When one hears Teletubbies and "the greatest horror show of all time" in the same sentence, one is likely to believe — and not entirely incorrectly — that the entire series absolutely fits that bill.

Canadian firm DHX Media has acquired Ragdoll Worldwide, owner of the Teletubbies and In The Night Garden, for £17.4m. The stockmarket-listed DHX, which owns brands including Inspector Gadget, is ...

The BBC wanted a new show for pre-schoolers and asked our company, Ragdoll, to pitch. We were interested in how children were reacting to the increasingly technological environment of the late 1990s.