Series 9 premiered on Children's BBC in the UK between 15th to 26th March 1999 (except for the 252nd episode which aired on 23rd February instead).
Episodes[]
| Number | Episode | Writer | Director | Missing Teletubby | Picked for the TV event | Boo shouter | Original airdate |
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| 251 | Fruit Tasting | Andrew Davenport | Vic Finch | Laa-Laa | Dipsy | Tinky Winky | 15 March 1999 |
| Po walks along and says 'Eh-oh!' Po smelled the flowers and she liked the smell and said; "Ahhhhh!" Tinky Winky comes along and smells the flowers and wondered what Po was doing. Po smelled flowers as well as Tinky Winky. Po and Tinky Winky linked arms with Po and they smelled the flowers together before The Magic Windmill starts spinning and the Teletubbies watch some children tasting some fruit. The Teletubbies do the Dizzy Dance before the Magic Windmill spins; the Teletubbies say; 'Uh-oh!' and the Magic Windmill stops spinning for Tubby Bye Bye.
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| 252 | Colours - Yellow | Andrew Davenport | Andrew Davenport | Po | Laa-Laa | Laa-Laa | 23 February 1999 |
| Tinky Winky listens to a Voice Trumpet say "Yellow". And then a cloud appeared and turned sunny yellow. The Windmill starting spinning and the cloud disappeared. Laa Laa and the other Teletubbies watch some children learn about the colour yellow. In Teletubbyland, the clouds appears, and they turn into sheep and came to down below before they wonder off. Also, Little Bo Peep appeared before the Magic Windmill stopped spinning and it was time for Tubby Bye-Bye.
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| 253 | Sing a Song of Sixpence | Andrew Davenport | Vic Finch | Tinky Winky | Tinky Winky | Po | 17 March 1999 |
| A voice trumpet appears and counts to six, then the Magic Windmill started to spin. Laa-Laa said "Uh-oh!" and rushes off to get the other Teletubbies and watched a video about singing of sixpence. The Teletubbies also sing too, then the Magic Windmill started to spin again. They said "Uh-oh!" and went to see the magical event of The Singing Man in the Pink House. The Magic Windmill stops spinning and the Teletubbies go to take part in the Tubby Bye Bye sequence.
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| 254 | Caterpillars | Andrew Davenport | Paul Gawith | Dipsy | Po | Dipsy | 18 March 1999 |
| Children learn about caterpillars, and a magical book shows Po how to count.
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| 255 | Mark-Making Pictures | Andrew Davenport | Paul Gawith | Po | Laa-Laa | Tinky Winky | 19 March 1999 |
| The Teletubbies watch as some children layout a large piece of paper on the floor and put paint into trays. One child puts on some boots and treads in the paint. Then she walks on the paper. Another child uses a broom and a mop to make different marks. The children use balls, balloons and all other objects to make marks on the paper. All the Teletubbies are very busy with their favorite things. Tinky Winky is marching with his bag, Dipsy is dancing in his hat, Laa-Laa is playing with her ball and Po is riding her scooter. Then clouds appear in the sky. The Teletubbies sit down to watch the clouds. They see big fluffy clouds and long wispy clouds. Then, the Teletubbies see clouds that look like Tinky Winky's bag, Dipsy's hat, Laa-Laa's ball and Po's scooter.The "Tubby Bye-Bye" sequence takes place before The Baby Sun sets.
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| 256 | Clockwork | Andrew Davenport | Paul Gawith | Laa-Laa | Po | Tinky Winky | 22 March 1999 |
| In Teletubbyland, the Teletubbies' favourite things appear, then the Teletubbies play with their favourite things after they appear. Then, the Magic Windmill spins, and the Teletubbies leaves their favourite things to where they were before they run off to watch some children learn about some clockwork. After watching some children about some clockwork, The Teletubbies pretend to be clockwork robots. After that, The Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies run off and they see The Magic Tree appearing in Teletubbyland. The tree loses its leaves and it disappears before the Magic Windmill stops spinning. The Tubby Bye-Bye sequence takes place.
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| 257 | Mary Had a Little Lamb | Andrew Davenport | Paul Gawith | Tinky Winky | Dipsy | Po | 23 March 1999 |
| The Teletubbies walk quickly across Teletubbyland before the Magic Windmill spins and children act out the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. Po follows Tinky Winky all over Teletubbyland, The Magic Windmill spins again and the Teletubbies see the Animal Parade (with elephant trumpet sound) before the Magic Windmill stops spinning and it is time for Tubby Bye Bye.
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| 258 | Guess Who I Am | Andrew Davenport | Martin Scott | Dipsy | Laa-Laa | Laa-Laa | 24 March 1999 |
| Dipsy and Laa Laa listen to a voice trumpet make a 'ROAR!' noise and they run away around the House. The Teletubbies watch some children pretending to be animals. Tinky Winky listen to a voice trumpet make a 'ROAR!' noise and he runs away around the House, when the voice trumpet goes down Tinky Winky runs away and Noo Noo zooms around the House. Po comes down the slide and Tinky Winky comes back with Dipsy and Laa Laa, the voice trumpet rises up again and make the 'ROAR!' noise, instead of running away Po copies the noise until the voice trumpet goes down, all the Teletubbies have a Big Hug.
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| 259 | Hedgehogs | Andrew Davenport | Andrew Davenport | Po | Tinky Winky | Dipsy | 25 March 1999 |
| The Teletubbies watch a young boy whose mum and dad look after poorly hedgehogs. The Teletubbies do the stamping and stepping dance before the Magic Windmill Spins. Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep. After she searched for her sheep, she and her sheep float away into the sky, as The Magic Windmill stops spinning, and the Baby Sun sets.
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| 260 | Boots | Andrew Davenport | Paul Gawith | Tinky Winky | Po | Laa-Laa | 26 March 1999 |
| Tinky-Winky jumps indoors. Then the Teletubbies watch some children having fun wearing their boots. They put them on and stamp in them. Their friend Nick, the gardener, explains how he always wears his boots in the garden. When they were finished, they washed their boots with a hose. Later, a pair of boots appear in Teletubbyland. Tinky-Winky tries them on and goes for a walk. Po tries the boots on, but they're too big. So Tinky-Winky shows Po his special "boots" dance.
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