Wheels On The Bus: The Grand Old Duke Of York [VHS]

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In Dog Kennel, and the PBS Rerun Version of Flower Festival, the Magic Windmill stops spinning, but then it goes to The Tip Toe Dance. This is the first episode to feature a voice trumpet segment and the first to feature a nursery rhyme. This is also the first time that the voice trumpet sings. In Drumming (Taiwan) (Pledge Drive Version), the scene of the Teletubbies running off to their destination is cut out. The Teletubbies join in a game when a voice trumpet sings the Grand Old Duke of York. The Magic Windmill spins and the Teletubbies watch as Po gets a musical transmission featuring King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys singing The Grand Old Duke of York. Then the Teletubbies head to the path to do The Stamping and Stepping Dance, as they march down the path.

A third theory centres around King James II, who was formerly known as the Duke of York. In 1688 he marched troops to Salisbury Plain to resist the invasion of William of Orange, but he had to retreat when his men started to defect. In The Grand Old Duke of York, and the PBS Pledge Drive Version of Drumming (Taiwan), the scene of the Teletubbies running off to their destination is cut out.

This reflects the story of all three dukes trying to overcome something but ending up right where they started, but particularly Richard, Duke of York in the Battle of Wakefield and Wars of the Roses. How many men did the Grand Old Duke of York have?

This is also the first episode with The Magic House, as well as the first episode where the Puppet Man sings in the top left window.

In Our Pig Winnie, The Grand Old Duke of York, and Numbers 2 (V1), the scene of the Teletubbies running off to their destination is cut out.