The British pre-school children’s television programme Teletubbies was made by Ragdoll Productions for BBC and first screened from 1997-2001. To my delight it was announced at the end of September that the series will return later this year, now produced by DHX Media.

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson began making puppet series for British television in the 1950s, and by the end of the 1960s, their company had made Supercar , Fireball XL5 , Stingray , Thunderbirds , Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Joe 90 . Anderson’s last puppet series of the decade was The Secret Service , blending live action with