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 Holder of the borough. On 25 September 2014, Holder released his second book via Constable, titled "The World According to Noddy". In December 2015, he appeared as a presenter on BBC television's "Songs of Praise". On Christmas Day 2015 Holder appeared in a cameo role in BBC television's "Mrs Brown's Boys". Holder married dress designer Leandra Russell in 1976. They had two daughters Jessica and Charisse, and divorced in 1984. In 2004, Holder married TV producer Suzan Price, with whom he has a son, Django (named after Django Reinhardt). Holder lives in Prestbury, Cheshire. Noddy Holder Neville John "Noddy" Holder, (born