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. Based on Enid Blyton's Noddy character, it originally aired in 12-minute segments as part of the Milkshake program on Britain's Five, starting on September 2, 2002.
On January 5, 2004, an Americanized version of the series, with "Noddy and The New Taxi" as its first episode, was launched in the United States on PBS in a half-hour version. This version, although it retained the name "Make Way for Noddy", was a longer format; it combined two of the 12-minute segments with new material. Along with the story episodes featuring Noddy and his friends, the PBS format included two interstitals, a music video, and footage from a live-action host named Naomi Wilkinson. The Say it With Noddy interstitials featured Noddy learning various foreign-language words from a robot named Whizz. Although most of the Noddy characters had been redubbed to remove their British accents, Naomi spoke with a strong British accent and used British-English words and phrases in conversation.
The theme tune of the show was released as a single in the UK in December 2003, reaching number 29 in the chart.
This series is an updated version of the stop-motion series based on the "Noddy" books. This new series is computer animated with lively music and songs in each short.
Make Way for Noddy is an animated series for children produced by Chorion. It moved to its new channel, PBS Kids Sprout. The first episode began on 5 January 2004, with Noddy and The New Taxi as its very first episode.
