Make Way for Noddy
| Make Way for Noddy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Musical |
| Created by | Mallory Lewis |
| Based on | Classic Noddy works and characters of Enid Blyton |
| Directed by | Byron Vaughns |
| Presented by | Naomi Wilkinson |
| Voices of | Martin Skews (Original UK version) Pavel Douglas (Original UK version) Joanna Ruiz (Original UK version) Carrie Mullan (Original UK version) Andrea Harris (Original UK version) Ben Small (Original UK version) Emma Tate (Original UK version) David A. Kaye (US re-dub) Michael Dobson (US re-dub) Britt McKillip (US re-dub) Tabitha St. Germain (US re-dub) Richard Newman (US re-dub) Doug Parker (US re-dub) Don Brown (US re-dub) Manny Petruzzelli (US re-dub) Ian James Corlett (US re-dub) Kathleen Barr (US re-dub) Teryl Rothery (US re-dub) Chantal Strand (US re-dub) Cathy Weseluck (US re-dub) Jesse Moss (US re-dub) Michael Donovan (US re-dub) Sage Testini (US re-dub) |
| Narrated by | Joanna Ruiz (Original UK version) Lee Tockar (US re-dub) |
| Theme music composer | Steven Bernstein Julie Bernstein |
| Opening theme | "Make Way for Noddy" performed by the Kidsongs Kids |
| Composers | Score: Steven Bernstein Julie Bernstein Original Songs: Steven Bernstein Julie Bernstein Lorraine Feather Larry Grossman Music Direction: Sharon Sampson Terry Sampson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (Original) United States (Re-Dubbed) |
| Original languages | British English (Original) American English (Re-Dubbed) |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 100 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jonathan Dern Paul Sabella Carol Monroe Mallory Lewis Brad Hood |
| Producers | Robert Winthrop Byron Vaughns |
| Editor | Jymn Magon |
| Running time | 10 minutes and 52 seconds (Original UK version) 11 minutes (US re-dubbed version) |
| Production companies | Chorion SD Entertainment Wang Film Productions (animation) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 Milkshake! (United Kingdom) PBS PBS Kids Sprout (United States) |
| Release | 2002 (UK) 2005 (US) – 2003 (UK) 2007 (US) |
| Related | |
| Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1992-2001) Noddy in Toyland (2009-2016) Noddy, Toyland Detective (2016-2020) | |
Make Way for Noddy is a British CGI children's musical computer-animated television series by Enid Blyton. It originally aired on Channel 5's Milkshake! in the United Kingdom for the first and the second seasons in 2002. In the United States, the series got an American dub using a British voice actors by BLT Productions and Koko Studios using the American with an American accents by The Character Development and The Sound Company Ltd. on PBS Kids Sprout in 2005. Only the first 2 seasons were dubbed.
Trivia[change | change source]
- The British show aired on Channel 5 and Milkshake! for the first and the second seasons in 2002. The children's chorus are singing of the theme song and the female narrator and some of the characters are speaking British with a British accents in the British version by BLT Productions and Koko Studios. The word is pronounce by the British pronunciation.
- The American dub of the British show in the same year on PBS and PBS Kids Sprout in 2005 instead of the original British version on Channel 5 and Milkshake! in 2002.
- When it comes to this particular dub, while a lot of the original British voices by BLT Productions and Koko Studios remained intact. The children's chorus are singing of the theme song and the male narrator and some of the characters were re-dubbed to have an American with an American accents in the American dub by The Character Development and The Sound Company Ltd.. In addition, all the words are pronounced in the British pronunciations were redubbed given American pronunciations.
- Richard Newman, Tabitha St. Germain, Ben Small and Joanna Ruiz reprising their roles as Mr. Plod, Miss Pink Cat, Harvey and Cecilia from the first 2 seasons of the original.
- Mr. Plod, Miss Pink Cat, Harvey and Cecilia are the only characters who also aren't re-dubbed too.