Teletubbies company faces actors' boycott

The company behind hit shows including Teletubbies could face an actors’ boycott by Equity over claims it used unfair contracts, the union Equity said today.

Ragdoll, which makes children’s television series such as Rosie and Jim and Brum, does not use the contracts agreed by other programme-makers and Equity, and the union said it could mean performers were missing out.