (original series)<br />Robert Hartley<br />[[BBC Philharmonic]]<br />[[Richie Webb]]<br />Matt Katz (revival series)
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| num_series         = 5 (original series)<br />4 (revival series)
| num_episodes       = 365 (original series)<br />120 (revival series)<br />Total: 485
| list_episodes      = List of Teletubbies episodes
| location           = [[Wimpstone, Warwickshire|Wimpstone]], England (1997–2001)<ref name="ourwarwickshire-org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/geology-landscape-tellytubbyland|title=The Geology and Landscape of Teletubbyland}}</ref><br />[[Twickenham Studios]], West London, England (2015–18)
| executive_producer = Anne Wood<br />David G Hillier<br />Vic Finch (original series)<br />[[Maddy Darrall]]<br />[[Billy Macqueen]] (revival series)
| runtime            = '''Original series:'''<br />25 minutes (series 1-5)<br />'''Revival series:'''<br />15 minutes (series 1-4)
| company            = '''Original series:'''<br />[[Ragdoll Productions]]<br />[[BBC]]<br />'''Revival series:'''<br />[[WildBrain|DHX Media]]<br />[[Darrall Macqueen]]<br />Ingenious
| network            = [[BBC Two]]
| network2           = [[CBeebies]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1997|03|31|df=y}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2001|02|16|df=y}}
| first_aired2       = {{Start date|2015|11|09|df=y}}
| last_aired2        = {{End date|2018|10|12|df=y}}
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'''''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bridging real world and toddler fantasy, Teletubbies reaches youngest audience|url=http://current.org/files/archive-site/ch/ch803t.html|access-date=20 May 2016|work=Current.org|date=16 February 1998|last=Everhart|first=Karen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817235434/http://current.org/files/archive-site/ch/ch803t.html|archive-date=17 August 2016}}</ref>

The series rapidly became a commercial success in Britain and abroad. It won multiple [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] awards and was nominated for two [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmys]] throughout its run.<ref name="BBC News Entertainment: Tubbies toast another three years">{{cite news|title=Tubbies toast another three years|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/287940.stm|access-date=3 June 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=1 March 1999}}</ref><ref name="bafta-2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/nominations/?year=2002|title=Past Winners and Nominees&nbsp;– Children's&nbsp;– Awards&nbsp;– 2002|publisher=[[BAFTA]]|access-date=13 January 2010}}</ref> A [[Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!"|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.<ref name="Spilsbury2012">{{cite book|author=Richard Spilsbury|title=Simon Cowell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzHagb095xgC&pg=PA16|date=1 July 2012|publisher=Heinemann Library|isbn=978-1-4329-6434-4|pages=16–}}</ref> By October 2000, the franchise generated over £1{{nbsp}}billion ({{US$|{{To USD|1|GBR|year=2011}} billion|long=no}}) in merchandise sales.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Tim |title=Innovating at the Edge |date=2012 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781136395352 |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ocABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA203}}</ref>

Though the original run ended in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/cbbc-wants-first-tenders/1177573.article|title=CBBC wants first tenders &#124; News &#124; Broadcast|publisher=Broadcast now.co.uk|date=29 June 2001|access-date=10 July 2010}}</ref> a rebooted series was green-lit in 2014.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/13/bbc-cbeebies-orders-new-teletubbies-episodes|first=Mark|last=Sweeney|title=BBC's CBeebies orders 60 new Teletubbies episodes|date=13 June 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The reboot premiered on [[CBeebies]] in the United Kingdom and on the [[Nick Jr. Channel]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teletubbies Reboot Coming to Nickelodeon|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/06/nickelodeon-gets-american-rights-for-bbc-teletubbies-reboot|date=12 June 2015|access-date=20 May 2016|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=Complex Media, Inc.|archive-date=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914130818/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/06/nickelodeon-gets-american-rights-for-bbc-teletubbies-reboot|url-status=dead}}</ref> The reboot ran for 120 episodes, with the last episode airing on the Nick Jr. Channel on 17 August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/teletubbies/listings/|title=Shows A-Z - teletubbies on nick jr &#124; TheFutonCritic.com|website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref>

The original series returned to the United States on 25 May 2016, when every episode was added to the [[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]] streaming service,<ref name="DHX"/> including episodes that had never aired in America before.