    teletubbies is a british bbc children's television series targeted at pre-school viewers and produced from 31 march 1997 to 16 february 2001 by ragdoll productions. it was created by ragdoll's creative director anne wood cbe and andrew davenport, who wrote each of the show's 365 episodes. the programme's original narrator was tim whitnall. teletubbies was also aired internationally; in the united states, it was broadcast on the public broadcasting service (pbs) public television from 6 april 1998 until 19 june 2005, and would continue to air reruns until 29 august 2008, when it was pulled from the schedule. in 2002, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced, with the last episode being aired on 16 february 2001. however, a total of 365 episodes had been produced&nbsp;â enough for a full year. teletubbies, particularly notable for its high production values, rapidly became a critical and commercial success in britain and abroad and won a bafta in 1998.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/287940.stm bbc news entertainment: tubbies toast another three years teletubbies everywhere was awarded "best pre-school live action series" at the 2002 children's bafta awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/nominations/?year=2002|title=past winners and nominees
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