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
Noddy Holder 1152 and Key 103 in Manchester, which were syndicated around the country all of the 1990s, then on Century and Capital Radio syndication from 2000 to 2004. In 1996, Holder was the subject of the "This Is Your Life" TV show. He also presented 31 episodes of "Noddy's Electric Ladyland", a surreal television quiz show. He was a team captain in BBC1's music series "A Question of Pop" and was immortalised as a puppet character "Banger" on the TV show "Bob the Builder". In 1999, Holder's autobiography, "Who's Crazee Now?", was published by Ebury. Updated in paperback in 2001 it