Numbers - 2

Version 1 of Numbers - 2 is the 30th episode of the original series and first aired on 9th May, 1997. Version 2 is the 128th episode and first aired on 13th January, 1998.

Plot (Version 1)

Numbers - 2 (version 1)
Number	30
Air Date	9 May 1997
Director	Vic Finch
Previous	Rolling
Next	Swimming with Stephanie

In Teletubbyland, Dipsy and Laa Laa listen to a voice trumpet sing the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill', and then they

re-enact the rhyme and roll away. The Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch some children learn about the number 2. Back in Teletubbyland, Laa Laa plays Peek a Boo and Tinky-Winky surprises her. The Magic Windmill spins for the Lion and Bear. The Teletubbies do the Running Away dance before the sun sets for Tubby Bye-Bye.

Featuring: The Children of Duncombe School, London

Plot (Version 2)

Numbers - 2 (version 2)
Number	128
Air Date	13 January 1998
Director	Nigel P Harris
Previous	Irish Dancing
Next	Giraffes

The Teletubbies listen to a voice trumpet recite the nursery rhyme 'Two Little Dickie Birds' before watching some children learning about number 2. Dipsy and Laa-Laa are eating Tubby Toast when they decide to play a game called 'Two Little Teletubbies', but the Noo-Noo tidies up the Tubby Toast while they are playing. The Teletubbies chase him around the house before the voice trumpet rises for Tubby Bye Bye.

Featuring: The Children of Duncombe School, London

Plot (US Version 1)

The Teletubbies watch some children learn about the number '2'. A magic cloud with magic powers, rains special magic flowers all over Teletubbyland.

Plot (US Version 2)

The Teletubbies Everywhere segment features Tinky Winky making two rectangles, The Noo-Noo counts two and the film from India shows children demonstrating the number 2 using: apples, babies, candles, numbers, balls, cotton candy, horses, and red buses. In Teletubbyland, the Tubbies dance a bumps-a-daisy dance. All the Teletubbies are fast asleep, when Tinky Winky wakes up and sings a loud song, which then wakes everyone else up. It's so loud that Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po run away. Then Po sings a quiet song and it sends them back to sleep again.

Trivia

• Dipsy was the boo shouter in Version 1. Po was the boo shouter in Version 2.
• Tinky Winky was the missing teletubby in Version 1. Dipsy is the missing teletubby in Version 2.
• The Jack and Jill segment from Version 1 was featured in the VHS Nursery Rhymes and the audio tape Fun with the Teletubbies.
• For some reason, in the Jack and Jill segment, the lyrics 'Jack fell down and broke his crown' were changed to 'Jack fell down, all the way down'.
• In the Chinese dub of Version 1, during the Lion and the Bear sketch, the Lion and Bear's voices are completely out of sync.
• Po is picked for the TV Event in Version 1. Dipsy is picked in Version 2.
• In Version 2, when the Tubby Bye-Bye voice trumpet rises, the Teletubbies run out of the house. This also happens in Herding Sheep, Numbers - 9 and How Things Swim. In this episode, the windmill is not spinning.

2 Objects (version 1)

• 2 Bottles
• 2 Children
• 2 Dogs
• 2 Shoes
• 2 Apples
• 2 Diggers

2 Objects (version 2)

• 2 Letters
• 2 Children
• 2 Buses
• 2 Children (again)
• 2 Children Eating Ice Cream
• 2 Dustbins

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