Teletubbies turns 25 this year, and now has a Netflix reboot on the way. What made this colourful and strange world so appealing to children – and so controversial, asks Timmy Fisher.

The Teletubbies, aired by the BBC, became a smash hit when it first aired in 1997, running until 2001. Pictured from left, characters Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po ...

The Teletubbies may be one of the most successful kids’ TV shows, but shocking scandals have spanned the history of the four colourful aliens - Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. The quartet ...

The Teletubbies are back with a brand new look. Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po will be entertaining a whole new generation of young children when they return to our screens next month, thanks ...

The smallest of the Teletubbies, though still not small by any reasonable standard, is Po at 6 feet 6 inches. The other two, Dipsy and Laa-Laa, measure up somewhere in between.

2. The Teletubbies were friends with giant, sex-crazed rabbits. As well as being home to Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, Teletubbyland was also inhabited by a number of rabbits.

Again!” But alas, Po did exactly that during Tribal Council on last night’s shocking episode of Teletubbies, and when the ballots were recast, Po was voted out of the pod by a 3-2 margin.

Teletubbies, review: 'surreal and sinister' Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po are back - but only because no one's had a better idea, says Jasper Rees By Jasper Rees 09 November 2015 • 11:16am ...