- Teletubbies is the most popular entertainment brand among 0-2 year olds in the UK.
- Knowledge reaches 84%, above Peppa Pig, who has 80%.
- The reappearance of one of the characters has revived interest in the children’s program.
One of the most iconic series for the youngest children born at the end of the 90s was the mythical teletubbies.
The British series, which aired between 1997 and 2000 and was broadcast on the BBC, crossed the borders of the world, marking an entire generation.
In Latin America, it became one of the most relevant children’s programs of an entire decade, despite the fact that after the four seasons it was on the air, only reproductions were broadcast.
Although the characters of the series were the giant dolls with bright colors and clumsy movements, Inky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Pothere was a fifth protagonist who only smiled and made a few gestures, but who was a magnet for the little ones: the sun.
That character, a baby then, today is a 26-year-old woman whose image has gone viral.
Teletubbies: who is now the “baby sun”
Today’s “baby Sun” is a 26-year-old girl named Jessica Smith.
She was born in Great Britain and moved to New Zealand, where she studies dance at the University of Canterbury.
According to the British media, Smith was born in 1995 and was seen by the show’s producers when she was one year old and in a London hospital.
They were captivated by her radiant smile and blue eyes and decided to use her likeness for the series.
The reappearance of Smith the “brand” came to mind teletubbies” to the fans of the series, who have once again talked about the characters on social networks.
You have to remember that simon shelton gave life to the voice of Tinky Winkythe largest and tallest teletubbie. Jon Simmitmeanwhile, made the voice of the sarcastic dipsy; Nikky Smedley was the delicate laa-laa; and Pui Fan Lea, the little one Po.
In each of the chapters, “Teletubbies” they cooked, danced, played and walked the meadow under a baby-faced sun: Jessica Smith.
The “fake” sun from the Teletubbies
According to the British media, to achieve the contagious smile of the little girl, they put a mirror in front of her with a camera behind her, while the father, Bill SmithHe entertained her with toys.
In social networks, the now 26-year-old woman says that for years she was ashamed to say that she was the baby of the “Teletubbies”And that’s why I didn’t talk about it with anyone.
Not until 2014, when he turned 19, that he revealed his past as a TV superstar to his friends.
For many years, an American actress also called Jessica Smith said to be the “Baby Sun”. But that wasn’t true. “I’m not sure why she claims to be or why people think so. For her age she would have been over 10 years old when Teletubbies was filmed, and she doesn’t look like the baby,” she told the real Jess Smith.
With the idea of verifying that she is who she says she is, the Englishwoman published on Facebook a documentation that her parents have from 1996. There she says that she had been selected for the role.
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