Wednesday, 7. January 2004
Topic: - on January 7, 2004 at 5:37:00 PM CET
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US gets fit to the Boohbah beat
WHEN she introduced four podgy, TV-obsessed characters with no discernible language skills to Britain’s toddlers in 1996, there was a storm of controversy.
Her creation, the children’s television hit Teletubbies, was even denounced by the then education minister, Stephen Byers, who claimed it was responsible for dumbing down the nation. Parents and educationalists alike feared it would have a negative effect on the linguistic development of its intended audience - children aged six months to three years.
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