The Walking Dance

The Walking Dance is one of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode See-Saw after the Teletubbies watched The Lion and Bear for the first time.

This is one of the few dances to have an extended version with a music key change.

Plot[]

The Teletubbies arrive at the top of a hill while the drums play. When the music starts to play, Dipsy walks down the hill, then Tinky Winky and Po, and then, Laa-Laa walk down. They all walk left and right together, and then they all line up together. They start to march up and down the hill. After that, Laa-Laa calls Po, who calls Tinky Winky, who calls Dipsy to walk back up to the hill where they begin the dance. But Po, Tinky Winky, and Dipsy walk away leaving Laa-Laa behind on the hill, and the dance ends with her posing and cheering.

This dance has 3 different versions.

The 1st version is shown in the series when the Teletubbies march up and down the hill the Sun Baby shrieks, and then the Teletubbies march up and down the hill again, and the music has the key change.
The shortened version with Laa-Laa being left behind straight after the dance.
In the extended version with the key change; Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po don't leave straight away, and they all dance again.

Appearances[]

Episodes[]

UK Series (on BBC)[]

See-Saw (1st version)
Rockpool (extended version)
Shadows (shortened version)
Numbers - 3 (Version 1) (1st version)
Animals - Fish (shortened version)
Level Crossing (extended version)
The Pier (extended version)
Cat's Night Out (extended version)
Ten Little Men Finger Play (extended version)
Ducks (shortened version)
Rickshaw (extended version)

US Series (on PBS)[]

Cows and Calves (shortened version)
Numbers - 8 (shortened version)
Tennis (extended version)
Dog Training (Russia) (shortened version)
Fetching Water (Morocco) (shortened version)
Mechanical Toys (South Africa) (shortened version)

Home Media[]

Special (VHS/DVD)[]

Dance with the Teletubbies (1st version)

DVD[]

Number Fun (Australia) (Numbers - 3 (Version 1))
Animal Friends (Australia) (Ducks)

Trivia[]

This is one of the two dances where Tinky Winky carries his bag with him for an unknown reason. The other dance is the Falling Down Dance.
In See-Saw, Rockpool, Shadows, and The Pier, the Teletubbies are silent during the dance. In all the other episodes, they giggle during the dance.
See-Saw is the same version in Dance with the Teletubbies but with the flowers commenting after the dance.
In Numbers - 3 (V1), Animals - Fish and Level Crossing, the Teletubbies giggling has Mark Heenehan as Tinky Winky. From Cat's Night Out onwards to Rickshaw, their giggling was redubbed with Simon Shelton as Tinky Winky. However, in Numbers - 3 (V1), some of the giggling is cut out.
In Dance with the Teletubbies, the Teletubbies are silent during the dance until Laa-Laa cheers at the end.
In the US version of Cows and Calves, the other Teletubbies can be heard cheering when Laa-Laa poses at the end.
In the US Version of Cows and Calves, the Teletubbies sound different.