High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dave Thompson is a British stand-up comedian and actor, who hit the headlines in July 1997 after being removed from the role of Tinky Winky in the children`s television series Teletubbies from a few episodes. The BBC said in a letter to Thompson that his "interpretation of the role was inappropriate". This refers to the events in which Thompson claimed that the character he played, Tinky Winky, was a homosexual.