“If you thought the sex police were at their most vindictive in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, you haven’t heard about the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s attack on Tinky Winky,” one typical editorial bega ...

Tinky Winky is a 7ft 11in giant who would tower over Barney - while Po is the same height as footballer Peter Crouch IF you were a child of the 90s, the Teletubbies probably hold a special place ...

When Falwell caught wind of this craze, he targeted poor Tinky Winky and pointed out that the Teletubbies were promoting homosexuality because Tinky Winky was purple (the gay pride color), had an ...

(L-R) Po, Laa-Laa, Dipsy and Tinky-Winky cross 7th Avenue in Times Square in New York, 27 March 2007. Sad news arrived this morning (January 23): Simon Shelton, one of the actors behind ...

The actor behind the Teletubbies’ Tinky Winky character froze to death, according to family members and police. Simon Shelton Barnes, 52, collapsed on a Liverpool street and died of hypothermia.

British actor Simon Shelton, best known for playing Tinky Winky in the “Teletubbies,” has died. He was 52. Shelton — who also went by the name Simon Barnes — starred in the cult BBC ...