10/10/2024
Did you know…
Behind the scenes from the British television show, Telletubbies, which originally aired from 1997 to 2001.
In real life, the Telletubbies were actually very tall. The oldest, purple Teletubby, Tinky Winky, stood at 10 feet tall (305 cm). The red Teletubby, Po, was 6 feet 6 (198 cm) inches tall. The yellow Teletubby, Laa-Laa, was 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm). The green Teletubby, Dipsy, was 8 feet (244 cm).
The show was filmed on an incredibly large set to create the illusion that the Telletubbies were small. The location of the set was so secret that visitors had to be blindfolded. Eventually, word got out and it became known that a sloping hill on a private field in Wimpstone, Warwickshire in England was the home to "Tubbytronic Superdome". After the show ended, tourists began to flock to the iconic set.
The landowners became fed up with trespassers, stating that "it was never meant to be a tourist attraction. We had people jumping fences, crossing cattle fields and all sorts..."
They ultimately decided to flood the entire set and it has now been underwater for nearly two decades. The set is now occupied by a family of swans and freshwater fish.