One of Blyton's most widely known characters is Noddy, intended for early years readers.

Noddy is a character created by English children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963.

Noddy is a little wooden boy who lives in his own little House-for-One in Toyland.

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

While Noddy is quite happy to be a toy, the citizens of Toyland are not sure that he actually is one.

They put Noddy on trial and examine whether he is a toy or an ornament.

Eventually, Noddy is declared a toy, but still has to convince the court that he is a good toy.

The judge accepts that Noddy is good after a doll tells the court that he saved her little girl from a lion ; and he is allowed to stay in Toyland.

Noddy is a self-employed cab driver.

When his taxi business is not doing so well, or when he needs help, Noddy turns to Big Ears.

It is clear that Mr. and Mrs. Tubby Bear are the superiors of Noddy, as if he were a child.

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.

Mr. Plod is generally long-suffering towards Noddy and Noddy likes Mr. Plod and frequently goes out of his way to help him.

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

* Mrs Tubby Bear, Noddy's next door neighbour, it is clear that she, like Mr Tubby Bear are the superiors of Noddy, as if they are adults and he is a child, mainly because Noddy always refers to them as " Mr and Mrs Tubby Bear ".

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.

* Tessie Bear, A clever and kind teddy bear and a great friend of Noddy.

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

During his career he would often find himself embroiled in semi-comical situations inadvertently initiated by Winky, Blinky, and Noddy, a trio of tramps known as the Three Dimwits, who tried their hand at one job after another, and never successfully.

Noddy gets his car in the second book.

Noddy frequently gets annoyed with Bumpy but still likes him.

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

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.

Holder and Burnell produced the single together, and the single was published under Noddy Holder Music Ltd ./ Whild John Music Ltd., and released via Speed Records which was Slade's own label at the time.

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

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 ).

* Gobbo, a goblin character in the Noddy books by Enid Blyton

* Gobbo, a goblin character in the children's TV series based on the books, Make Way for Noddy

Noddy Holder has cited the single as his favourite Slade song.

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

It will be illustrated by Robert Tyndall, who has drawn the characters in the Noddy books since 1953.

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.

Since his departure from Slade in 1991, Noddy has appeared on hundreds of TV shows, most notably the ITV comedy / drama series The Grimleys ( 1996 – 2001 ) as classical music teacher Neville Holder, which ran until 2001.

For Christmas 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Noddy has recorded a TV show countdown of hit Christmas tunes.

In 2011 Noddy as King Of The Sizzle has fronted British Sausage Week, touring the country to find the Best British Bangers.

Noddy married TV producer Suzan Price in 2004, with whom he has a son, Django ( named after Django Reinhardt ).

The Black Noddy has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas, with colonies widespread in the Pacific Ocean and more scattered across the Caribbean, central Atlantic and in the northeast Indian Ocean.

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

In November 2004, Noddy made a guest appearance in Peter Kay's Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere-where he played a garage mechanic called Mick Bustin.

The pair hand it over to a local garage run by Mick Bustin, played by British rocker Noddy Holder.

Brett " Noddy " Kimmorley ( born 15 September 1976 ) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NRL.