On This Day - Teletubbies Premiered

 EH OH! On this day, 24 YEARS AGO, BBC's Teletubbies was born to the nation. The series which debuted on March 31st on that year served as a new era of preschool programming for both the young and the young at heart.

Created by Ragdoll Productions founders Anne Wood CBE and Andrew Davenport, music by Andrew McCrourie-Shand and narration by Tim Whitmall, Toyah Wilcox (Brum) and Rolf Saxon, plus starring the original version cast of Dave Thompson, the late Simon Shelton-Barnes, John Simmit, Nikky Smeedley (Boohbah) and OG CBeebies host Pui Fan Lee (Show Me, Show Me)

The ideas for the Teletubbies world originally came from the ideas and concepts from other such famous franchises as Power Rangers, Benny Hill and BBC veteran Monty Python's Flying Circus starring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Tery Gillian and the late Graham Chapman in the title role.

When the series first launched, people were unsure of whether or not it would do a success. The series' creators were also sentenced to court and have to appear on a few news stories (mostly from BBC News 24) to prove their innosence that the series would do well despite a few rumors that it would decrease children's lack of educational values, social skills and language learning abilities.

Luckilly, the series proved to be a huge success with two eras of the series including a 2015 reboot, a 10-minute international spinoff Teletubbies Everywhere which launched in 2002 and was included on both PBS and BBC video titles of the show, theme park appearances, live musicals/concerts and an appearance on The PaulO'Grady Show. The franchise which hits 25 next year still shows no sign of slowing down

A third season of the 2015 reboot produced by Ragdoll and BBC for Darrall Macqueen, InGenius, DHX Media and WildBrain has yet to be announced.