Owl Babies

Owl Babies is the 13th episode of the original series. It first aired on 16 April 1997.

Synopsis

In Teletubbyland, Laa-Laa and Dipsy decide to go for a walk together. They meet Tinky Winky and Po along the path. They all say "Eh-Oh" to one another and continue their walk. Not long after, they meet each other again over some hills. They say "Eh-Oh" to one another again and continue their walk. Then, Dipsy and Laa-Laa walk down one of the paths when they see Tinky Winky and Po walking up the other path. They say "Eh-Oh" to each other again. Then, Dipsy and Laa-Laa walk down the path and into the house through the front doors. Tinky Winky and Po walk down the hill by the windmill and into the house through the back doors. They all say "Eh-Oh" to each other inside and have a Big Hug. Then, they say "Eh-Oh" to Noo-Noo. They are glad to be home, but they don't stay long as the Magic Windmill starts spinning, so they rush outside to watch Alex Pascall share the story of the owl babies with some children at the library. Then the Teletubbies gather to do a brand new Round and Round Dance before Tubby Bye-Bye.

Featuring: Alex Pascall with Antonio Harris & Samantha Bassom

Trivia

This is one of the five episodes to use the rare window version of normal Magic Windmill animation. The first two episodes were Lambs and See-Saw (the episode preceding the previous episode), and the last two were Feeding the Chickens and The Helicopter (both aired back-to-back).
This is the first appearance of Alex Pascall.
This is the first episode where the TV event is played once.
This is the first episode to have The Round and Round Dance.
This is also the only episode where the Teletubbies are silent during The Round and Round Dance.
This is the first episode where Noo-Noo is called by his real name.
Po was the boo shouter.
Po is picked for the TV Event.
Dipsy was the missing Teletubby.
The author of Owl Babies was Martin Waddell, and the illustrator of the book was Patrick Benson, published in 1992 by Walker Books.
This is the only episode where Alex Pascall tells a story instead of singing a song.
This episode seems to have never been dubbed in French, despite not being a nursery rhyme-themed episode.