Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1985)
April 1, 1985Release Date
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1985)
April 1, 1985Release Date


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Release DateApril 1, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
Budget$35,000,000
Box Office$1,000,000,000
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Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series that aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphic blue steam locomotive on the fictional Island of Sodor along with his friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, as well as others. Over 500 episodes were produced over the course of 24 series.
In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series, Shining Time Station, on PBS' PTV Park block on 29 January 1989, while broadcast of the series did shift overtime, it later aired on PBS Kids up until 2017. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane Entertainment in July 2002. HIT was folded into Mattel in 2016.
An American 2D animated reboot, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, premiered on 13 September 2021 on Cartoon Network's preschool block Cartoonito.