Peter Wienk various advertising agencies and drawing studios including the Toonder Studios of Marten Toonder a famous Dutch illustrator. In 1947, he joined Reclamebureau Van Alfen (Advertising), where amongst others the Flipje character (funny fruit character of a well-known Dutch preserve manufacturer) was made by Eelco ten Harmsen van der Beek ('Harmsen van der Beek'). Beek had his own art studio and accepted an assignment in 1949 to illustrate a new story of children's author Enid Blyton: Noddy. This first appeared as a strip in an English newspaper, but proved so successful that soon after the first book was published: "Noddy Goes
Noddy (TV series) tale. The first season aired on CBBC in the UK from 1998 to 2000, and was shown in Australia, Malaysia and several countries in English. This version utilized the original audio tracks for the animated segments. The live action segments were unaltered. The second season was never reversioned for the UK or Australia, but was dubbed for other countries. The series was also dubbed for Poland, Spain, France, Israel, Mexico, Portugal and many other countries. 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