Thomas & Friends (1984)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Britt Allcroft
Creator / Producer / Writer
George Carlin
Narrator (voice)
Reverend W. Awdry
Creator / Writer
Michael Angelis
Narrator (UK)
Alec Baldwin
Narrator (voice)
Christopher Awdry
Creator
Michael Brandon
Narrator (voice)
Martin Sherman
Thomas / Percy / Diesel (voice) / Thomas / Percy (voice)
Keith Wickham
Gordon (UK)
Mark Moraghan
Narrator (voice)
Richard Nye
Storyboard Artist
Don Spencer
Director
Kerry Shale
Gordon (US)
Chris Kelly
Editor
Robert D. Cardona
Producer
Darren Schmidtz
Animation
Teresa Gallagher
Annie and Clarabel (UK & US)
Crystal Sing
Animation
Jeff Bailey
Animation Supervisor
Mark Robertson
Writer
Matt Wilkinson
Cranky (UK)
David Mitton
Writer
Sharon Miller
Writer
Abigail Grant
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 1984
StatusReturning Series
Seasons24
Episodes584
Running Time22m
Content RatingTV-Y
Genres
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.