2. British Television Show
Television show geared towards pre-school children
ages 1-4
Brightly colored characters
Tinky-Winky
He is purple
Dipsy
He is green
Laa Laa
She is yellow
Po
She is red
3. My Personal Opinions…
Was a show that was on television when I was that age
Interesting to small children
Catch the attention of small children
Based on the content I can understand why children
would be interested
4. The Main Theme
The Teletubbies play and
interact like small children
They watch television on their tummies
They also communicate in the same
way that small children do
5. The Critics
“The observation that there has never
been a more infantile show than
Teletubbies.”
Teletubbies has been used for educational purposes.
“Introducing Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po into a classroom
environment can have an "electrifying" effect on
youngsters, according to an education expert at
Sheffield Hallam University.”
Teletubbies created an exercise video
6. The Authors
There are two authors of the Teletubbies Anne Wood
and Andrew Davenport
Anne Wood was an editor for Scholastic Publications
of their Children’s Book Club
Andrew Davenport was the president of the Drama
Society University College London and later began
working with the development of children
7. Effects On the Culture
Experiment conducted with two control
groups
One group was introduced to the Teletubbies
One group was not introduced to the Teletubbies
“Almost every child who joined in the Teletubbies activities
talked about how the programme related to their home
lives. They would talk animatedly about their favourite
character, which videos they owned and the other
Teletubby merchandise they had or had seen.”