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Shining Time Station is a children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and American television producer Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by Quality Family Entertainment (the American branch of The Britt Allcroft Company), in association with Catalyst Entertainment in seasons 2 and 3, for New York City's PBS station WNET, and was originally ...
He played Mr. Conductor on the PBS show Shining Time Station until 1996, replacing Ringo Starr on both programs. [57] According to Britt Allcroft , who developed both shows, on the first day of the assignment, Carlin was nervous about recording his narration without an audience, so the producers put a stuffed teddy bear in the booth.
After Starr left the show, American comedian George Carlin played Mr. Conductor's cousin and narrated all episodes from the first series to the fourth series. [3] The first season of Shining Time Station lists the Thomas stories' original UK titles in the end credits, but were re-titled for later seasons and for home video.
The sequences of the series later aired in 1996 on Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales. The series aired as Storytime with Thomas on Fox Family (now Freeform) from 1999 to 2000. Thomas & Friends returned in the form of several direct-to-video releases during season 6 (2002 to 2003) and as a stand-alone half-hour program on PBS Kids. It was distributed ...
The rest were broadcast in a 6-episode offshoot called Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales in 1996. In 1999, they aired in a new half-hour program called Storytime with Thomas, which also included Series 5 episodes narrated by Alec Baldwin and episodes of Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie.
Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, the railway conductor of Shining Time Station. Baldwin succeeds Ringo Starr and George Carlin, both of whom had played the character on Shining Time Station. Peter Fonda as Burnett Stone, Lily's grandfather and Lady's caretaker and driver. Jared Wall as young Burnett; Mara Wilson as Lily Stone, Burnett's ...
Mr. Conductor: A 20-centimetre tall conductor who originated from the Shining Time Station television series. He was portrayed by Ringo Starr on the first series of Shining Time Station, and by George Carlin for the rest of the show, including its follow up Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales. Alec Baldwin: Burnett Stone
Series 3 through 4; re-dubbed Series 1 and 2. Narrated episodes on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor. [7] Michael Angelis: US: 2004: Seasons 6 and 7 2 episodes of Series 6 and 4 episodes of Series 7 only. UK: 1991–2012: Seasons 3–16 Calling All Engines; Hero of the Rails; Misty Island Rescue; Day of the Diesels; Blue Mountain Mystery [8]