Teletubbies back with touch-screen tums

The remake is due to air on CBeebies later this year, almost 20 years after the characters first arrived on TV screens.

The remake is due to air on CBeebies later this year, almost 20 years after the characters first arrived on TV screens.

Published Jun 3, 2015

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London - The comeback Teletubbies have been revealed - complete with touch-screens on their stomachs.

The classic show is returning, almost 20 years after Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po made their debut - with TV screens on their fronts.

Now the creatures - famous for their Eh-oh! catchphrase - still have antennae on their heads, but the TVs have been replaced by “21st-century touch-screen tummies”.

The screens will be used to broadcast live-action films, from a child’s perspective. Teletubbyland and Home Hill “have been visually enriched” and now feature an eco-friendly windmill crafted from natural materials and flowers that viewers will see grow from buds to blooms.

Harry Potter star Jim Broadbent and presenter Fearne Cotton were previously announced as the new voice cast.

Broadbent and Cotton will be heard coming through the voice trumpets that pop out of the ground in the CBeebies remake, airing this year.

Jane Horrocks will voice a mobile-style phone in the pre-school series.

Eric And Ernie actor Daniel Rigby narrates, while Antonia Thomas voices the opening and closing lines.

The original show was seen by around one billion children in more than 100 countries after it was launched in 1997.

Daily Mail

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