Noddy (character) scene and costume designs by Susie Calcutt. The original cast included Eric Potts as Big Ears and Karen Briffett as Noddy. The show was very well received among critics, audiences and even Enid Blyton's daughter Gillian Baverstock. David Wood adapted a successful sequel to the play entitled "Noddy and the Tootle" which opened at the Wimbledon Theatre and endured on a long UK National Tour in 1995–1996. Karen Briffett reprised her role as Noddy and Big Ears was played by Jonathan Broxholme. This production was too presented by Clarion Productions. The characters returned between September 2002 and January 2004 for
Blue noddy was formerly placed in the genus "Procelsterna". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2016 found that the five noddies formed a single clade with the blue noddy and the grey noddy in "Procelsterna" nested between the species in the genus "Anous". The authors proposed that the noddies should be merged into a single genus "Anous" and that "Procelsterna" should be considered as a junior synonym. There are five subspecies: The grey noddy ("Anous albivitta") replaces it to the south of its range; the two were formerly considered to be a single species but are now often split. The blue noddy