Teletubbies is still wildly popular on YouTube where DHX estimates that episodes and clips of the program received about 40 million views worldwide in May through both its official channel and videos posted by other users.
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When it first aired, Teletubbies was one of the rare live-action children’s television shows that crept into the mainstream consciousness with a line of plush toys, a top-selling series of VHS tapes, and a song that reached Number One on the U.K. We think there are some really interesting creative opportunities on that front as we develop new Teletubbies,” DeNure said. “For a kid watching that now, it’s no longer a television, it’s a screen you can hold in your hand. The original Teletubbies had TVs in their tummies.
He said the proliferation of touch-screen technology in homes changes some of the dynamics between the characters.
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Other changes will update the characters too, though DeNure wouldn’t offer many hints. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t released. The new shows, which are being produced for BBC’s CBeebies channel, should be ready for air in the UK and elsewhere by the end of 2015. Jerry Falwell who cited purple, purse-toting Tinky Winky for “role modelling the gay lifestyle.”įalwell’s comments led both the BBC and the show’s production company to issue statements denouncing the suggestions. In the late ‘90s Teletubbies drew the ire of American fundamentalist preacher Rev. “We thought about recreating that, but dismissed it relatively early,” DeNure said. The original episodes were filmed outdoors at a farm in England, but after the series wrapped production several years ago, the Teletubbies house was torn down and replaced with a pond. There is an ineffable quality about the Teletubbies that’s just a little hard to put your finger on.” “For us, it’s really about updating the episodes and extending the series and making beautiful new episodes that take advantage of today’s technology. “It will be wide screen and HD which is something audiences expect now and we’ll be using some production techniques that were used on big films like the Harry Potter series or the Lord of the Rings series using blue screen technology to kind of enhance the magic world that the Teletubbies live in all in an effort to recreate in a modern way what the Teletubbies looked like when it was shot on a real set in a farmer’s field. “The characters are going to be the same we may do a little bit more (computer-generated) enhancements to the faces, but it’s going to be pretty subtle. Giggly moppets Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po will star, as they do in the 365 existing episodes of the program which launched in 1997, but with fresher visages, said DHX president and COO Steven DeNure.
has announced plans to produce 60 new episodes of the popular British children’s show it acquired last fall.
It was really weird seeing her on television.Preschoolers will be delighted to learn - the Teletubbies is getting a makeover. We didn’t hear anything until we got a letter when she was 18 months old saying she’d been picked. Her mother, Anji Smith, previously revealed: "They just sat her in front of a camera and she just laughed and smiled at her dad. Her chance at fame came shortly after she was born in 1996 when a health visitor at the hospital put her name forward to a production company who were scouting out smiley babies. So what has she been up to since then? Well, the young lady spoke to newspapers back in 2014 after revealing on Facebook that she was the mysterious baby.Īt the time, Jess was 19 and had just started studying dance education student at Canterbury Christ Church University.Īccording to the blonde beauty, she made the decision to tell people during her first week at uni, when they all had to say something about themselves that no one else would guess. Guest Holly Willoughby was asked by presenters Matt Baker and Michelle Ackerley to pick the laughing tot out of the audience.Ĭonfident in her choice, the presenter appeared to head straight for Jess but picked a man standing two rows behind her! She's now 21-years-old and made a rare television appearance on The One Show this week, where they celebrated the programme's 20th anniversary. Well, her name is Jess Smith, and she has grown up A LOT since her time on the show.
Yes, that cute (albeit creepy) giggling bundle of joy that lit up the skies of Teletubby land? WATCH! Holly Willougby Gets A Cheeky Pat On The Bum From This Tellytubby!
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