Noddy, Toyland Detective

Noddy, Toyland Detective
Genre	Animation
Based on	Noddy by Enid Blyton
Developed by	Health Kenny Myles McLeod
Written by	Myles McLeod
Directed by	Albert Pereira-Lazaro
Starring	Valin Shinyei Jonathan Kydd
Country of origin	United States France
Original language(s)	English French
No. of episodes	52 (52)[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Pierre Belaisch
Running time	11 minutes[1]
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation Television Gaumont Animation
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	France 5 (France) Sprout (USA)
First shown in	2016
Original release	April 2, 2016 (France) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Make Way for Noddy

Noddy, Toyland Detective is a computer-animated French-American animated series featuring the character Noddy created by Enid Blyton. The series was produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and Gaumont Animation.^[2] Commissioned by France Télévisions,^[1] it premiered on March 26, 2016, on the platform Zouzous,^[3] and aired on France 5, on April 2, 2016.^[4][5]

Cast and characters

Main

• Noddy (voiced by Louis Ashbourne Serkis in the British/English version,^[6] Valin Shinyei in the North American/English version and Brigitte Lecordier in the French version^[3]) - Noddy is an investigator in Toyland.
• Big Ears - Noddy's neighbor and mentor. He is a squeaky toy brownie. In the UK, he is known by his original name, Big Ears. In the North American/English version he is known as Mr. Squeaks.
• Bumpy Dog - Noddy's dog.
• Revs - Noddy's red and yellow car which is alive and communicates by using the horn. He can also transform into a helicopter.

Supporting

• Pat-Pat - Following on from the classic character of Tessie Bear, Pat-Pat is one of Noddy's closest friends. She's a creative, kind and friendly Panda plush toy who wears a pink dress. She has three smaller panda friends called the Pockets.
• Deltoid - Deltoid is a male, futuristic toy superhero with a white sleeveless shirt, and tall, blonde hair. He aspires to be brave and noble, but is sometimes afraid and naive.
• Smartysaurus - A female, blue toy dinosaur who wears a white lab coat and clear goggles. She's a super-smart scientist.
• Fuse - A male, white, modern toy robot, with a blue colored screen that shows his face. He can change his face by saying the way he feels, and the face that goes with the feeling he has said (Like Baby from Kuu Kuu Harajuku) He is emotional, but gleeful.

Minor

• Pockets - Three tiny panda bears who live in Animal Acres with Pat-Pat in her tree house.
• Farmer Tom - A friendly farmer and near neighbor to Pat-Pat.
• Tractor - Farmer Tom's tractor who communicates by using his horn.
• Clockwork Mouse - A female wind-up mouse who dresses in a yellow blouse with daisies, who is the mayor of Brickabuild. She is loosely based on the character from the classic Noddy series.
• Carlton - A male, wheeled cat toy who dresses in a yellow suit jacket with green pants, and is Clockwork Mouses's assistant and chauffeur.
• Queen Sparklewings - The queen of Fable Forest. She has brown hair in a bun, and a long, sparkly white dress
• Coco and Cleo - Two fairies in Fable Forest.
• Pirates - Four pirates who live in Daredale, Captain, First Mate Pirate Stripes, and two unnamed pirates.
• Ninjas - Four ninjas who live in Daredale, wearing blue, green, pink, and red.
• The Knights - Five Knights in Fable Forest.
• The Naughticorns - Three unicorns who live in the Fable Forest stables.
  • Hoof - An indigo, male unicorn with straight, dark blue hair. He is emotional and silly, he often plays pranks on others, and sometimes it hurts their feelings. But inside, he has a good heart, and always apologizes when he does something wrong.
  • Bling - A pink, female unicorn with curly, dark pink hair. She is very vain, and looks at her appearance often. She also thinks of herself a lot, and she sometimes makes remarks that aren't nice. But she makes up for them later, and tries to be a good friend to others.
  • Cloppycorn - A white, male unicorn with shaggy, light blue green hair. He is smaller than the other two, and is shy. Hoof and Bling often make him do things they don't want to do first. He always tries to get attention from them, but they sometimes forget about him. But they truly do like him, and try their best to be nice to him.
• The Builders - Construction workers in Brickabuild.

Development

The series was produced by Gaumont Animation and Dreamworks Animation Television with the participation of France Televisions and Piwi+. The show was developed by Heath Kenny of Gaumont and Myles McLeod of The Brothers McLeod.

Episodes

Broadcast

In France, the series premiered on March 26, 2016, on the France Télévisions's platform Zouzous,^[3] and it aired on April 2, 2016, on France 5.^[4][5] In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on April 18, 2016, on the Channel 5's block Milkshake!.^[6] In the US, the series is airing on Sprout in Fall 2016.^[2]

References

External links

• Noddy, Toyland Detective on IMDb