Noddy (TV series) Noddy (TV series) Noddy, also known as The Noddy Shop or Noddy in Toyland (in the United Kingdom and Australia), is a Canadian-American children's television series based on Enid Blyton's children's book series of the same name with stop motion sequences from "Noddy's Toyland Adventures" that aired from August 31, 1998 to February 16, 2000 on PBS in the United States. Following its cancellation, reruns were aired until September 5th, 2004. The series was produced by BBC Worldwide, Catalyst Entertainment and Enid Blyton Ltd. The show starred Sean McCann as Noah Tomten, a former old salt, who now runs an
Noddy (character) of toys. For example, Mr. Golly who ran the Toyland garage was replaced by Mr. Sparks who in the new 2004 version of the series appears to be Scottish, and Dinah Doll, described as "a black, assertive minority female", was added to the franchise by the BBC during the 1992–1999 series. Noddy first appeared on stage at the 2660-seat Stoll Theatre in Kingsway, London, in 1954. The very large cast were all children or teenagers, mostly from the Italia Conti acting school. There was a full theatre orchestra. The finale was a scene at the "Faraway Tree", with many of