The Running Away Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Running Away Dance** is the one of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode Numbers: 1 (Version 1). The Teletubbies do this dance around some hills near the house.

## Plot

All the Teletubbies meet at the hills. Po starts running back and forth. Then all the Teletubbies run away in different directions and then back again. Then they pretend to pant. Tinky Winky and Po run past Laa Laa and Dipsy, then Tinky Winky and Laa Laa bump tummies and so do Dipsy and Po. Then they pretend to pant again and run past each other and pant again. Then they run up to a hill and they all spin round and round together and the dance ends. This is one of the few dances with an extended version. But in this dance the music changes key throughout the dance. It's very rare that the Teletubbies do this dance just once.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Numbers: 1 (Version 1) (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* See-Saw Margery Daw (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Owl Babies (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Balancing (UK Original & 2nd Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* Numbers: 2 (Version 1) (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Naughty Cloud (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Digging in the Sand for Worms (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Naughty Bee (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Becky and Jed Finding Eggs (UK Original Version) **(shortened version)**
* Irish Dancing (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Finding Chocolate Eggs (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Football (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Numbers: 7 (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Fox Cubs (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Making Music (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Animal Rhythms (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Gold and Silver (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Baby Elephant (UK Original Version) **(shortened version)**
* Grandad's Motorbike (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* My Favorite Food **(extended version)**
* Making Noodles **(extended version)**
* Money & Coins **(shortened version)**
* Skateboarding **(extended version)**
* Let's Swing **(shortened version)**
* Earthworms **(extended version)**
* Meals Shop **(shortened version)**
* Climbing Up and Sliding Down **(extended version)**
* Jigsaw: Hedgehog **(shortened version)**
* Dance with the Teletubbies [Video] **(extended version)**

## Trivia

* Becky and Jed Finding Eggs, Baby Elephant, My Favorite Food, Money & Coins, Let's Swing, Meals Shop and Jigsaw: Hedgehog are the only episodes where the Teetubbies giggle during the dance. In fact, six episodes are the only episodes to feature the shortened version of The Running Away Dance.
* In Numbers: 1 (Version 1), Balancing, Numbers: 2 (Version 1), Naughty Cloud, Earthworms, Climbing Up and Sliding Down and Dance with the Teletubbies, the Teletubbies don't cheer after they complete the dance.
* In Numbers: 2 (Version 1), Naughty Cloud, Naughty Bee, Becky and Jed Finding Eggs, Baby Elephant, My Favorite Food, Money & Coins, Earthworms, Let's Swing, Meals Shop and Jigsaw: Hedgehog, after the dance, the Baby Sun giggles for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* In Skateboarding and Climbing Up and Sliding Down, the Windmill starts spinning for the Magical Event.
* In Balancing and Making Noodles, the windmill spins for a TV Event after the dance ends.