A 1958 article in Encounter by Colin Welch, directed against the Noddy character, was reprinted in a New Zealand librarians ' periodical.

Briers was the original narrator and voice actor for the Enid Blyton series Noddy.

Slade come from the Black Country area of the West Midlands: both the drummer Don Powell, and bass guitarist Jim Lea were born and raised in Wolverhampton, lead vocalist Noddy Holder was born and raised in the nearby town of Walsall, and lead guitarist Dave Hill was born in Devon and moved to Wolverhampton while a child.

At the time, Noddy Holder was playing guitar and contributing to vocals in Steve Brett & The Mavericks.

In August 1978, Noddy Holder was involved in a brawl with a bouncer backstage at a club in Porthcawl, South Wales.

A couple of years later I was at CBGB's doing my best Noddy Holder.

Individual members were also acknowledged ; Noddy Holder was number five in the best British male singers whilst Jim Lea made number nine in the top songwriter list.

He was made by a woodcarver in a toy store but ran away after the man began to make a wooden lion, which scared Noddy.

Noddy first met Bumpy Dog in Toy Town because he was injured and Noddy used his scarf to help him.

The total number is hard to count: the Noddy Library ( Sampson Low ) of two dozen titles, which became the New Noddy Library when revised, was just part of a big production in the 1950s, with Big Noddy Books of larger format, and strip books.

On 17 November 2008, it was announced that Enid Blyton's granddaughter, Sophie Smallwood, is to write a new Noddy book to celebrate the character's 60th birthday.

The Peacock Theatre was built in the basement of the new building, but Noddy did not return.

In 1993, a stage production of Noddy opened at Wimbledon Theatre, followed by a long UK National Tour, including a Christmas season in London at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and was released on VHS Video in 1994.

Karen Briffett reprised her role as Noddy and Big Ears was played by Jonathan Broxholme.

It returned between September 2003 and January 2004 for a new series, which was eventually named Make Way for Noddy.

They also introduced Noddy's new friend Whizz from Robot Village, who presses a button on his chest to play recordings of native speakers saying the new foreign words Noddy was to learn.

A new CG animated series, called " Noddy In Toyland ", was made in 2009 by Chorion, produced by Brown Bag Films in Ireland.

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.

There is also the Aldridge Youth Theatre, which was officially opened by the actor Bernard Hepton and is located on Noddy Park Road by the Croft.

Other celebs to have been featured in their own strips include Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile ( as the headmaster of " Pop School ", as " Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl " and in " Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head "), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey ( constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on Top of the Pops ), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy and plenty more.

Since then comedian Jasper Carrott, glam rocker Noddy Holder, motor racing commentator Murray Walker, the cast and crew of BBC Radio 4's The Archers, long serving Archers cast member Norman Painting and founding member of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi have all been honoured on the street with a star.

They were the first act to have three singles enter at number one, and all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea.

Their first names are never mentioned and Noddy always refers to them as Mr. and Mrs. They have one son, also named Tubby, who is occasionally referred to as Master Tubby.

Early Noddy books have become collectibles, along with other Blytons.

Celebrities who have provided voices for the series ( usually for one-off specials ) include John Motson, Sue Barker, Kerry Fox, Ulrika Jonsson, Alison Steadman, Stephen Tompkinson, Elton John, Noddy Holder, and Chris Evans ( Bobsville's resident rock star Lennie Lazenby ).

Tibet's lyrics have been fairly consistent, regardless of delivery: The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, Christ, mysticism, Aleister Crowley ( Tibet borrowed the term " 93 Current " from Crowley-the 93 Current being the current of Thelema or Agape ), Tibetan Buddhism, Gnosticism, runes, swastikas, Noddy, The Wicker Man, and a variety of occult notions.

A number of gull species, including the Sooty Tern, Blue Noddy, Brown Noddy, Lesser Noddy and White Tern, have been recorded, as have several members of the Procellariidae family: Kermadec Petrel, Trindade Petrel, Murphy's Petrel and Christmas Shearwater.

