The Beach

The Beach is the 28th episode of the original series. It first aired on 7th May 1997.

Plot

The Teletubbies are in the Home Hill eating their tubby toast until they hear a Voice Trumpet play the sound of the sea. This makes them imitate it. Then, The Magic Windmill spins, and the Teletubbies watch some children playing on the beach with a dog named Jesso and a beach ball. Later, the wind blows Dipsy's hat away, however, it is soon found by Laa-Laa. Then, the Teletubbies do the Splashing Dance before Tubby Bye-Bye.

Featuring: Thomas & Jonathan Becker, Natasha Marshall and Zoe Robinson

Plot (US Version)

The Teletubbies are in the Home Hill, eating their tubby toast, until they hear a Voice Trumpet play the sound of the sea and they imitate it. The Magic Windmill spins, and the Teletubbies watch some children playing on the beach with a dog named Gasso and a beach ball. Meanwhile, the Magic Windmill starts spinning again, and this time they go watch The Three Ships sail through Teletubbyland. Later, the wind blows Dipsy's hat away, however, it is soon found by Laa-Laa. The Teletubbies then do The Splashing Dance before the Tubby Bye-Bye sequence.

Goofs

When Laa-Laa gives the hat to Dipsy, the windmill is not spinning, and the Tubbytronic Superdome's doors are open.
After Po falls over from crashing into a tree on her scooter, her jingling noises are not heard when she kicks her legs.
After the voice trumpet disappeared, the hole was still present until the Teletubbies got up and left. The hole suddenly disappearing is due to the use of stock footage.
In the scene after the voice trumpet rises from the hole, a wire can be seen just next to it.

Trivia

The US Version of this episode has the Magical Event with The Three Ships sailing through Teletubbyland. The UK Version has no Magical Event.
The US Version of The Beach aired on August 6, 1999.
Stock footage from Ned's Bicycle is used. It comes after the Teletubbies look at the Windmill, say: "Uh-Oh" and the scene where they run out of the house is used.
Both the Beach video and the Where's Dipsy's Hat segment were featured in the VHS Here Come the Teletubbies. But for some unknown reason, the Where's Dipsy's Hat segment was removed from the US Version.
This is the only episode in the original series where the Teletubbies kiss; Tinky Winky kisses Laa-Laa on the lips. Dipsy and Laa-Laa kiss each other on the lips as well.
Po was the boo shouter in the UK Version. Laa-Laa is the boo shouter in the US Version.
Tinky Winky is picked for the TV Event.
Laa-Laa was the missing Teletubby in the UK Version. Po was the missing Teletubby in the US Version.
This is the very first episode to include the Home Hill 3 opening shot. But it is the short version. The full one was in the episode Bubbles.
On the website 2001-2004 at pbskids.org, it was Dipsy who had the TV Transmission of The Beach. In the episode, it was Tinky Winky who had it.