Five Voice Trumpets rise outside the house and they start making ticking noises. The Teletubbies run outside to see. Then, the Windmill starts spinning. They watch some children dancing while King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys sing Hickory Dickory Dock. Back in Teletubbyland, Po is making some adjustments and then Tinky Winky slides into the house. A voice trumpet appears and recites ''Hickory Dickory Dock''. Tinky Winky and Po laugh as they act out the nursery rhyme. Tinky Winky pretends to be the mouse and goes up the slide, Po pulls a lever and a big bell rings, and then Tinky Winky comes back down. When the voice trumpet says: ''The clock struck eight'', Po pulls the lever eight times and Tinky Winky goes up and down the slide eight times. After that, Tinky Winky and Po bump bottoms and tummies while saying, "Hickory Dickory Dock!" Then, the Magic Windmill starts to spin and the Teletubbies watch the Magic Tree before Tubby Bye-Bye.
Featuring: King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, The Pupils of Chuckery Infants School, Walsall.
Trivia
- All the segments in this episode were featured in the VHS Nursery Rhymes. However, the beginning of the scene where Tinky Winky and Po play Hickory Dickory Dock is shortened with the scene of Po making adjustments on her own at the beginning removed. Also, the shot of Tinky Winky and Po sharing a big hug at the end was replaced with a shot of Home Hill.
- This is the last appearance of King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys and the Pupils of Chuckery Infant School.
- Laa-Laa is the missing teletubby.
- Po is the boo shouter.
- The video segment in this episode was filmed at Chuckery Schools (now known as Chuckery Primary School) in Walsall, England.
- This is the only episode Mark Skirving wears a black double-breasted suit.
- The scene with the Voice Trumpets making ticking sounds is the same shot from the intro.
- This is the last appearance of Mark Skirving and Danny McCormack.
- Near the end of the video segment, a clock is shown on a wall at the Chuckery School.
- The production for the video segment in this episode took place in 1996.
- The chimes that were used in the episode were the Big Ben chimes in London.
- The German version of this episode has a different title with a different TV Event.
- The Dutch version has a different TV Event.
- This is also the last episode to feature the Original windmill animation seen in the intro in a new Teletubbyland segment. Although the Original animation was no longer shown in new segments for the rest of the show until the end of the series in 2001, the Original animation of The Magic Windmill continued to appear sometimes in stock footage episodes until 1998, consisted of Drumming with Norris, Feeding the Monkeys, Making Lanterns, and Mark and Topus being the last four episodes to feature the Original Windmill animation in a Teletubbyland segment.
- Tinky Winky is the chosen Teletubby for the TV Event.
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