The duke in question has been argued to be Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), whose forces were outnumbered and defeated at the Battle of Wakefield in northern England, on 30 December 1460.

The Video Collection children's trailer from 1993 with clips of "Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends", "Rosie and Jim", "Tots TV", and "The Wind in the Willows". 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.

The lyrics of ‘Grand Old Duke’ have come to stand for futile and useless military (or general) action. The men are marched up, then down, and the only thing to be said of it is that once they were up there, they were “up”, and once they were down again, they were “down”. Nothing else was achieved. Cat's Night Out (US Original PBS Version and US Rerun Version) (Bottom Left Window Sketch in the US Original PBS Version, Bottom Right Window Sketch in the US Rerun Version)

In Drumming (Taiwan) (Pledge Drive Version), the scene of the Teletubbies running off to their destination is cut out. Joining in the Band (US Exclusive: US Pledge Drive Version and US Rerun Version) (Bottom Right Window Sketch in the US Pledge Drive Version, Bottom Left Window Sketch in the US Rerun Version) Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), who was defeated at the Battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460. Richard's army, some 8,000 strong, was awaiting reinforcements at Sandal Castle in Wakefield (the castle was built on top of a Norman motte). He was surrounded by Lancastrian forces some three times that number, but chose to sally forth to fight. Richard died in a pitched battle at Wakefield Green, together with between one third and one half of his army. [5]

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. The Stamping and Stepping Dance segment was featured in the VHS Dance with the Teletubbies. It was the first dance on the tape. In Emily and the Trap (UK Version), My Mum's Keyboard, Carnival (UK Version), Wake Up!, Numbers - 4 (2nd UK Version), PBS Versions of Photo Faces (Pledge Drive Version), Dirty Dog (Original PBS Version and Pledge Drive Version), Music with Debbie 2 (Rerun Version), Handy Hands (Pledge Drive Version), The Gingerbread Boy (Rerun Version), Rollerblading (Rerun Version), Colors - Orange (Sprout Version), Towers (Sprout Version), Crazy Golf (Pledge Drive Version), and Erhu Fiddle (Pledge Drive Version), the Teletubbies are silent when the Pink House appears.

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? After the scene of the windmill spinning in the Magical Event sequence, the scenes of the Teletubbies going to the Magical Event place and the Baby Sun laughing have been cut out. This is the first episode to have the video segment filmed at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The other three episodes were See-Saw, Humpty Dumpty, and Hey Diddle Diddle. The first two segments of this episode were featured in the VHS Nursery Rhymes and the audio tape Fun with the Teletubbies. Suddenly, after that, a loud noise is heard, and the Teletubbies hear it, but they don't know what it is. Just then, a drum appears in Teletubbyland, and Po enjoys playing with it. When she bangs the drum, it makes Tinky Winky appear. It turns out that the drum is magic! They both bang the drum and it starts swapping clouds and flowers around. It even makes Laa-Laa appear in different places and Dipsy's hat appears on her head. Tinky Winky even tries to catch his bag but when the drum bangs it moves away from him until he catches it. Then the magic drum disappears.Towers (US Pledge Drive Version, US Sprout Version, US Sprout 2.0 Version, and US Rerun Version) (Bottom Right Window Sketch in the US Pledge Drive Version, Bottom Left Window Sketch in the US Sprout Version, Top Right Window Sketch in the US Sprout 2.0 Version, and Top Left Window Sketch in the US Rerun Version) In Emily and the Trap, My Mum's Keyboard, Carnival, Wake Up!, and Numbers - 4 (V2), the Teletubbies are silent when the house appears. 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. The Gingerbread Boy (US Pledge Drive Version and US Rerun Version) (Bottom Right Window Sketch in the US Pledge Drive Version, Bottom Left Window Sketch in the US Rerun Version) a b c d e f I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 442–443.