Reasons why Teletubbies was Banned

Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Ragdoll Productions' Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for BBC. The programme focuses on four multi-coloured creatures known as "Teletubbies", named after the television screens implanted in their abdomens. 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.

The programme takes place in a grassy, floral landscape populated by rabbits with bird calls audible in the background. The main shelter of the four Teletubbies is an earth house known as the "Tubbytronic Superdome" implanted in the ground and accessed through a hole at the top or an especially large semicircular door at the dome's foot.

The Teletubbies co-exist with a number of strange contraptions such as the Noo-noo, the group's anthropomorphic bluevacuum cleaner , and the Voice Trumpets. The show's colourful, psychedelic setting was designed specifically to appeal to the attention spans of infants and unlock different sections of the mind while also educating young children of transitions that can be expected in life.


The main characters: Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, and Tinky Winky.

The Teletubbies Story:

Opening theme: "Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!'"

The Teletubbies were friends with giant, sex-crazed rabbits. As well as being home to Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, Teletubbyland was also inhabited by a number of rabbits. But because the Teletubbycostumes were so big, to keep everything looking to scale, the animals used needed to be a species of giant rabbit.

The Teletubbies are in a fun make-believe land where their every action is watched by Big Baby, their diet is strictly limited, their movements are controlled by sinister voice trumpets rising from the ground.

Apart from the Teletubbies, the Noo-noo, the baby sun and the voice trumpets, the only living things in Teletubbyland are rabbits and, if their calls are to be believed, birds.

They have an ample supply of rabbits and greens outside. Although possibly they’re scared of the mutant rabbits and wary of the strychnine-covered grass. And their jolly jailer, the Noo-noo, won’t permit anything else.
Why did Teletubbies get banned?

There were a couple of reasons: Apparently the fact that the purple teletubby, Tinky Winky, carries a handbag is enough to see the show banned. State-controlled public TV said the government's Children's Rights Spokesman believes the BBC show is “gay propaganda

The biggest of all, Tinky Winky's purple represents the gay pride and his antenna the triangle depicts the Holy Trinity of Christendom. It also describes various rituals and traditions of the world. It also represents the womb of a female which is a symbol of life on earth.

A new series has returned to live TV in the US on Pluto TV on 1 May 2019.

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