The Teletubbies Will Now Have Touch Screens In Their Stomachs!

The Teletubbies are back and they're a little different! They have touch screens on their stomachs to cater for the digital generation.

Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po will be back on the BBC later this year nearly 20 years after they first emerged from the Teletubbies house.

The four still have antennas on their heads but the familiar TV screens have been replaced by “21st century touch screen tummies” in the first image from the new series that was unveiled. The screens will be used to broadcast live action films, from a child's perspective.

The show will return with an all-star cast of voices including Harry Potter star Jim Broadbent and former Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton, with Jane Horrocks voicing a mobile-style phone.

Producers said the Teletubbies had been “subtly updated to cater for today’s pre-schoolers” and had retained their “loveable, huggable distinctive features”.

Teletubbyland and Home Hill "have been visually enriched" and now feature an eco-friendly windmill crafted from natural materials and flowers that viewers will see grow from buds in to fully fledged blooms.

The original show, which began in 1997, was seen by an estimated 1 billion children in more than 100 countries.

With a mixture of live acting and CGI, the producers intend to update the show for the iPad generation.

And in case you're feeling nostalgic (who isn't!?), here's their number one single called Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!' from December 1997.