They have sold the Agatha Christie estate to Acorn Media Group, the Noddy and Olivia properties to DreamWorks Classics ( formerly Classic Media, now a subsidiary of DreamWorks Animation ), Max and Ruby back to Nelvana, and the Dennis Wheatley, Margery Allingham, Nicolas Freeling and Edmund Crispin estates to The Rights House and PFD.

Bumpy accompanies Noddy on almost all his adventures.

Noddy frequently gets annoyed with Bumpy but still likes him.

Whenever Noddy threatens Bumpy, Tessie gets upset, and sometimes even begins to cry.

Noddy and Bumpy accidentally join with him.

* Bumpy Dog, in the original books, lives with Tessie Bear, but accompanies Noddy on many adventures.

For 1998-2001 videos, they each contain clips from Hooley Dooleys ( The Characters sing the intro song ), Blinky Bill ( Blinky introduces his name ), Bananas in Pyjamas ( B1 and B2 say " Trust us, we're Bananas " to Rat in a Hat ), Arthur ( Arthur practices spelling Aardvark in his treehouse in Arthur's Spelling Trouble ), Noddy ( Noddy is declared champion of the Sports games by Mr. Plod ), Johnson and Friends ( The Toys need to trick Alfred, Alfred overs hears and wonders if they're talking abut him and McDuff says No ), Magic Mountain ( Dragon blows his magic smoke making Lion's body disappear ), Sesame Street ( Elmo sings and does Happy Tapping with Elmo ), Postman Pat ( Pat had fallen into a pile of straw and he gives Alf his catalogue ), Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ( Thomas tells Percy about the joys of receiving letters from children in Thomas and the Special Letter ), Spot the Dog ( Spot thinks that the ball is his favourite toy ), The Wiggles ( The Characters sing Get Ready To Wiggle near the end of the wiggly concert in Wiggle Dance ) and Rhythm Heaven Fever ( Some of the Screwbots raise their hands in Screwbot Factory ).

Big Ears decides that Noddy is a toy and takes him to live in Toyland.

The Tubby Bears live next door to Noddy.

He is a good friend of Noddy and thinks Toytown can't live without him.

In February 1976, Record Mirror magazine voted Slade the third best UK group with Noddy Holder number eighth in the best male singer and number six in the best songwriter categories.

" In 1977, Dickinson met Paul " Noddy " White, a multi-instrumentalist who owned a PA and other equipment, with whom Dickinson, along with drummer Steve Jones, would form a band together called Speed.

Powell struck up friendships with fellow musicians like Robert Plant and John Bonham ( both at the time unknowns in Listen ), future Slade vocalist Noddy Holder, bassist Dave Pegg and a young guitarist called Tony Iommi.

He generously provides Noddy with a set of clothing and a house for him.

Noddy often attempts to scold or punish Tubby, with little result.

Noddy has many run-ins with PC Plod, the local policeman.

Sales of Noddy books are large, with an estimated 600, 000 annual sales in France alone, and growing popularity in India, a large market for Blyton books.

In the two TV series and a new series of books, Noddy has been updated, with the original Golliwog characters replaced by other sorts of toys.

Make Way for Noddy is an animated series for children produced by Chorion of the United Kingdom in conjunction with SD Entertainment in the United States.

The Harbutt company promoted Plasticine as a children's toy by producing modelling kits in association with companies responsible for popular children's characters such as Noddy, the Mr. Men and Paddington Bear.

It was issued again in the 1970s with just ' Noddy ' at the wheel.

An entirely false rumour started via Wikipedia that she had a hit single in the UK pop charts in 1983, duetting with ex-Slade singer Noddy Holder on a cover of the Shakin ' Stevens song " You Drive Me Crazy " was published as fact by national newspapers including The Sun and The Daily Telegraph.

After twenty five years with Slade, Noddy left to pursue a solo career.