Toytown Tin Soldiers" by Leon Jessel. The first radio performances were as follows: A puppet show called "Stories from Toytown Featuring Larry the Lamb" was first broadcast on ITV between 1972 and 1974. Twenty-six of Hulme Beaman's stories were adapted for television by his friend Hendrik Baker. The Noddy stories, written from 1949 to 1963 for children by author Enid Blyton, take place in a location called Toyland. Toytown Toytown was a BBC radio series for children, broadcast for "Children's Hour" on the Home Service. The plays were based on a set of puppets created by S. G. Hulme Beaman, who
Noddy (character) iTunes. In 2012, Chorion sold the Noddy character to ClassicMedia, which in turn was bought out by DreamWorks Animation, leading to another CG animated series, named "Noddy, Toyland Detective" was produced by French producer/distributor Gaumont Animation, in association with DreamWorks Animation Television, and in partnership with France Télévisions. It premiered on Channel Five's preschool block Milkshake! on April 18, 2016. There was a spoof page of "Noddy-ana" in "Hot Rod" magazine (U.K.), in about 1976–78; Noddy had a hot rod, and Big Ears smoked, and was very disrespectful to Mr. Plod. In the book "Seven Deadly Wonders" by Matthew Reilly,