Teletubbies: how a show for toddlers enchanted a generation of adults
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As Netflix announces the return of Teletubbies, we look back at the Nineties phenomenon that lured in pre-schoolers as well as grown-ups
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How we made: Teletubbies, Children's TV
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What your favorite PBS Kids show growing up says about you now #pbskid
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Teletubbies' Enchanting Journey, Children's story
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Gender confusion? It's all in the minds of confused adults. - Julie Tarney
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Teletubbies: how a show for toddlers enchanted a generation of adults
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7 Times the Teletubbies Made TV a Much Weirder Place
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A magical, vibrant, fantasy world': the joyous kids' TV show revolutionising disability onscreen, Television
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