Thomas & Friends (1984)
Thomas & Friends (1984)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Michael Angelis
Narrator (Voice)
Britt Allcroft
Creator / Producer / Writer
Ringo Starr
Narrator (Voice)
Reverend W. Awdry
Creator / Writer
Alec Baldwin
Narrator (voice)
George Carlin
Narrator (voice)
Christopher Awdry
Creator
Michael Brandon
Narrator (voice)
Martin Sherman
Thomas / Percy / Diesel (voice) / Thomas / Percy (voice)
Mark Moraghan
Narrator (voice)
Keith Wickham
Gordon (UK)
Richard Nye
Storyboard Artist
Kerry Shale
Gordon (US)
Don Spencer
Director
David Mitton
Director / Writer
Teresa Gallagher
Annie and Clarabel (UK & US)
Chris Kelly
Editor
Robert D. Cardona
Producer
Mike O'Donnell
Music
Junior Campbell
Music
Matt Wilkinson
Cranky (UK)
Jeff Bailey
Animation Supervisor
Darren Schmidtz
Animation
William Hope
Edward (US)
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 1984
StatusCanceled
Seasons24
Episodes584
Running Time22m
Content RatingTV-Y
Genres
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Wiki.
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.