Teletubbies
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Teletubbies was a television programme for very young children that was popular in the United Kingdom on Earth in the late 20th and early 21st century.
In 1997, Mark Whitaker saw a Woolworths with a cardboard cut-out of a Tellytubby outside it. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)
The Saxon Master, after his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, watched an episode of Teletubbies in wonderment, marvelling at the idea of the characters having televisions in their stomachs. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
Craig Atkins watched the programme. (PROSE: Bide-a-Wee)
Luke Tillyard used to watch the programme in his youth. (PROSE: Salva Mea)
Behind the scenes
- The Teletubbies scene in The Sound of Drums echoed a scene in The Sea Devils in which the Master enjoyed an episode of Clangers.
- John Schwab, Rudolph Walker, Jeremiah Krage and Jim Broadbent appeared in the series.
- The episode the Master watches is Numbers - 1 first broadcast on 10 April 1997.
