Teletubbies Case Study
WILDBRAIN

Teletubbies

Tubby-tastic Anniversary Celebrations for Teletubbies 25th

Winner of Drum Marketing Award for Best Music or Entertainment Campaign

Client Brief

WildBrain appointed License to PR to kick off the UK’s year-long 25th anniversary celebration for icons of British popular culture and the original disruptors of children’s television, the Teletubbies.

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Our Response

High reach PR activity spanned a Teletubbies on-stage audition on ITV’s Saturday night primetime TV show Britain’s Got Talent, costumer character visits to a celebrity family home and the London offices of BuzzFeed and LadBible, beautifully packed anniversary hampers for influencer outreach and a 25-year fact sheet to generate national press.

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The Results

  • Winner of The Drum Marketing Award for Best Music or Entertainment Campaign
  • A live TikTok video jumping on the Tuna Fish Challenge trend filmed with costume characters on-site at BGT generated 150,000 follower uplift and led to the account receiving its official blue tick status
  • Placement on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent garnered a UK broadcast audience of 5.4 million in addition to 2 million YouTube views, 27 pieces of national online coverage with a UVPM 227.6 million and social posts from presenters David Williams and Amanda Holden reaching 3.8 million
  • Celebrity home visit to Ryan Thomas and Lucy Mecklenburgh for their son’s birthday generated social coverage with a reach of 2.8 million and national press coverage in Daily Mirror online
  • Costume media visits to Buzz Feed and LadBible offices generated online and social coverage with 16.2 mill reach
  • 25 Facts for 25 Years Factsheet generated national online and broadcast coverage with over 15 mill reach
  • 321 million total campaign reach
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