The Walking Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Walking Dance** is the one of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode Seesaw Margery Daw.

This is one of the few dances that has an extended version with a music key change D Major and E Major.

## Plot

The Teletubbies arrive at the top of a hill while the drums play. When the music starts to play, Dipsy walks down the hill, then Tinky Winky and Po, then Laa Laa walks down. They all walk left and right together, then they all line up together. They start to march up and down the hill. After that, Laa Laa calls Po who calls Tinky Winky who calls Dipsy to walk back up to the hill where they began the dance. But Po, Tinky Winky, and Dipsy walk away leaving Laa Laa behind on the hill and the dance ends with her posing, and cheering. This dance has 3 different versions.

* The extended version with the key change, Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Po don't leave straight away and they all do the dance again.
* The shortened version with Laa-Laa being left behind straight after the dance.
* The first version shown in the series, when the Teletubbies march up and down the hill the Sun Baby shrieks and then the Teletubbies march up and down the hill again and the music has the key change.

## Episodes that it appears in

* The Grand Old Duke of York (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* See-Saw Margery Daw (UK Original Version) (1st version)
* Emily and Jester (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Rockpool (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Shadows (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)**
* Numbers: 3 (Version 1) (UK Original Version) (1st version)
* Guessing Game (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Animals: Fish (UK Original Version) **(shortened version)**
* Walking the Dog (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Pancakes (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Level Crossing (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Becky and Jed Finding Eggs (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Drumming with Norris (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Turban (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Dentist (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Playing with Dough (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* The Pier (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Numbers: 5 (Version 3) (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Boom Boom Dance (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Basketball (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Jigsaw: Elephant (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Double Bass (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Cat's Night Out (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* Ten Little Men Finger Play (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* Apple Pie (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Hide and Seek (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Ducks (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)**
* Mum's Portrait (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* This is Our Park (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Our Story (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Rickshaw (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Itsy Bitsy Spider **(extended version)**
* Flying Kart **(extended version)**
* Naughty Sausage Returns **(shortened version)**
* Crocodiles (1st version)
* Jigsaw: Fox **(shortened version)**
* Walking with My Son **(extended version)**
* Dancing with Debbie **(shortened version)**
* Our Hamster Alice **(extended version)**
* Ropes Course (1st version)
* Running Through The Field **(shortened version)**
* Sparkly Unicorn **(extended version)**
* Macaroni & Cheese **(shortened version)**
* Feeding the Kittens **(shortened version)**
* The Cat and The Rabbit **(extended version)**
* Cutting the Paper **(extended version)**
* Making Vending Machine (1st version)
* Sparkly Spider Returns **(shortened version)**
* Science Fiction **(extended version)**
* Dance with the Teletubbies [Video] **(1st version)**

## Trivia

* This is one of the two dances where Tinky Winky carries his bag with him for an unknown reason. The other dance is the Falling Down Dance.
* In Seesaw Margery Daw, Rockpool, Shadows, The Pier and Science Fiction, the Teletubbies are silent during the dance. In all the other episodes they giggle during the dance.
* In Numbers: 3 (Version 1), Animals: Fish and Level Crossing, the Teletubbies giggling has Mark Heenehan as Tinky Winky. From Cat's Night Out onwards to Rickshaw, their giggling was redubbed with Simon Shelton as Tinky Winky. However in Numbers: 3 (Version 1), some of the giggling is cut out.
* In Seesaw Margery Daw and Crocodiles, the Sun Baby giggles and the Magic Windmill stops spinning after the dance.
* In Rockpool, Level Crossing, The Pier, Cat's Night Out, Ten Little Men Finger Play, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jigsaw: Fox, Dancing with Debbie, Our Hamster Alice, Sparkly Unicorn, Feeding the Kittens, The Cat and The Rabbit and Science Fiction after the dance, the Baby Sun giggles for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* In Shadows, Numbers: 3 (Version 1), Animals - Fish, Flying Kart, Naughty Sausage Returns, Walking with My Son, Ropes Course, Macaroni & Cheese, Cutting the Paper, Making Vending Machine and Sparkly Spider Returns, the camera cuts to Tubby Bye-Bye after Laa-Laa poses at the end.
* In Ducks, the camera cuts to the sun baby giggling and then it shows a rabbit shot and goes straight to the Windmill spinning right away for the magical event which is Little Bo Peep.
* In Flying Kart, Naughty Sausage Returns, Jigsaw: Fox, Dancing with Debbie, Walking with My Son, Macaroni & Cheese, Feeding the Kittens and Sparkly Spider Returns, the ending is longer.
* In Running Through The Field, the Teletubbies do the dance before watching The Magic House.
* During this dance in the UK Version of Feeding the Kittens, the Teletubbies sound different.