The Noddy Shop (found American-Canadian adaptation of British children's TV series; 1998-2000)
The Noddy Shop, also known as Noddy in Toyland in the UK and Australia, or simply Noddy, is a Canadian-American TV series adaptation of Enid Blyton's Noddy created by Rick Siggelkow. The series used recycled footage from the British series Noddy's Toyland Adventures in two part segments during the episodes. It originally aired from September 28, 1998 to February 16, 2000 for a total of 66 episodes on PBS Kids, CBC Kids, CBBC, TV Poland, and TVOntario’s children’s block TVOKids.
Two versions of the show were made, the first plainly titled Noddy, in which the Noddy's Toyland Adventures segments were re-dubbed with US voices and new music, and the second version is known as Noddy in Toyland (not to be confused with the 2009 series of the same name) which kept the original UK audio during the Toyland segments.
Availability
Out of the show's 66 episodes, only around nine have been officially released across two VHS tapes (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy and Friends & Toyland: Noddy's Magic Video) and one DVD (Noddy in Toyland), all of which were only released in the UK and Australia in small quantities. In total 9 episodes were released on home video, six of which have been released online. 3 VHS tapes of Noddy, whilst not containing the live action segments, were released in the early 2000s in the US by Polygram Video and USA Home Entertainment, 3 of which have been posted on YouTube by ahatbears. These VHS tapes also had 2 songs on them, but the songs contained on the tapes have not been posted on YouTube.
Besides the 6 episodes previously mentioned and the 9 additional Noddy's Toyland Adventures segments, the episode "Skunked" was uncovered from the "Internet Archive's Understanding 9/11" sub-site, "Something's Lost, Something's Found", "To the Rescue" and "The Tooth Fairy" were found from CBBC (BBC2) Broadcasts from 2000, "Chills and Spills" was found from an original PBS Broadcast, and "Treasure Hunt" was found from an original CBC broadcast.
Also in existence is a promotional CD released in Canada for the show called Noddy Songs that contains several songs from the live-action segments.[1]
Gallery
Episode List
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | The Magic Key | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy and Friends VHS, episode songs are also on NODDY Songs CD) |
2 | Monkey Business | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
3 | Mixed up Magic | Lost |
4 | Lost and Found | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
5 | Twinkle, Twinkle Little Goblins | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
6 | The Tooth Fairy | Found (UK Dub) (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
7 | Stop, Listen and Learn | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy In Toyland DVD) |
8 | Making up is Easy to Do | Lost (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy's Magic Video VHS) |
9 | If at First You Don't Succeed... | Lost |
10 | The Birthday Party | Lost |
11 | Telling Tails | Lost |
12 | It's About Time | Partially Found (episode songs are on |
13 | A Promise is a Promise | Partially Found |
14 | To the Rescue | Found (UK Dub) |
15 | Chills and Spills | Found (US Dub) |
16 | The Big Race | Lost |
17 | A Dog's Best Friend | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy and Friends VHS) |
18 | Hooray for the Kids | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
19 | The Mystery Box | Lost |
20 | We All Say Boo! | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
21 | Trying Something New | Lost |
22 | The Fish Story | Lost |
23 | The Big Fight | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy and Friends VHS) |
24 | Following Directions | Lost |
25 | Mixed Up Masks | Lost |
26 | Truman, Come Home | Lost |
27 | Something's Lost, Something's Found | Found (UK Dub) |
28 | The Magic Show | Lost (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy's Magic Video VHS, episode song on NODDY songs CD) |
29 | The Big Mess | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy In Toyland DVD) |
30 | Recipe for Learning | Noddy Segment Found (US Dub) (Noddy Loses His Bell VHS) (Song on NODDY Songs CD) |
31 | Recycle and Reuse It | Lost |
32 | Telling the Whole Truth | Lost (Noddy in Toyland: Noddy's Magic Video VHS) |
33 | Secret Valentines | Lost |
34 | Sing Yourself to Sleep | Lost (Song on NODDY Songs CD) |
35 | Treasure Hunt | Found (US Dub) |
36 | Jack Frost is Coming to Town | Lost |
37 | The Trouble with Truman | Found (UK Dub) (Noddy In Toyland DVD) |
38 | Let's Go Fly a Kite | Lost (song on NODDY songs CD) |
39 | Think Big | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
40 | Noah's Leaving | Lost (song is on NODDY Songs CD) |
41 | Anything Can Happen At Christmas | Lost |
42 | Little Swap of Horrors | Lost |
43 | Dance to Your Own Music | Lost |
44 | Ask Permission | Lost |
45 | Take a Stand | Lost |
46 | The Sandman Cometh | Lost |
47 | Noah's Treasure | Partially Found |
48 | Be True to Who you Are | Lost |
49 | All Play and No Work | Lost |
50 | April Fool | Lost |
51 | Lights, Camera, Chaos | Lost |
52 | How Rude | Partially Found |
53 | Part of the Family | Lost |
54 | Big Bullies | Lost |
55 | Paying Attention to Kate | Lost |
56 | Skunked | Found (US Dub) (UK Dub) |
57 | Thunder and Lightning | Lost |
58 | Going Bananas | Lost |
59 | Slugger | Lost |
60 | Find your Own Song | Lost |
61 | The Big Showdown | Lost |
62 | Growing Lies | Lost |
63 | The Human Touch | Lost |
64 | Be Patient | Lost |
65 | Kate Loves a Parade | Partially Found (Clips used in PBS Kids promo) |
66 | Closing up Shop | Lost |
External Links
- A playlist made by YouTuber Canadian TV Broadcasts, which includes all found episodes so far
- Wayback Machine archive of The Noddy Shop PBS website
- Noddy's Magic Video on Amazon
- The Pirate Bay torrent with the Noddy Shop episode
- Info on the Noddy's Magic Video release
Reference
- ↑ A Discogs post on Noddy Songs. Retrieved 18 Feb '19