Teletubbies turns 25 this year, and now has a new Netflix reboot on the way. What made this colourful and strange world so appealing to children – and so controversial, asks Timmy Fisher. In March ...

‘Teletubbies,” the occasionally maligned though very popular children’s series about four alien-like creatures with TV screens in their bellies, will return in January with segments pushing diversity.

Think back to the golden days of your childhood. Life was easy, the days were filled with juice boxes and Goldfish crackers, and there was a calming voice playing constantly in your ear, saying, “Time ...