July 2, 2006
WTF?¿?¿?
From the UK Sun Online:It's the Tehran TubbiesLike I said -- WTF I remember when the show first came out the BBC discovered that there were two major demographics. The first was pre-school children; the second was crashing ravers. The show was broadcast in the morning so it was perfect for pre-schoolers and druggies pulling all-nighters. What makes it so popular with the Iranian culture? Posted by DaveH at July 2, 2006 11:15 PM
IRAN has gone absolutely Laa-Laa over the Teletubbies — and bought the kiddies’ TV show from the BBC.
The Mullahs in Tehran are lapping up Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po’s adventures.
BBC Worldwide said yesterday the main TV station — the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting — has bought 65 episodes and experts are dubbing them into Farsi, the national language.
A spokesman said: “It’s taking a long time to translate, as you can imagine.”
The deal comes as Iran faces pressure over its nuclear expansion programme — amid fears it plans to develop a bomb.
The first shows are expected to go out before Ramadan this year.
The Teletubbies celebrate their tenth anniversary this year. As well as Iran, the Beeb has licensed a Teletubbies “Edutainment centre” and a Teletubbies Play and Development centre at Dongguan and Shenzhen in China.
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Dang it! I've got coffee all over the monitor now.
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