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Thomas & Friends(TV show/series, 1984-)

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| 22min per episode | Genres: Animation, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 24 seasons with 584 episodes

Thomas & FriendsRating: 3.2/5 (with 53 votes) 101
Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and later Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!) is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and many other anthropomorphised locomotives on the North Western Railway, including Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby. They work for Sir Topham Hatt, primarily known as the "Fat Controller". In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series Shining Time Station on PBS' PTV Park block in 1989. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane Entertainment in July 2002. A new 2D-animated series, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, premiered on 13 September 2021 on Cartoon Network. ()
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"Thomas & Friends" is currently available on 1 providers. Thomas & Friends can be streamed on Netflix as part of a subscription.

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2 seasons: Season 23, Season 24
Duration: 11min
Genres: British / Kids\x27 TV / TV Cartoons / TV Shows Based on Books
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About Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.

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Thomas & Friends Seasons and Episodes

09/07/2020Season 24 - 23 episodes
Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the 24th and last or final series of the show, which premiered on 2 May 2020 in the United Kingdom, and 1 September 2020 in the United States on Netflix . The series consists of 20 regular episodes as well as three half-hour specials: "A New Arrival", "World of Tomorrow", and "Thomas and the Royal Engine". The first two form a movie entitled "Marvelous Machinery”, while the latter is a celebratory episode commemorating the 75th anniversary of the original books. As the "Big World! Big Adventures!" rebrand of the show was deemed a failure, Series 24 became the last series of the original Thomas & Friends series, with the next series retooled into Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, a complete reboot of the series. ()
#1 | 09/07/2020Emily's Best Friend
Emily worries that she does not have a best friend, but when the other engines help her out of a tricky situation, she realizes she has been surrounded by best friends all along.
#2 | 09/08/2020Thomas' Fuzzy Friend
Thomas discovers a missing dog on the railway and tries to find it a new home.
#3 | 09/09/2020The Great Little Railway Show
When a Railway Show for little engines comes to Sodor, an overly excited Percy finally sees his chance to shine.
#4 | 09/10/2020Thomas and the Forest Engines
In Brazil, Thomas meets two wood-burning engines who have never traveled beyond their eucalyptus railway. Thomas agrees to swap jobs with them for the day, but this causes more trouble than he expects.
#5 | 09/11/2020Emily to the Rescue
When a pretend emergency turns into a real emergency, Emily comes to the rescue.
#6 | 09/14/2020Shankar's Makeover
Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest, even though Shankar does not want the spotlight on him.
#7 | 09/15/2020Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant
Nia is bringing an elephant to the Sodor Animal Park, but the elephant does not like steam engines.
#8 | 09/16/2020James the Super Engine
When Rebecca tells James he could be a comic-book super-engine, he takes her seriously, and Rail Rocket is born.
#9 | 09/17/2020Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day
When Thomas has a run of bad luck, he tries everything to get back on track, even if it means following Lorenzo's strange, superstitious advice.
#10 | 09/18/2020Ace's Brave Jump
Thomas helps his friend Ace overcome his fear of animals so that he can compete in the Super Stunt Rally.
#11 | 12/05/2020Nia's Bright Idea
Nia uses what she learns about lighthouses to suggest covering a big wheel in Christmas lights so that Harold can see where he is going in a storm.
#12 | 12/06/2020Cleo's First Snow
Cleo is shocked to learn snow does not last forever and tries to stop it from melting.
#13 | 01/11/2021Sonny's Second Chance
Sonny is trying to prove himself to be a useful engine so that he can stay working on Sodor, but Diesel seems to be the only engine who can trust him.
#14 | 01/12/2021Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop
Thomas helps Ruth fix up an old windmill into her new, energy-efficient workshop.
#15 | 01/13/2021The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge
When the Rickety Old Bridge collapses, trapping Toby and Henrietta on the other side of the ravine, Inventor Ruth is asked to build a new one.
#16 | 01/14/2021Yong Bao and the Tiger
Yong Bao tells Thomas the story of how he came to have a magnificent tiger emblem on his tender.
#17 | 01/15/2021Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!
Gordon and Rebecca do the same work, but they go about it differently. When Rebecca tries to be more like Gordon, things do not go well for the big blue engine.
#18 | 01/18/2021Kenji on the Rails Again
When Kenji hears that he must travel home to Japan alone, he gets scared and tries to hide, so Thomas sets out to find him.
#19 | 01/19/2021Cleo the Road Engine
When Ruth's new car, Cleo, takes to the rails to race Thomas, she soon discovers why she is designed to stick to the roads.
#20 | 01/20/2021Thomas' Animal Friends
Thomas is asked to help at the animal park for the day and realises there is more to the job than he first thought.
#21 | 05/02/2020Thomas and the Royal Engine
Thomas is selected to take the Fat Controller to London for a Royal Appointment, but with no knowledge of how to get there, their journey is filled with confusion and delay.
#22 | 10/24/2020A New Arrival
When Thomas finds out that the Earl's Technology Fair will bring new inventions to Sodor, he sets out to prove that steam engines are the best inventions ever.
#23 | 10/25/2020World of Tomorrow
When a pair of crooks steal the plans for a great new invention, there is a high-speed chase to try and get them back.
09/02/2019Season 23 - 23 episodes
09/03/2018Season 22 - 26 episodes
09/18/2017Season 21 - 18 episodes
09/05/2016Season 20 - 28 episodes
09/21/2015Season 19 - 26 episodes
08/25/2014Season 18 - 26 episodes
06/03/2013Season 17 - 26 episodes
02/20/2012Season 16 - 20 episodes
03/01/2011Season 15 - 20 episodes
10/11/2010Season 14 - 20 episodes
01/25/2010Season 13 - 20 episodes
09/01/2008Season 12 - 20 episodes
09/03/2007Season 11 - 26 episodes
10/02/2006Season 10 - 28 episodes
09/02/2005Season 9 - 26 episodes
08/01/2004Season 8 - 26 episodes
10/06/2003Season 7 - 26 episodes
09/16/2002Season 6 - 26 episodes
09/14/1998Season 5 - 26 episodes
10/16/1995Season 4 - 26 episodes
01/25/1992Season 3 - 26 episodes
09/24/1986Season 2 - 26 episodes
10/09/1984Season 1 - 26 episodes
09/01/2008Specials - 98 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Sodor
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" (movie, 2000), "Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!" (movie, 2005), "Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery: The Movie" (movie, 2008), "Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails" (movie, 2009), "Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue" (movie, 2010), "Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels" (movie, 2011), "Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery - The Movie" (movie, 2012), "Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway" (movie, 2013), "Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie" (movie, 2014), "Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins" (movie, 2015), "Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie" (movie, 2015), "Thomas & Friends: The Great Race" (movie, 2016), "Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor" (movie, 2017), "Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie" (movie, 2018), "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!" (TV show/series, 2021-), "Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure" (find it on Amazon), "Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks" (find it on Amazon), "Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 10/09/1984
Latest episode released on: 01/20/2021
Creator: Wilbert Awdry
Directors: David Mitton, Steve Asquith, Greg Tiernan
Composer: Junior Campbell, Ed Welch, Oliver Davis, Mike O'Donnell
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Thomas und seine Freunde"
"Thomas, die kleine Lokomotive"
"Thomas and Friends"
"Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends"
"Thomas de stoomlocomotief"
"Lokomotivet Thomas"
"Lokomotivet Thomas og vennene hans"
"Thomas og vennene"
"Tomáš a jeho priatelia"
"Thomas the Tank Engine"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:2490, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024