Thomas & Friends
Thomas & Friends
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Thomas & Friends

6.8 / 10
1984
24 seasons
584 episodes
AnimationKids

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 | VHS/DVD Trailer - Original Theme - 2004

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Cast

Seasons

  • Thomas & Gordon

    1.Thomas & Gordon

    7.0
    09-10-19845m

    Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later acci...

  • Edward & Gordon

    2.Edward & Gordon

    7.0
    09-10-19845m

    Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

  • The Sad Story of Henry

    3.The Sad Story of Henry

    8.8
    16-10-19845m

    Henry the Green Engine doesn't like getting his paint wet - so refuses to come out of the tunnel. The Fat Controller tries everything, including getting Thomas to push Henry out bu...

  • Edward, Gordon and Henry

    4.Edward, Gordon and Henry

    9.0
    16-10-19845m

    Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the on...

  • Thomas's Train

    5.Thomas's Train

    7.5
    23-10-19845m

    Thomas wants to pull a train instead of just shunting coaches for the big engines, who laugh and say he wouldn't be able to do it. One night Henry is ill, and next morning he still...

  • Thomas and the Trucks

    6.Thomas and the Trucks

    9.0
    23-10-19845m

    Thomas is bored, and when one night Edward offers to swap duties with him for the next day, Thomas takes up the offer. This involves taking Edward's trucks. However Thomas is not u...

  • Thomas and the Breakdown Train

    7.Thomas and the Breakdown Train

    9.5
    30-10-19845m

    Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alar...

  • James and the Coaches

    8.James and the Coaches

    9.0
    30-10-19845m

    James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's ne...

  • Troublesome Trucks

    9.Troublesome Trucks

    9.5
    06-11-19845m

    James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled...

  • James and the Express

    10.James and the Express

    9.5
    06-11-19845m

    Gordon boasts to James that he is the only engine who can pull the Express. One day he sets off with it, but due to points problems he comes back to the station feeling very sheepi...

  • Thomas and the Guard

    11.Thomas and the Guard

    8.5
    13-11-19845m

    One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get o...

  • Thomas Goes Fishing

    12.Thomas Goes Fishing

    8.0
    13-11-19845m

    Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly...

  • Thomas, Terence and the Snow

    13.Thomas, Terence and the Snow

    9.5
    20-11-19845m

    In Autumn, Thomas stops by a signal. There he meets Terence the Tractor, and teases him about his caterpillar tracks. When winter comes, so does the snow. Thomas refuses to wear hi...

  • Thomas and Bertie

    14.Thomas and Bertie

    9.0
    20-11-19845m

    Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops...

  • Tenders and Turntables

    15.Tenders and Turntables

    8.5
    27-11-19845m

    Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntabl...

  • Trouble in the Shed

    16.Trouble in the Shed

    9.0
    27-11-19845m

    Henry, Gordon and James decide to go on strike, declaring that "Tender Engines don't shunt!" The Fat Controller sends Edward to do the work; but when poor Edward is being teased, t...

  • Percy Runs Away

    17.Percy Runs Away

    8.5
    04-12-19845m

    After being shut up for days in the shed, Henry, Gordon and James have been let out to work again. So the Fat Controller sends Thomas, Edward and Percy to play on the Branch Line....

  • Coal

    18.Coal

    8.5
    04-12-19845m

    Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that w...

  • The Flying Kipper

    19.The Flying Kipper

    10.0
    11-12-19845m

    One winter's evening, Henry is excited to be given the chance to pull the fish train that the men call, "The Flying Kipper". Unfortunately, snow and ice result in an accident. The...

  • Whistles and Sneezes

    20.Whistles and Sneezes

    8.5
    11-12-19845m

    Gordon becomes a little too above himself but learns a lesson when his whistle valve comes out of place causing quite a noise! Meanwhile, some boys also soon learn a lesson after...

  • Toby and the Stout Gentleman

    21.Toby and the Stout Gentleman

    8.3
    18-12-19845m

    We meet Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta, who both work hard on their little line. One day, a stout gentleman (the Fat Controller), his wife and grandchildren, Stephen...

  • Thomas in Trouble

    22.Thomas in Trouble

    9.0
    18-12-19845m

    There is a Quarry at the end of Thomas's Branch Line, and he has to take the trucks to and from it. One day a new Policeman starts work and tells Thomas off because he has no cowca...

  • Dirty Objects

    23.Dirty Objects

    9.5
    25-12-19845m

    Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby looking. James remarks about how dirty they are, and says how he'd never be seen looking like that. James then has to pull a goods train along...

  • Off the Rails

    24.Off the Rails

    9.0
    08-01-19855m

    One day, Gordon is dozing in a siding when Henry comes by, waking him up with a loud whistle or two! Gordon tells Henry, "Mind you keep on the rails today," in regard to his previo...

  • Down the Mine

    25.Down the Mine

    8.7
    08-01-19855m

    Gordon is in disgrace after falling in the ditch. Thomas teases him about it, saying he has, "A funny, musty, sort of smell!"Later, Thomas has to deliver trucks to an old Lead Mine...

  • Thomas's Christmas Party

    26.Thomas's Christmas Party

    8.0
    25-12-19845m

    It's Christmas on the Island of Sodor, and after Edward reminds the engines of last Christmas when an ill Mrs Kyndley waved her dressing gown out of her window to save Thomas from...

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